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Double Blind Presents: Science Telephone!

The latest podcast from Jesse and Lucas: laugh while you learn, as the classic game of telephone is repurposed for scientific research! You can listen to Science Tele...

Hyperloops And Starshots

The future of transportation and space exploration: the first public test of "hyperloop" technology and how we might be able to send tiny spaceships to another star wi...

Drilling To Discovery And Living In A Simulation

Double Blind is in the midst of a brief hiatus as Lucas and Jesse are both working on other projects and in this episode they describe the science behind them. Why do ...

Nobel Winning Neutrinos and Convincing the Anti-Vaxxers

Lucas provides a brief outline of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics and Jesse explains how to change someone’s mind about vaccines.

Disappearing Diatoms And Black Holes On A Collision Course

This week on Double Blind, Lucas puts on his detective hat to solve the case of the disappearing diatoms, while Jesse takes a look at two black holes on collision cour...

Tweets and Trauma

Jesse talks about political stereotypes and how twitter supports them and Lucas discusses links between football and brain disease. Featuring special guest Kelsey Hemp...

Smart Prescriptions And A Year On Mars

Jesse breaks down if a drug can make you more intelligent and Lucas answers what happens when you put six people in a dome for a year.

Antibiotics, Diabetes, And Extra Special Dimensions

Lucas looks into early links between antibiotics and type-2 diabetes, Jesse asks what a magnetic wormhole is and how it works!

Mood Makers And The Spice Of Life

Jesse explores the mysteries of Serotonin, one of the most important neurotransmitters that we're just beginning to understand. Lucas delves into a study that seems to...

Mysteries Of Pluto And Synthesizing Opioids

Lucas explores why Pluto’s atmosphere is puzzling and Jesse explains how yeast can produce opioids.

Thin Tin and Whether Sex Sells

Jesse tries to unravel some of the quantum properties of the (probably) newly synthesized material Stanene, while Lucas takes a peek at the efficacy of using sex and v...

Magnetic Pearls And Chronic Effects

Lucas peers inside oysters and Jesse sifts through a 22 year study examining the health effects of marijuana.

Wired Minds And The Bees’ Needs

Jesse sorts through two crazy studies that literally attach brains to other brains and Lucas looks at an impressive study that assess the impact of climate change on b...

Plant-Inspired Solar Panels and Reducing Crime Through Emotional Intelligence

Lucas explores a new study suggested by a listener which could hold the key to cheap, efficient solar power. Jesse takes on a social science study that's found an inte...

Translating Thoughts To Text And Uranium Loving Bacteria

Jesse discusses how electrical signals in your brain can be translated to the words you’re saying; Lucas reports on how uranium isn’t so bad for all bacteria and how t...

Test-Tube Blood And The Oil And Gas Industry's Earthquakes

Jesse updates us on the progress of growing human blood in a lab, and Lucas explains how new research blames the oil and gas industry for an increase in earthquakes.

Going Viral And Photographing Memory

Lucas investigates if a new test can actually detect every virus you’ve had and Jesse discovers how each fact you learn has a unique signature in your mind.

Cretaceous World And Injectable Electronics

Lucas looks into secrets hidden in dinosaur bones and Jesse asks how close we are to becoming cyborgs.

Stopping Light And Iron On The Mind

Jesse sheds some light on an amazing new physics discovery and Lucas explores new evidence that Iron in the brain is linked to Alzheimer's disease.

Questionable Data And Cold Storage

Lucas covers the developing story of the most high profile paper retraction in recent times and Jesse explains how to freeze and revive worms with their memories intac...

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