Down The Rabbit Hole

On this episode… Everybody has heard of the Placebo effect – the ability of the mind to heal through simple belief (from the Latin for “I will please”). Well, it has a dark side, an ability to cause physical harm purely through suggestion – this is called the Nocebo effect (from the Latin for “I […] The post Placebo-Nocebo – DRH024 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

On this episode… Time for some Science news! Once a month Rafa and Karl present their personal take on the science news that caught their attention… So, with that in mind, here are their choices for July: Did we miss anything? Feel free to share your news and comments with us. Enjoy! The post Science News for July – DRH023 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

On this episode… Simulation or not we were melting during this episode! And so to part two of – Blue Pill-Red Pill – where this time around we take a peek at the science! But before all that, if some enlightened company out there would like to support Karl’s weather information slot at the top […] The post Blue Pill or Red Pill (Part 2) – DRH022 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

On this episode… People sometimes say ‘What You See Is What You Get’ and from time to time life can seem, well, a bit unreal. But, do you think that what we call ‘reality’ might not be what it seems – could it all be an illusion or even a simulation? Amazingly there is a […] The post Blue Pill or Red Pill? – DRH021 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

On this episode… Super strength in medical terms is called ‘hysterical strength’ or ‘excited delirium’. In this show we dive into the science and just give you the facts about its cause – the Adrenaline rush. How can a young woman lift a car? That would be a ‘dead lift’ of some 3000lbs/1360kgs! Considering the […] The post Super Strength (Part 2) – DRH020 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Join us every week in our trip Down the Rabbit Hole! Don’t forget to subscribe, rate us and share your comments with us! Episode 019 – Super Strength       Can you lift a car? What about in an emergency? You may have guessed already – today we are talking about super-strength! Super strength, […] The post Super Strength – DRH019 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Join us every week in our trip Down the Rabbit Hole! Don’t forget to subscribe, rate us and share your comments with us! Episode 018– News for June       In Europe (everywhere?) the weather is crazy – so we decided to take shelter Down The Rabbit Hole! After we got comfortable we scanned […] The post News for June – DRH018 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Join us every week in our trip Down the Rabbit Hole! Don’t forget to subscribe, rate us and share your comments with us! Episode 017 – The Science of Nudge (Part 2)       Have you noticed we always start talking about the weather?! Part 2 of the Science of Nudge. This time we […] The post The Science of Nudge (Part 2) – DRH017 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Join us every week in our trip Down the Rabbit Hole! Don’t forget to subscribe, rate us and share your comments with us! Episode 016 – The Science of Nudge       Manipulation? Good or Bad? This week’s topic is the Science of Nudge. We started the show by establishing an easy definition that […] The post The Science of Nudge – DRH016 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Join us every week in our trip Down the Rabbit Hole! Don’t forget to subscribe, rate us and share your comments with us! Episode 017 – Extra! Extra! – More News       Science news again! The news discussed were: SpaceX successfully landed its Falcon 9 rocket after launching a group of satellites into […] The post Extra! Extra! – More News – DRH015 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Join us every week in our trip Down the Rabbit Hole! Don’t forget to subscribe, rate us and share your comments with us! Episode 014 – Artificial Life: Playing God, Making Money (Science)   You were waiting for it! The second part of the Artificial Life topic. We received some emails where we were asked […] The post Artificial Life: Playing God, Making Money (Science) – DRH014 appeared first on Da...

Join us every week in our trip Down the Rabbit Hole! Don’t forget to subscribe, rate us and share your comments with us! Episode 013 – Artificial Life: Playing God, Making Money   Controversy? Are some people playing god? And making money? The new topic of down the Rabbit Hole is about Artificial Life: Playing […] The post Artificial Life: Playing God, Making Money – DRH013 appeared first on Dark...

Join us every week in our trip Down the Rabbit Hole! Don’t forget to subscribe, rate us and share your comments with us!   Episode 012 – Extra! Extra! – Science News   Yes, this week we talk one more time about science news that happened in the last couple of months. The news we […] The post Extra! Extra! – Science News – DRH012 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Join us every week in our trip Down the Rabbit Hole! Don’t forget to subscribe, rate us and share your comments with us! Episode 011 – Rise of The Machines (Science Part) Rise of the Machines! I believe this time the machines had something to say time and caused havoc in our center and studio! […] The post Rise of The Machines (Science Part) – DRH011 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Episode  010 On this episode… Special show today! We have a very special guest taking the trip Down the Rabbit Hole with us: We started the show by asking Prof. Horia Pop a definition of artificial intelligence after it we found out the difference between week and strong AI’s. Throughout the talk we arrive to […] The post Rise of the Machines – DRH010 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Episode  009 On this episode… Episode nr. 9 is our Science part of the Topic of the Magic Molecule, DNA. Karl and Rafael go through some of the basic like what does DNA stands for and what it is. DNA stands for DeoxyriboNucleic Acid, a self-replicating material which is present in nearly all living organisms […] The post The Magic Molecule (Science part) – DRH009 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio...

Episode  008 On this episode… After a couple of weeks in which we had to travel and go through some interesting experiences, we are back with a new trip Down The Rabbit Hole, in which we will discuss about the Magic Molecule: DNA. There have been lot of movies and books related to DNA in […] The post The Magic Molecule – DRH008 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Episode  007 On this episode… Gaia, Mother Earth. In this episode we go through the science of this topic and we start revisiting the concepts and theories established by James Lovelock. (Rafael also had a mild cold… not that you needed to know this anyway…) The main idea is that the biosphere of the earth […] The post Gaia (Science part) – DRH007 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Episode  006 On this episode… Down the Rabbit Hole episode 6 has a special guest from far away, Anna, co-host in another Dark Mind’s radio podcast, Synapse. Joins us to talk about a very interesting and ancient topic: Gaia. And we start with understanding where this word and concept came from. The Gaia (pronounced GAY-ah) […] The post Gaia – DRH006 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Episode  005 On this episode… We finish the year with the best news related to Science in 2015. There were many more but we had to choose what we considered more interesting and a reduced number, otherwise we could have made a 5 hour podcast! You will find below the headlines and links to the […] The post Best of 2015 Science and Crazy Stuff – DRH005 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Episode  004 On this episode… Welcome Home! The discovery of a new planet for mankind. In this second part we explain the current techniques being used to detect exoplanets; We covered proposed projects like the Star Occulter (or Starshade). This would use a giant 45m (148ft) daisy-shaped plastic shield, in tandem with a powerful telescope […] The post Welcome Home (A new Earth) – Part II – DRH004...

Episode  003 On this episode… This episodes trip Down the Rabbit Hole is a topical one considering our rapid use of Mother Earth’s finite resources – finding a new one!. As is our style in this first part we talk about some famous planets from the world of sci-fi and fantasy like Trantor and Pandora. […] The post Welcome Home (A new Earth) – DRH003 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Episode  002 On this episode… Last week we started our trip Down the Rabbit Hole on the topic of Time Travel, covering the sci-fi, theories and hoaxes. Now, in the concluding part, we talk about the science behind the idea of time travel. We start the show discussing some of the basics, like Albert Einstein’s […] The post Time Travel – Science Part – DRH002 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Welcome to the first episode of our binary podcast! We have chosen as our first topic one that has inspired many movies, books, music etc; Time Travel. We start with an interesting fact, having done some digging we found that the first book to mention Time Travel was published in the 1700’s! But the most […] The post Time Travel – DRH001 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .