Brains Matter

Ancient Vedic science, the telephone, DNA and Neanderthals, whale brains, and Mayan acoustics
Music featured on todays show includes
Here with you - Van She. Visit Van She at http://www.vanshe.com/. Thanks to Glen from Modular Music.
Other music from Podcast Audio:
Lejeune - Moon Shy City
Ocean Alexander - Velveture
mjc - Ecstasy
Os Improvaveis - Walking in the sunshine
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Hi all,
I’ve had some feedback about the size of the podcasts, since they’re recorded in 192k quality, and not everyone has high speed broadband. Given that it’s primarily a voice podcast, with a few musical interludes, I’ve changed them to 80k - so you’ll notice a slight drop in quality, but the good news [...]

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Chemistry and the Philosophers Stone, The Wright Brothers, G20,Make Poverty History, Music,

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Todays episode features stories on
Vitamins
The band The Killers
Polydactylism
Elephants recognise themselves in the mirror
Huge hurricane rages on Saturn
Students cut some slack when hanging loose
Oceans becoming more acidic
Climate change melting fabled African glaciers
Music featured on todays show includes
Kelly - Van She
Thank you to Glen Goetze from Modular Music for the music from Van She. Visit [...]

Welcome to the Brains Matter podcast - where brains really do matter. A discussion of science, trivia, history, and general knowledge.
The show has listeners in: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, [...]

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Todays episode features stories on
Chemosynthesis
The Academy Awards
Piezoelectricity
Digital guitars
The sun had sisters at birth
Space radiation could impede exploration
Darwin’s missing notes are now online
Music featured on todays show includes
The Sphinx - mjc
Old fashioned romance - mjc
Funky beats - DJ R-Qubed
The rennaisance of dodo bird - mjc
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