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 […]

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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Allergic to your husband? T-shirt plays air guitar It could make an ideal Christmas present in years to come. Australian scientists have built a t-shirt that lets you play “air guitar” for real. Toddlers learn life skills from books Toddlers can re-enact what they see, hear and learn from picture books, new research shows. New […]

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 […]

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 – […]