Episode 14: Is Caitlin Really a Doctor? What is Caitlin? | E19 & E20 of The Flash
Photo by Daniel Felipe on Unsplash
Photo by Daniel Felipe on Unsplash
Photo by Daniel Felipe on Unsplash
Michael took a break from packing up his cabin in Alaska in preparation to moving to the North Pole to discuss two more episodes of The Flash with us! First, we talk about finding bodies underground using sound and light (once again, FBI, Nicole says, “Hi”). We also discuss programmable matter and how a person cannot be made of it. Honestly, do the writers of The Flash know what a cell is? We then move into discussing applying stimulation to trigger lucid dreaming, listening to binaural beats for going to sleep, and different sleep cycles and … what is this? The writers … they wrote something halfway plausible instead of 0.2% plausible? WHAT UNIVERSE HAVE WE STUMBLED INTO? DID A PARTICLE ACCELERATOR JUST EXPLODE SOMEWHERE?
Articles:
Programmable Matter
The Promise and Peril of Programmable Matter: https://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/14967/The-Promise-and-Peril-of-Programmable-Matter.aspx
Claytronics at Carnegie Mellon: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~claytronics
Trying to Detect Buried Bodies and Other Things Underground
Article on how the excavation scene in Jurassic Park is totally unrealistic, including a discussion of using sound to locate fossils: https://slate.com/technology/2013/04/jurassic-park-re-release-scientists-snort-at-the-dinosaur-excavation-scene.html
Using technology to locate mass graves: http://discovermagazine.com/2015/oct/14-body-of-evidence
Background on LIDAR: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/lidar.html
Laser Scanning Reveals “Lost” Ancient Mexican City Had as Many Buildings as Manhattan: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/15/laser-scanning-reveals-lost-ancient-mexican-city-had-as-many-buildings-as-manhattan
Laser Scans Reveal Mayan “Megapolis” Below Guatamalan Jungle: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/maya-laser-lidar-guatemala-pacunam
Lucid Dreaming
Could Lucid Dreaming Be the Next Treatment for PTSD? https://www.healthline.com/health-news/lucid-dreaming-could-treat-ptsd-052014#1
Induction of Self Awareness in Dreams Through Frontal Low Current Stimulation of Gamma Activity: https://www.nature.com/articles/nn.3719
Article discussing study on using stimulation to trigger lucid dreaming: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a10481/a-jolt-to-the-brain-can-trigger-lucid-dreams-16785550/
How Can Binaural Beats Help You Sleep Better? https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sleep-newzzz/201810/how-can-binaural-beats-help-you-sleep-better
DNA Testing
The Limits of Ancestry DNA Tests, Explained: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/1/28/18194560/ancestry-dna-23-me-myheritage-science-explainer
How Big Data for DNA Puts You at Risk — Even If You’ve Never Taken a Test: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/16/18312048/dna-testing-genetic-privacy-data-at-home-family-tree-golden-state-killer-crime
GMOs
Background on GMOs: http://www.ift.org/Knowledge-Center/Learn-About-Food-Science/Food-Facts/Biotechnology-Genetic-Engineering-GMOS.aspx
Europe’s Anti-GMO Stance Is Killing Africans: https://reason.com/2017/09/05/europes-anti-gmo-stance-is-killing-afric
Unfairly Demonized GMO Crops Can Help Fight Malnutrition: https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/blog/2018/06/unfairly-demonized-gmo-crops-can-help-fight-malnutrition
Article discussing how African countries are starting to allow the cultivation of GMOs: https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2017/03/06/led-nigeria-africa-gradually-opening-door-genetically-modified-crop-cultivation
Article discussing Zambia’s reluctance to accept GMO food aid: https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/february-2003/controversy-rages-over-gm-food-aid