Are you ready for MORE petrification!  This week we discuss the basilisk, a creature that can turn you to stone just by looking at you.  Well it has to meet your gaze, but we get into the specifics so you won’t get fooled.  It is also gigantic, which is something to consider.  Listen as we […]

As a listener of TOE you can get a special 20% off discount to The Economist and all it has to offer! Visit https://www.economist.com/toeOne week ago, I (Curt Jaimungal) was invited to Niagara University to give the Peggy and John Day University Honors Endowed Lecture, which was quite the privilege and honor. The lecture focuses on metaphysics. I explain extremely simply the arguments for you being a “simulation,” the arguments against it, and where I personally land. Then I do the same for

Another rewind. This time, 'Oumuamua!AI Transparency: In a universe of AI-generated content, we believe in being transparent about what's human and what's not. Your time is valuable, and you deserve to know what you're experiencing. The narrator, David, is a professional voice actor who has digitized his voice through ElevenLabs' voice cloning technology and is fairly compensated for his vocal performance. Thumbnails are created with OpenArt AI, and music/sound effects come from Pixabay (which

You've probably heard the urban legend. You've probably watched the movie. I could have told this a million ways, but here we are with basic, frightening, original baby sitting story.A teenage girl settles in for an easy babysitting job. The kids are asleep, the house is quiet, and the phone keeps ringing. The voice on the other end asks her one question — “Have you checked the children?” What begins as an ordinary night becomes the most terrifying call of her life.Why haven't you checked the

Join Arun Seraphin at the 2025 Women in Defense Conference for a conversation with Halimah Najieb-Locke, Senior Vice President of Global Public Policy at Darkhive. Halima explores how innovative defense technology startups can transform industrial policy and autonomous systems manufacturing, emphasizing the importance of distributed manufacturing, multi-agency partnerships, and strategic supply chain development for national security operations.To receive updates about the conference please join our

Dr. Alexandra Kemp is an advanced human factors systems engineer at Honeywell Aerospace Technologies, in Phoenix, Arizona. She is an adjunct professor of space human factors at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, a bioastronautics researcher for the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences, and a classically trained professional opera singer.

A long drive home turns into a detour through the Pennsylvania wilderness — and a nightmare that never lets go. When one man decides to take the back road to avoid traffic, he discovers a family frozen between life and something far worse… and learns that some shortcuts lead straight into the dark.The story changes bit by bit, but the results are often similar.Send me your true scary stories of ghosts, monsters, aliens, and the like at https://www.midnightscares.com/submissionsPlease use the

On this episode of Impact Quantum, we dive into the visionary world of Sanjay Chittore, founder of Quantum AI Global and QLabs, who’s on a mission to bring quantum theory out of the realm of science fiction and into real-world applications. Joined by host Frank La Vigne and the wonderfully quantum-curious Candice Gillhoolley, we unravel common myths about quantum computing—like whether you really need a quantum computer to build quantum products—and explore the massive impacts quantum technology is

This episode dives into the mission of the Florida Semiconductor Engine, a statewide coalition uniting microelectronic companies, universities, and local leaders to onshore critical technology and strengthen America’s tech edge. Backed by strategic investment and anchored in Osceola County, the Engine is building the infrastructure and partnerships needed to lead in advanced packaging.Driving this momentum is the National Science Foundation, whose support of academic institutions and regional

In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Chris Howard (M0TCH), Martin Rothwell (M0SGL), Frank Howell (K4FMH), Bill Barnes (WC3B) and Leslie Butterfields (G0CIB)  to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief, and the episode's feature is Portable Power. We would like to thank our monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the podcast advert free. To donate, please visit - http://www.icqpodcast.com/donate FCC Denies Approval of 4

A story about the urband Legend - The Licked Hand also known as Humans Can Lick, Too.A storm raged outside, but she wasn’t afraid. Her dog was with her — loyal, warm, and always by her side. Each time thunder shook the house, she reached down from her bed and felt the reassuring lick on her fingers.But morning brought silence, and something else beneath the bed.Send me your true scary stories of ghosts, monsters, aliens, and the like at https://www.midnightscares.com/submissionsPlease use the

We begin where most end—at the edge of science and the soul. In this riveting conversation with Dr. Shamini Jain, we explore the biofield—a scientifically validated field of energy and information that surrounds and interpenetrates the body. This is not mysticism—it’s the new physics of healing. We unpack groundbreaking research on subtle energy, while reimagining what it means to be whole.Dr. Shamini Jain is Founder and CEO of the 501c3 social profit Consciousness and Healing Initiative (CHI), an

Join guest host Dr. Mark Lewis, President and CEO of the Purdue Applied Research Institute, for a discussion at the 2025 Emerging Technologies Conference with Dr. Kimberly Elenberg from Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Ellenberg explores how autonomous AI systems can enhance disaster response and mission-critical operations, emphasizing the importance of multi-agent swarm technologies, sensor integration, and collaborative approaches between government, industry, and academia.Learn

In this episode, we’re joined by Associate Professor Sharna Jamadar, a cognitive neuroscientist at Monash University, to explore how the brain uses energy, and how that changes across the lifespan. Did you know that a 10-year-old’s brain uses over 50% of the body’s total energy, compared to just 20% in adults? We dive into why younger brains work harder, the role of synaptic pruning and proliferation, and how the brain’s organisation impacts cognitive efficiency. We also touch on the importance of

Joren Vaes is a design engineer at SOFICS working on simulating and delivering analog IP blocks on leading edge nodes like the 2 nm node from TSMC. Listen to how they bend physics to their will to make the chips that power our modern electronics.

In a farmhouse in Tennessee, a family heard a voice in the dark that knew their names and their secrets. They called her the Bell Witch — a presence that scratched, mocked, and promised a death she finally kept.Tonight, while the storm strokes the cellar window and the fire breathes low, I’ll tell you why the house never seemed empty again.Send me your true scary stories of ghosts, monsters, aliens, and the like at https://www.midnightscares.com/submissionsPlease use the submission guidelines and

Why are people wrong all the time, anyway? Is it because we human beings are too good at being irrational, using our biases and motivated reasoning to convince ourselves of something that isn't quite accurate? Or is it something different -- unmotivated reasoning, or "unthinkingness," an unwillingness to do the cognitive work that most of us are actually up to if we try? Gordon Pennycook wants to argue for the latter, and this simple shift has important consequences, including for strategies for

A solution to microgravity-related vision problems is the topic of this week's podcast

In this episode of the Fire Science Show we invite dr. Antonela Čolić from the OFR Consultants, to break down the performance of adhesives used in CLT in fire, what differences between the glues are observable at the microscale and how they show up in real structure fires. We compare common polyurethane adhesives: one that softens near 200–220 C and one that resists softening, crosslinks, and ultimately chars. Through thermogravimetric and calorimetric testing, we map pivotal transition...

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