Radiolab!

It happened again! I met someone at a social gathering this weekend unfamiliar with Radiolab,  the amazing podcast on science and other fascinating subjects.

So here are 5 compelling Radiolab segments to introduce you to its pleasures. You can subscribe for free via Itunes or through a smartphone app like my favorite Doggcatcher.

On bliss and its real-world effects.

My previous post on tDCS, supercharging one's brain with a small amount of current.

A story from this month on attempts to communicate with dolphins, from the 60's to today.

Should we eradicate mosquitoes? It's tempting, but ...

How internet retailers get stuff too you so fast, and the human costs that entails ...

This is just a sample of 12 years' work ... if you like these, the archive is available ...

tDCS: a tiny amount of current into one's brain produces amazing performance gains!

I just heard the most recent Radiolab Short episode, which concerns tDCS with a couple of people describing their experiences with it and researchers discussing its prospects.

I won't spoil the Radiolab episode by discussing its contents in detail, but you won't be disappointed.

In addition to researchers, there are also a lot of amateurs working with tDCS, since hardware setups can be built for as little as $20. For example, this guy used a Radio Shack circuit teaching kit.

The potential for this "9-volt nirvana" seems enormous in so many areas of human endeavor it's hard to count ...

Any of my 6 or 7 regular readers tried this yet?