Dark Mind Radio Podcasts

Kibble: Who’s watching you?

Do you actually know who's tracking and watching you through your devices?

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Peter Piper, Peter Principle

Our two new topics of the week are some very interesting ones: The importance of casual relationships and the Peter Principle or the reasons why people become incompetent at work!

 

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Kibble: Albatrosses catching Pirates

The wandering albatross can fly 10,000 km in a month, making these tireless birds ideal agents to catch the very same fish pirates that are killing albatrosses.

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Drake Rate or Fertility Equation?

We keep advancing in science and space exploration, along this development we have an update to the Drake equation where a team of astronomers has now revised that figure down to 36. 

On the other hand falling fertility rates mean nearly every country could have shrinking populations by the end of the century.

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Encrochat

EncroChat was a Europe-based communications network and service provider allegedly used by organized crime members to plan criminal activities.

Police forces across Europe celebrated their infiltration of EncroChat, disrupting international organised crime networks which were using the company's encrypted phones.

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Ig Nobel Prizes 2020 - Part 2

The second part is here!

The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK.

Like in previous years we cover the ceremony and winners of each category.

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Ig Nobel Prizes 2020 - Part 1

The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK.

Like in previous years we cover the ceremony and winners of each category.

This time our guest is Daniel Patrick Cohen!

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A fruity plasma plus: Breathing just got exciting

Grapes seen from a microwave point of view creating plasma and a new air breathing engine combining the efficiency of a jet engine with the power of a rocket motor. All this in our new full episode.

 

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The Mad Hatterpillar

Some insects and now talking about caterpillars defend themselves from predators using toxic chemicals, repugnant smells, or stinging hairs. Some camouflage themselves.

But this particular caterpillar stacks its molted heads atop each other. 

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Egg-splosions, gold from plastic, your secret lodger

You probably know this already: Do not microwave an egg. From eggs we move unto e-waste recycling, a new way to recover gold using a new polymer and we end up with the real powerhouse inside cells, the mitochondria.

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