How far would you go to improve your focus, memory, or even learning ability? Would you be willing to strap on headgear that delivers electrical shocks to targeted areas of your brain? You may soon have that option. It’s called trans-cranial direct current stimulation, and it’s currently being tested on soldiers and used by gamers, students, and others looking for a cognitive edge. But questions linger: does it work? What are potential long-term effects? And how should it be regulated?

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The working memory test sequence is taken from the BBC Earth production, Extraordinary Animals
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Original Program Date: May 27, 2015
Host: Richard Besser
PARTICIPANTS: Nita A. Farahany, Richard Haier, Michael Weisend

"ROBOT' by Blanca Li 00:00

Richard Besser's Introduction. 03:43

Participant Introductions. 08:39

How can you use electricity to enhance the brain? 10:13

Can you make people smarter because of brain plasticity? 16:00

Is short term memory the same as IQ? 19:20

What is the difference between TCDS and TMS? 25:26

The magnetic stimulation has been FDA approved. 28:47

TCDS used to increase the vigilance of drone operators. 31:55

What are the ethical implications of electric brain stimulation? 38:55

Is it cheating to use performance enhancing techniques on tests? 44:00

Demonstration of TMS machine. 49:30

Hacking your brain with Wi-Fi. 53:38

Different spots on the head do different things? 58:14

The scars of experimenting the electrodes. 01:03:03

Should you trust the learning via electrical stimulation? 01:09:37

What will the future look like with these devices? 01:12:32

An Invisible Threat: The Relationship Between Microwave Technology and Health | ENDEVR Documentary

We cannot see the waves, we cannot hear them, we cannot touch them, but they are all around us, invading the air, irradiating our body and the environment. An Invisible Threat looks at the relationship between microwave technology and health, investigating the conflicts of interest among industry representatives, politicians, scientists and consumers that leave us unprotected to the effects of radiation. Wireless networks irradiate microwaves indiscriminately across cities, villages and the countryside of all developed countries. This increasing exposure disturbs the biological processes that are essential for the healthy growth of human beings, animals and plants – it especially affects children and teenagers.
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The multiverse hypothesis, suggesting that our universe is but one of perhaps infinitely many, speaks to the very nature of reality. Join physicist Brian Greene, cosmologists Alan Guth and Andrei Linde, and philosopher Nick Bostrom as they discuss and debate this controversial implication of forefront research and explore its potential for redefining the cosmic order. Moderated by Robert Krulwich and featuring an original musical interlude, inspired by parallel worlds, by DJ Spooky.

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The World Science Festival gathers great minds in science and the arts to produce live and digital content that allows a broad general audience to engage with scientific discoveries. Our mission is to cultivate a general public informed by science, inspired by its wonder, convinced of its value, and prepared to engage with its implications for the future.
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Original Program Date: June 13, 2009
MODERATOR: Robert Krulwich
PARTICIPANTS: Alan Guth, Brian Greene, Andrei Linde, Paul D. Miller, Nick Bostrom

Introduction with Brian Greene 00:00

Musical interlude 25:15

Participant Introductions 33:49

How do we know there was a Big Bang 35:50

How do we get from a single universe to a multiverse. 47:14

Is the universe expanding and how fast? 01:00:25

What does six dimensional space look like? 01:08:00

How do we know there is a multiverse? 01:13:48

Bryce DeWitt on the multiverse concept 01:24:40

What if we assume the universe is the simulation hypothesis? 01:37:14

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NOVA leads viewers on a mathematical mystery tour a provocative exploration of math's astonishing power across the centuries. We discover math's signature in the swirl of a nautilus shell, the whirlpool of a galaxy and the spiral in the center of a sunflower. Math was essential to everything from the first wireless radio transmissions to the prediction and discovery of the Higgs boson and the successful landing of rovers on Mars. But where does math get its power? Astrophysicist and writer Mario Livio, along with a colorful cast of mathematicians, physicists and engineers, follows math from Pythagoras to Einstein and beyond, all leading to the ultimate riddle: Is math an invention or a discovery? Humankind's clever trick or the language of the universe?

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Twenty-five hundred years before the reign of Julius Caesar, the ancient Egyptians were deftly harnessing the power of engineering on an unprecedented scale. Find out more in Season 1, "Egypt". #EngineeringanEmpire
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