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How a single navigation error cost the Royal Navy Four battle ships and 1,505 men - and led a humble carpenter to solve one of the most difficult & important engineering challenges of the last 300 years. The post The Longitude Problem... more
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In this episode, the last of the series, we'll learn about Stuxnet's creators and their motives - and get to know Flame & Duqu, Stuxnet's sinister sisters. The post Stuxnet, Pt. 3: Flame & Duqu appeared first on Curious Minds Podcast.
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Who was Stuxnet's target, and how can a computer virus destroy Uranium enrichment gas centrifuge? CMPod explores the inner mechanisms of the worm. The post Stuxnet, Pt.2: Uranium Enrichment appeared first on Curious Minds... more
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When it was discovered in 2010, Stuxnet was the most complicated and sophisticated malware ever known. The Stuxnet attack was a terrifying display of cyberwarfare and jarring proof of concept: Advanced Persistent Threat.... more
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Dr. Timothy Leary help kickstart the LSD's involvement in the Hippie movement of the 1960's - and was imprisoned for it. But what really makes LSD so dangerous? We'll delve deep into the effects of LSD on the human brain. The post LSD... more
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A 2-parts series on LSD history: it's discovery, it's initial uses by psychologists and the CIA and it's role in the 'hippie revolution' of the 1960's. Also, how does LSD affects the brain? The post LSD History appeared first on Curious Minds Podcast.
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The Black Death that swept across Europe in the 14th century wasn't the first time nor the last that the Bubonic Plague decimate large cities and brought empires to their knees. For many thousands of years, its cause and way of spreading was... more
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The male Y Chromosome holds tantalizing clues about our own, personal past - but that past can turn out to be very troubling. Tatiana Zerjal's research on DNA samples brought by Spencer Wells from central asia revealed uncomfortable... more
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The Molecular Clock technique was invented by Emile Zuckerkandl. Several decades later, Dr. Rebecca Cann, who examined samples of Mitochondrial DNA, made an amazing discovery: she confirmed the existence of a single... more
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Poisons are an integral part of human history, as the story of king Mithridates reveals. But when Life Insurance was invented, poisoning became a plague in Victorian Britain. For many women, Arsenic poisoning was the perfect murder... more
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