203: Stacy Rumaker on Memory Implants, Baleen Whale Evolution and Tornado Multiplicity

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Stacy Rumaker (@StacyRumaker, The Night Cap With Stacy Rumaker, The Dick and The Dame) joins us to discuss The Black Mirror episode that is memory implant research, how baleen whales lost their teeth and why tornados are multiplying. MEMORY IMPLANTS, WHAT COULD GO WRONG? https://www.wired.com/2016/12/neuroscientist-whos-building-better-memory-humans/ BALEEN WHALES REALLY USED TO SUCK https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161130131131.htm TORNADOES ARE MULTIPLYING AND WE DON'T KNOW WHY http://www.popsci.com/tornado-outbreaks-in-united-states-are-on-rise Find us at thesciencejerks.com and boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us [e-mail]. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997?mt=2