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Season 3 Episode 27
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Your Brain In Virtual Reality

Your Brain In Virtual Reality

Season 3 Episode 28
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Season 3 Episode 30
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Gravity in Your Brain ft. Neil deGrasse Tyson!

Season 3 Episode 18

I sit down with StarTalk Radio hosts Neil deGrasse Tyson and Eugene Mirman to chat about what it would be like for our brain and body in space. We have a model of gravity built into our brains that allows us to catch balls and function normally on Earth: what happens if gravity was higher? Or lower? How do aliens move? What do aliens from higher gravity planets look like? Should we ever stop askin