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podcasts A literally shocking history of famous people killed by poop Thom Dunn

COVID-19 Scientists want to treat Long Covid by zapping the brain with electricity Thom Dunn
psychology A new neuroscience book argues that our brains aren't computers — they're the internet Thom Dunn
music Watch a fantastic documentary about psych pioneer Roky Erickson David Pescovitz
The story behind that viral video of an autistic boy receiving electroshock "therapy" Xeni Jardin
cancer Elderly perv falsely diagnosed cancer in women so he could sexually assault, use weird gadgets on them Xeni Jardin
Technology Top Chinese Internet memes of 2010 Cory Doctorow
Action Coming Out in the Sciences: Part II—Your stories, today Maggie Koerth
guestblog Smart Bombs: Mark Dery, Steven Pinker on the Nature-Nurture Wars and the Politics of IQ Mark Dery
China: electroshock therapy halted as treatment for Internet "addiction" David Pescovitz
Electroshock therapy for China's "Internet addicts" Mark Frauenfelder
World's Worst Excerpt — The Maddest Mad Scientist: The CIA's Dr. Sidney Gottlieb Mark Frauenfelder
Using magnets to treat depression Mark Frauenfelder
Humanist transhumanism: Citizen Cyborg Cory Doctorow
Psychedelic medicine David Pescovitz