In this wide-ranging episode, host Gus recaps key insights from 5 podcast episodes spanning science and technology. Topics include the environmental toll of illegal Amazon gold mining, a landmark 19th century murder case, the science of dust bunnies and sleep, and how AI is accelerating scientific discovery. Listeners can explore links to the full episodes and find bonus takeaways in the show notes.

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Episodes reviewed in this episode include the following:

#1

Podcast title: Huberman Lab

Episode title: Guest Series | Dr. Matthew Walker: Protocols to Improve Your Sleep

URL:https://deepcast.fm/episode/10832/guest-series-dr-matthew-walker-protocols-to-improve-your-sleep

#2

Podcast title: Science Vs

Episode title: Murder in the Ivory Tower

URL: https://deepcast.fm/episode/11061/murder-in-the-ivory-tower

#3

Podcast title: Stuff to Blow Your Mind

Episode title: The Very Dust, Part 2

URL: https://deepcast.fm/episode/11943/the-very-dust-part-2

#4

Podcast title: StarTalk Radio

Episode title: Eyes in the Skies with Larisssa Rodrigues & Jennifer Holm

URL: https://deepcast.fm/episode/11852/eyes-in-the-sky-with-larissa-rodrigues-jennifer-holm

#5

Podcast title: Machine Learning Street Talk

Episode title: Prof. Chris Bishop’s NEW Deep Learning Textbook!

URL: https://deepcast.fm/episode/10897/prof-chris-bishops-new-deep-learning-textbook

Topics: Amazon rainforest, illegal mining, deforestation, mercury contamination, indigenous rights, forensic science, murder trial, Harvard, dust bunnies, cosmic dust, accretion, Oumuamua, Victorian era, germ theory, cosmic horror, sleep science, sleep hygiene, insomnia, sleep stages, memory, mood, health, alcohol, cannabis, dreams, sleep trackers, exercise, deep learning, artificial intelligence, probabilistic modeling, Bayesian inference, neural networks, machine learning, scientific discovery, drug discovery, materials science, transformer models, inductive bias, symmetry, language models, cognitive copilot, creativity

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