#our_bodies Archives - Elizabeth Fernandez

Ep 88: Why We Need Nature – with guest Dr. Peter Kahn

People feel better when they are in nature. There’s something about putting your hands in garden dirt, taking a walk in the […]

The world you see is not really the world that exists. Your eyes and your brain are working together to “lie” to […]

When did language originate? It’s a tricky question to answer. We can’t go back in time. We can’t even look at “fossilized […]

The newest seekers of immortality are on a radical quest: mind uploading. These people think that it may be possible to take […]

Imagine that you have a mystical experience that changes your life. Perhaps you see the face of Jesus, Muhammad, or Buddha. Perhaps […]

Dr. Marie Moe is a cyborg. She has a pacemaker that controls the beating of her heart, and without it, she would […]

Living with autism has many challenges. One of these is making a living as an adult. Especially for individuals with severe autism, […]

Many disorders of the mind are commonly treated by medication. But what if you could alter the brain itself, treating the problem […]

No women should ever die of cervical cancer. It grows very slowly, giving time for detection. In a perfect world, it would […]

Millions of people worldwide are suffering from the brain diseases Alzheimer’s and dementia. These diseases take a toll not just on the […]