Stuff to Blow Your Mind

How Stuff Works puts out an official science podcast called "Stuff to Blow Your Mind".  I found the show by skimming through iTunes looking for something new and decided to try it.  I have only had time to listen to three podcasts so far, but they have been about:

1. Animal Junkies- the drug attics of the animal kingdom.  Many animals take mind- and body-altering drugs either from natural sources or from humans.  Beginning with catnip, they talk about everything from alcoholic monkeys to reindeers getting high on shrooms (and the shamen who drink their urine).
2. Are computer viruses alive?  Beginning with this simple question the hosts describe everything from the qualities of life, the history of computer viruses, to the future of war.
3. The Werewolf Principle- altering the human body for life in space.  The human body is not meant for space travel.  The hosts discuss the ideal traits of an astronaut- flatus-free (no methane), black (denser bones), and deaf (no balance issues).  They also talk about the medical ways we can alter the body to prepare for space travel.

I really enjoy the podcast.  My only problem is that they keep coming out with new podcasts faster than I can listen to the old ones.  If you enjoy slightly off-center science, this is a podcast for you.  I hope to have many new things to talk about to my science classes from these shows.  Check it out the show and their website full of supporting documents.