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Nazca Lines of Peru and Crop Circles
Who drew the Nazca Lines and why? Aliens, offerings, or brilliant engineers? The crew explores Nazca Lines, crop circles, Peruvian history and culture.
 • Jotham Austin, II PhD, Nick Elizalde, and Georgia Geis
1:11:30
The Mini: Hive Mind
The crew revisits the hive mind, and dives into science holes on de-extinction, consciousness in vegetative patients, and smelly farts.
 • Jotham Austin, II PhD, Nick Elizalde, and Georgia Geis
28:30
The Hive Mind
What if the scariest thing about a hive mind isn't losing yourself, but finding out you never had a self to lose? Resistance may be futile.
 • Jotham Austin, II PhD, Nick Elizalde, and Georgia Geis
1:18:00
The Mini: Planetary Defense
The crew revisits Near Earth Objects, Dante's Inferno maybe the first asteroid impact story, and "Science Holes" about smart fart-tracking underwear and…
 • Jotham Austin, II PhD, Nick Elizalde, and Georgia Geis
45:00
Saving Earth from Other Worldly Impact
Tracking Near-Earth Objects, DART, tabletop defense games, and Starship Trooper conspiracies. The Rabbit Hole of Research crew heads to the Basement…
 • Jotham Austin, II PhD, Nick Elizalde, and Georgia Geis
1:24:20
The Mini: Living Underground
The crew revisits living underground, lunar lava tube safety, and drops into a science hole about a Stanford discovery that rewrites how we think life…
 • Jotham Austin, II PhD, Nick Elizalde, and Georgia Geis
37:00
Living Underground: Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial
On the day Artemis II launched, the RHR crew headed down below the Basement Studio to ask the question fiction keeps digging up, can humans live…
 • Jotham Austin, II PhD, Nick Elizalde, and Georgia Geis
1:14:00
The Rabbit Hole of Research
The Rabbit Hole of Research
On The Rabbit Hole of Research podcast our goal is to have a little fun exploring science through the lens of science fiction, fantasy and pop culture. And hopefully learn a few facts that you can impress your friends with at a party!
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