A Neuroscientist Explains What Conspiracy Theories Do To Your Brain

We gave Physics Girl, Space Time, Above the Noise, and Two Cents some miracle berry pills and lemons, tabasco sauce, tomatoes, and a bunch of other random foods, to figure out if this miraculous taste-modifying protein has any limits.

Can we inherit memories? This controversial idea, which goes back to antiquity, was rejected since it violates a fundamental dogma known as “The Second Law of Biology”.

In our Journal Club series, Neuroscience Editor Ruairi Mackenzie takes a look at an interesting paper in more detail. Expect low-quality facial hair, medium-quality video resolution, and always high-quality neuroscience.