Wed. 10/06 - "Corpse Medicine," Brain Implants, & Actors In Space
A Russian film crew have arrived on the International Space Station to shoot the first-ever feature length film in space. A woman has received a brain implant that is successfully treating her depression by painlessly zapping her hundreds of times a day. And the seventeenth century health trend that was all the rage in Europe: corpse medicine.
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Links:
- This Russian duo are set to make the first feature film in space (Euro News)
- Russian film crew in orbit to make first movie in space (AP)
- A Russian actor blasts off to make a movie on the International Space Station (NPR)
- This woman’s brain implant zaps her with electricity when it senses she’s getting depressed (MIT Technology Review)
- A surgically implanted brain stimulation device could help treat severe depression (The Verge)
- European 'Corpse Medicine' Promised Better Health Through Cannibalism (Atlas Obscura)
- Zodiac Killer Allegedly Identified by Team of Independent Investigators (Complex)
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