A Musical Secret Weapon, Low Cortisol Beakmaxxing, Roller Coaster Science
On this episode of The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week, hosts Rachel Feltman, Jess Boddy, and guest Grant O'Brien explore three bizarre yet fascinating science and culture tidbits: the ancient Gregorian chant motif Dies Irae engineered to evoke sadness in modern media, a disabled p
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