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How earthquakes and lightning help explain squeaky sneakers

How earthquakes and lightning help explain squeaky sneakers

Nature Podcast · [email protected]

February 25, 202619m 35s

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Show Notes

High-speed footage reveals shoe squeaks can start with a tiny bolt of lightning — plus, evidence that a debated brain phenomenon exists in humans.


00:44 The science of squeaky shoes

Research Article : Djellouli et al.

Basketball sound effects via Bradley Kanaris/Getty.


09:05 Research Highlights

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11:31 Evidence of hippocampal neurogenesis

Research Article: Disouky et al.


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