Something You Should Know

How You Perceive Colors & The Ways Heat Can Make You Healthy

March 30, 2026·49 min·2-min readsoloscience
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Feeling watched is often a brain-driven illusion rooted in evolutionary survival mechanisms, while color perception and naming are deeply influenced by language, culture, and marketing — and controlled heat exposure, like in saunas, may significantly improve cardiovascular and mental heal

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Bill Gifford

solo on Something You Should Know

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Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.

People

Corrie Stamperby Corrie StamperBill Giffordby Bill GiffordMike Carruthers

Books

True Color, The Strange and Spectacular History of Defining Color, From Azure to Zinc Pinkby Corrie StamperHot Wired, How the Hidden Power of Heat Makes Us Strongerby Bill Gifford

Topics

BiologyFitnessMental HealthNeuroscienceNutritionProductivityScientific MethodSelf Improvement

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