Heliox: Where Evidence Meets Empathy 🇨🇦
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Independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, clinical, global, and community conversations about things that matter. Breathe Easy, we go deep and lightly surface the big ideas.
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Creativity as Medicine
We've been thinking about aging all wrong. Brain decline? Not inevitable—it's negotiable.
New Nature study: creative experiences literally rewind your brain's biological clock.
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We've been thinking about aging all wrong. Brain decline? Not inevitable—it's negotiable.
New Nature study: creative experiences literally rewind your brain's biological clock.
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📖 helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/creativity
December 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Creativity as Medicine
We've been thinking about aging all wrong. Brain decline? Not inevitable—it's negotiable.
New Nature study: creative experiences literally rewind your brain's biological clock.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
📖 helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/creativity
We've been thinking about aging all wrong. Brain decline? Not inevitable—it's negotiable.
New Nature study: creative experiences literally rewind your brain's biological clock.
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📖 helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/creativity
🧭 The Symbiotic Blueprint
We're living through an economic phase transition. Intelligence is becoming free. Our scarcity system is screaming.
But what if this is liberation?
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We're living through an economic phase transition. Intelligence is becoming free. Our scarcity system is screaming.
But what if this is liberation?
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December 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
🧭 The Symbiotic Blueprint
We're living through an economic phase transition. Intelligence is becoming free. Our scarcity system is screaming.
But what if this is liberation?
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We're living through an economic phase transition. Intelligence is becoming free. Our scarcity system is screaming.
But what if this is liberation?
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis... 📖 helioxpodcast.substack.com/publish/post...
When the prime minister nearly died of COVID-19, the UK's succession plan consisted of a verbal instruction. Not written. Not formal. Just good fortune that key decisions had already been made. That detail captures something essential: how institutions are held together. Not by design. By luck.
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
When the prime minister nearly died of COVID-19, the UK's succession plan consisted of a verbal instruction. Not written. Not formal. Just good fortune that key decisions had already been made. That detail captures something essential: how institutions are held together. Not by design. By luck.
Systems don't fail catastrophically—they fail quietly. A 2011 flu plan governing 2020. January warnings unheeded. Intelligent people trapped in institutional thinking. Our new Heliox episode examines the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's hard lessons on governance failure.
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Systems don't fail catastrophically—they fail quietly. A 2011 flu plan governing 2020. January warnings unheeded. Intelligent people trapped in institutional thinking. Our new Heliox episode examines the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's hard lessons on governance failure.
We built a highway for viruses, then forgot how they travel.
The next pandemic won't wait for us to remember.
Are we ready? 🦠💨
New Heliox episode:
The Invisible War We're Not Fighting
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The next pandemic won't wait for us to remember.
Are we ready? 🦠💨
New Heliox episode:
The Invisible War We're Not Fighting
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November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We built a highway for viruses, then forgot how they travel.
The next pandemic won't wait for us to remember.
Are we ready? 🦠💨
New Heliox episode:
The Invisible War We're Not Fighting
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The next pandemic won't wait for us to remember.
Are we ready? 🦠💨
New Heliox episode:
The Invisible War We're Not Fighting
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We're at the edge. Coral reefs already gone. Ice sheets cracking. But the same physics that threatens us can save us. Which way will we tip?
New episode: The Edge of Everything 🌍
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New episode: The Edge of Everything 🌍
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November 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We're at the edge. Coral reefs already gone. Ice sheets cracking. But the same physics that threatens us can save us. Which way will we tip?
New episode: The Edge of Everything 🌍
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📖 helioxpodcast.substack.com/publish/post...
New episode: The Edge of Everything 🌍
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Can Canada bet its way out of decades of decline? 🇨🇦
We dig into the $311B gamble that might finally change everything. Or won't.
The Arithmetic of Hope: Canada's Budget 2025
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We dig into the $311B gamble that might finally change everything. Or won't.
The Arithmetic of Hope: Canada's Budget 2025
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November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Can Canada bet its way out of decades of decline? 🇨🇦
We dig into the $311B gamble that might finally change everything. Or won't.
The Arithmetic of Hope: Canada's Budget 2025
🎧 Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
📖 Read: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/arithmetic...
We dig into the $311B gamble that might finally change everything. Or won't.
The Arithmetic of Hope: Canada's Budget 2025
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📖 Read: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/arithmetic...
$30B/year in disability costs.
A critical meeting Nov 12th.
A vote in Q1 2026 nobody's watching.
Clean air standards that could change everything.
Canada's about to decide whether to mandate ASHRAE 241—the first G7 nation to require airborne disease protection in buildings.
A critical meeting Nov 12th.
A vote in Q1 2026 nobody's watching.
Clean air standards that could change everything.
Canada's about to decide whether to mandate ASHRAE 241—the first G7 nation to require airborne disease protection in buildings.
November 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
$30B/year in disability costs.
A critical meeting Nov 12th.
A vote in Q1 2026 nobody's watching.
Clean air standards that could change everything.
Canada's about to decide whether to mandate ASHRAE 241—the first G7 nation to require airborne disease protection in buildings.
A critical meeting Nov 12th.
A vote in Q1 2026 nobody's watching.
Clean air standards that could change everything.
Canada's about to decide whether to mandate ASHRAE 241—the first G7 nation to require airborne disease protection in buildings.
Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
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Growing up with chaos leaves the brain underresponsive to normal pleasure.
New research shows that addressing trauma and addiction simultaneously, does work.
#Addiction #Recovery #PTSD #TherapyWorks
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Growing up with chaos leaves the brain underresponsive to normal pleasure.
New research shows that addressing trauma and addiction simultaneously, does work.
#Addiction #Recovery #PTSD #TherapyWorks
November 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Read more: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/growing-up...
Growing up with chaos leaves the brain underresponsive to normal pleasure.
New research shows that addressing trauma and addiction simultaneously, does work.
#Addiction #Recovery #PTSD #TherapyWorks
Read more: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/growing-up...
Growing up with chaos leaves the brain underresponsive to normal pleasure.
New research shows that addressing trauma and addiction simultaneously, does work.
#Addiction #Recovery #PTSD #TherapyWorks
We're building minds that can't sleep. Question is: are we teaching them to dream, or just to optimize? 🤖💭
New Heliox episode explores the 10 principles of AI agent economics—and why the efficiency trap might be our biggest near-term risk.
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New Heliox episode explores the 10 principles of AI agent economics—and why the efficiency trap might be our biggest near-term risk.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We're building minds that can't sleep. Question is: are we teaching them to dream, or just to optimize? 🤖💭
New Heliox episode explores the 10 principles of AI agent economics—and why the efficiency trap might be our biggest near-term risk.
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New Heliox episode explores the 10 principles of AI agent economics—and why the efficiency trap might be our biggest near-term risk.
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The "glass of wine is good for your brain" myth just got completely demolished by genetics. 2.4 million people. One clear answer: The protective effect of light drinking was never real. #AlcoholStudies #Alzheimers
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The "glass of wine is good for your brain" myth just got completely demolished by genetics. 2.4 million people. One clear answer: The protective effect of light drinking was never real. #AlcoholStudies #Alzheimers
October 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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The "glass of wine is good for your brain" myth just got completely demolished by genetics. 2.4 million people. One clear answer: The protective effect of light drinking was never real. #AlcoholStudies #Alzheimers
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The "glass of wine is good for your brain" myth just got completely demolished by genetics. 2.4 million people. One clear answer: The protective effect of light drinking was never real. #AlcoholStudies #Alzheimers
Your brain keeps you feeling real by constantly rewriting your past. But when that editing stalls? Ghost timelines haunt you—versions of yourself you didn't become but can't abandon.
This Halloween episode explores why October unmoors us. 👻
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This Halloween episode explores why October unmoors us. 👻
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October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Your brain keeps you feeling real by constantly rewriting your past. But when that editing stalls? Ghost timelines haunt you—versions of yourself you didn't become but can't abandon.
This Halloween episode explores why October unmoors us. 👻
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This Halloween episode explores why October unmoors us. 👻
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They said fusion had to be massive. A desperate team at Avalanche Energy proved 40x better with a reactor core you can hold in your hands. Sometimes impossible just means nobody tried failing fast enough. 🔬
New Heliox episode on the heretics who made fusion small ↓
New Heliox episode on the heretics who made fusion small ↓
October 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
They said fusion had to be massive. A desperate team at Avalanche Energy proved 40x better with a reactor core you can hold in your hands. Sometimes impossible just means nobody tried failing fast enough. 🔬
New Heliox episode on the heretics who made fusion small ↓
New Heliox episode on the heretics who made fusion small ↓
We taught cells to build their own quantum sensors.
For decades, physicists dreamed of putting quantum sensors inside living cells—but our best sensors need cold, isolated environments. Life is warm, messy, and chaotic. Totally incompatible.
Until now.
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For decades, physicists dreamed of putting quantum sensors inside living cells—but our best sensors need cold, isolated environments. Life is warm, messy, and chaotic. Totally incompatible.
Until now.
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October 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We taught cells to build their own quantum sensors.
For decades, physicists dreamed of putting quantum sensors inside living cells—but our best sensors need cold, isolated environments. Life is warm, messy, and chaotic. Totally incompatible.
Until now.
🎧 Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
For decades, physicists dreamed of putting quantum sensors inside living cells—but our best sensors need cold, isolated environments. Life is warm, messy, and chaotic. Totally incompatible.
Until now.
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20 million years → 15 minutes.
Danish researchers just broke time itself. This changes everything we thought we knew about learning.
What international quantum scientists demonstrated isn't just speed—it's a fundamental rethinking of how we can know things about the world. ☕✨
Danish researchers just broke time itself. This changes everything we thought we knew about learning.
What international quantum scientists demonstrated isn't just speed—it's a fundamental rethinking of how we can know things about the world. ☕✨
October 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
20 million years → 15 minutes.
Danish researchers just broke time itself. This changes everything we thought we knew about learning.
What international quantum scientists demonstrated isn't just speed—it's a fundamental rethinking of how we can know things about the world. ☕✨
Danish researchers just broke time itself. This changes everything we thought we knew about learning.
What international quantum scientists demonstrated isn't just speed—it's a fundamental rethinking of how we can know things about the world. ☕✨
💔 What if your heart attack warning should come from NASA, not just your doctor?
New research from Brazil tracked 1,340 heart attacks over 7 years and found something shocking: geomagnetic storms TRIPLE cardiac risk—especially for women.
We've been looking in the wrong direction.
New research from Brazil tracked 1,340 heart attacks over 7 years and found something shocking: geomagnetic storms TRIPLE cardiac risk—especially for women.
We've been looking in the wrong direction.
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
💔 What if your heart attack warning should come from NASA, not just your doctor?
New research from Brazil tracked 1,340 heart attacks over 7 years and found something shocking: geomagnetic storms TRIPLE cardiac risk—especially for women.
We've been looking in the wrong direction.
New research from Brazil tracked 1,340 heart attacks over 7 years and found something shocking: geomagnetic storms TRIPLE cardiac risk—especially for women.
We've been looking in the wrong direction.
Scientists can read your diet from your gut bacteria with 90% accuracy. 🦠
A study of 21,561 people reveals something wild: your microbiome creates unique dietary fingerprints. Omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans have completely different bacterial communities.
#microbiome #guthealth #plantbased
A study of 21,561 people reveals something wild: your microbiome creates unique dietary fingerprints. Omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans have completely different bacterial communities.
#microbiome #guthealth #plantbased
October 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Scientists can read your diet from your gut bacteria with 90% accuracy. 🦠
A study of 21,561 people reveals something wild: your microbiome creates unique dietary fingerprints. Omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans have completely different bacterial communities.
#microbiome #guthealth #plantbased
A study of 21,561 people reveals something wild: your microbiome creates unique dietary fingerprints. Omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans have completely different bacterial communities.
#microbiome #guthealth #plantbased
Ever fumble with a zipper and wonder: is this just aging, or something more?
Your hands might be whispering secrets about your brain health that you're not hearing.
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#BrainHealth #Neuroscience #AgingWell
Your hands might be whispering secrets about your brain health that you're not hearing.
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#BrainHealth #Neuroscience #AgingWell
October 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Ever fumble with a zipper and wonder: is this just aging, or something more?
Your hands might be whispering secrets about your brain health that you're not hearing.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis... 📖 helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/how-mobili...
#BrainHealth #Neuroscience #AgingWell
Your hands might be whispering secrets about your brain health that you're not hearing.
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#BrainHealth #Neuroscience #AgingWell
We're drowning in planet data but can't see clearly. Finally, AI displays Earth as meaning, not noise. This changes everything. 🌍✨
Seeing the Whole Earth—AlphaEarth Foundations
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#AI #ClimateScience #EarthObservation
Seeing the Whole Earth—AlphaEarth Foundations
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#AI #ClimateScience #EarthObservation
October 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We're drowning in planet data but can't see clearly. Finally, AI displays Earth as meaning, not noise. This changes everything. 🌍✨
Seeing the Whole Earth—AlphaEarth Foundations
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#AI #ClimateScience #EarthObservation
Seeing the Whole Earth—AlphaEarth Foundations
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📖 Essay: helioxpodcast.substack.com
#AI #ClimateScience #EarthObservation
⚛️ A quantum computer just ran for 2 hours straight—previous: milliseconds.
But the real story is about how they solved it—and what it teaches us about persistence.
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#QuantumComputing #Science #Technology
But the real story is about how they solved it—and what it teaches us about persistence.
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#QuantumComputing #Science #Technology
October 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
⚛️ A quantum computer just ran for 2 hours straight—previous: milliseconds.
But the real story is about how they solved it—and what it teaches us about persistence.
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#QuantumComputing #Science #Technology
But the real story is about how they solved it—and what it teaches us about persistence.
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#QuantumComputing #Science #Technology
36% - 46% of COVID survivors live with chronic illness.
Our song "The Elevator to Two" talks about what this means.
#LongCOVID #ChronicIllness #DisabilityAwareness
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Our song "The Elevator to Two" talks about what this means.
#LongCOVID #ChronicIllness #DisabilityAwareness
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October 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
36% - 46% of COVID survivors live with chronic illness.
Our song "The Elevator to Two" talks about what this means.
#LongCOVID #ChronicIllness #DisabilityAwareness
🎧 Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis... Essay: helioxpodcast.substack.com/publish/post... Song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMJS...
Our song "The Elevator to Two" talks about what this means.
#LongCOVID #ChronicIllness #DisabilityAwareness
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What if your immune system could borrow another person's cellular memories? Today's breakthrough made me cry—cancer patients clearing COVID in days ✨
67-year-old cancer patient received borrowed T-cells. Four days later: viral load plummeted. Six months later: those cells are STILL protecting her
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67-year-old cancer patient received borrowed T-cells. Four days later: viral load plummeted. Six months later: those cells are STILL protecting her
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October 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
What if your immune system could borrow another person's cellular memories? Today's breakthrough made me cry—cancer patients clearing COVID in days ✨
67-year-old cancer patient received borrowed T-cells. Four days later: viral load plummeted. Six months later: those cells are STILL protecting her
🧵
67-year-old cancer patient received borrowed T-cells. Four days later: viral load plummeted. Six months later: those cells are STILL protecting her
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🌡️ New research analyzed 1.2 billion social media posts and discovered something profound: extreme heat above 95°F systematically makes us more emotionally negative worldwide.
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#MentalHealth #ClimateAnxiety
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#MentalHealth #ClimateAnxiety
September 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🌡️ New research analyzed 1.2 billion social media posts and discovered something profound: extreme heat above 95°F systematically makes us more emotionally negative worldwide.
🎧 Full episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
📖 helioxpodcast.substack.com
#MentalHealth #ClimateAnxiety
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📖 helioxpodcast.substack.com
#MentalHealth #ClimateAnxiety
The most beautiful thing about AI scaling isn't the technology—it's watching thousands of specialized components learn to work together in perfect harmony.
September 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The most beautiful thing about AI scaling isn't the technology—it's watching thousands of specialized components learn to work together in perfect harmony.
When reality refuses to fit our neat little boxes 📦➡️🗂️
Spent 5 years thinking SARS-CoV-2 worked like a simple lock and key. Turns out the virus has been using a completely different entrance we didn't even know existed.
Spent 5 years thinking SARS-CoV-2 worked like a simple lock and key. Turns out the virus has been using a completely different entrance we didn't even know existed.
September 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
When reality refuses to fit our neat little boxes 📦➡️🗂️
Spent 5 years thinking SARS-CoV-2 worked like a simple lock and key. Turns out the virus has been using a completely different entrance we didn't even know existed.
Spent 5 years thinking SARS-CoV-2 worked like a simple lock and key. Turns out the virus has been using a completely different entrance we didn't even know existed.