One Small Step for Luxury, One Giant Whiff for Neuroscience: Lunar Hotels and the Science of Sniffing Farts 472

Pack your bags (and maybe a clothespin for your nose) because this week on Hysteria 51 we’re going interplanetary and intestinal. First up: luxury travel has officially left Earth. A startup is taking reservations—yes, real money —to be among the first guests at a proposed hotel on the Moon . We’re talking deposits that can range from “casual quarter-mil” to a full $1,000,000 just to hold your spot, with the total trip potentially climbing far beyond that once you factor in the whole “rocket commute” situation. It’s space tourism with a side of “do they validate parking in low gravity?” Then we come crashing back down to Earth with science that sounds like it was invented in a middle-school cafeteria: the idea that “sniffing farts” could help protect your brain. Under the jokes is a real research thread around hydrogen sulfide (the “rotten egg” gas associated with flatulence) and how it may help protect brain cells in Alzheimer’s-related mouse studies—less “weaponized crop dusting,” more “biochemistry doing something weird and promising.” So if you like your weird news with equal parts sci-fi dreams and “please don’t say that out loud,” this episode is your perfect storm: moon hotel reservations, space-tourism absurdity, and the unexpectedly serious science of stink. Links & Resources 📌 Moon Vacancy 📌 Stinky Mental Progress Email us your favorite WEIRD news stories: weird@hysteria51.com Support the Show Get exclusive content & perks as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at from just $1 Shop Be the Best Dressed at your Cult Meeting! See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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This episode was published on Jan 21, 2026.

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