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Why Can’t Scientists Agree On The Age Of The Universe? with Wendy Freedman

Why Can’t Scientists Agree On The Age Of The Universe? with Wendy Freedman

Oct 03, 2024

How old is the universe—and how fast is it expanding? These are part of one of the biggest—and most contested—questions in science, and the answers could change our understanding of physics. In this e...

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What Are We Getting Wrong About Young Voters?, with Cathy Cohen

What Are We Getting Wrong About Young Voters?, with Cathy Cohen

Sep 19, 2024

One of the biggest questions of every election is: What’s going on with young voters? There is endless speculation on the news about what young people care about, but very little good research examini...

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Why Are More Women Saying No To Having Kids? With Peggy O'Donnell Heffington

Why Are More Women Saying No To Having Kids? With Peggy O'Donnell Heffington

Sep 05, 2024

More and more women in the United States are saying no to motherhood. Alarmingly, in 2023, the U.S. fertility rate reached the lowest number on record. But the idea of non-motherhood is actually not a...

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How Homeownership Shaped Race In America, with Adrienne Brown

How Homeownership Shaped Race In America, with Adrienne Brown

Aug 22, 2024

Race has played a huge role in the creation of mass homeownership in the United States. Discriminatory housing practices including redlining, exclusionary zoning and whitewashing led to great disparit...

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Fighting Back Against AI Piracy, with Ben Zhao and Heather Zheng

Fighting Back Against AI Piracy, with Ben Zhao and Heather Zheng

Aug 08, 2024

If you’ve spent any time playing with modern AI image generators, it can seem like an almost magical experience; but the truth is these programs are more like a magic trick than magic. Without the hum...

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The Bioelectric Future of Regenerative Medicine

The Bioelectric Future of Regenerative Medicine

Jul 25, 2024

In the near future, birth defects, traumatic injuries, limb loss and perhaps even cancer could be cured through bioelectricity—electrical signals that communicate to our cells how to rebuild themselve...

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Is Mindfulness The Secret To Health?

Is Mindfulness The Secret To Health?

Jul 11, 2024

Can you heal faster just by tricking your brain? Could you lose weight with only a change of mindset? Could you think yourself into being younger? If you think the answer to all these questions is no,...

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Feeling Stuck? Here’s How To Achieve a Breakthrough, with Adam Alter

Feeling Stuck? Here’s How To Achieve a Breakthrough, with Adam Alter

Jun 27, 2024

We've all been stuck at some point in our lives — whether we've been stuck at a job and wanting to make a career change, stuck in a location and wanting to move somewhere new, or stuck in relationship...

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What Makes Something Memorable (or Forgettable?) with Wilma Bainbridge

What Makes Something Memorable (or Forgettable?) with Wilma Bainbridge

Jun 13, 2024

There is a science to what we remember and what we don't. For instance, why do we remember certain pieces of artwork, some brands’ logos, or even people's faces? University of Chicago psychologist Wil...

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Learning To Speak To Whales Using AI, with David Gruber

Learning To Speak To Whales Using AI, with David Gruber

May 30, 2024

If aliens landed on Earth tomorrow, how would we talk with them? Well, we already have a kind of creature on this planet we could attempt to talk to first, and in the last few years a team of renowned...

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