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Storm Warning: Why Hurricanes Are Growing Beyond Measure, with Michael Wehner

Storm Warning: Why Hurricanes Are Growing Beyond Measure, with Michael Wehner

May 16, 2024

We all know that extreme weather events like hurricanes are getting worse due to climate change, but what scientists would really like to know is: By how much worse exactly? This year a team of resear...

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How To Manifest Your Future Using Neuroscience, with James Doty

How To Manifest Your Future Using Neuroscience, with James Doty

May 02, 2024

We've all heard the phrase "Manifest Your Destiny" when it comes to wanting that new promotion, figuring out a new career path or just trying to achieve that long-term goal. It turns out that the act ...

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Why We Die—And How We Can Live Longer, with Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan

Why We Die—And How We Can Live Longer, with Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan

Apr 18, 2024

They’re perhaps the oldest questions in the science: Why do we die? And could we find a way to live forever? But for decades, anti-aging research was a “backwater” of the scientific community, conside...

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What Dogs Are Teaching Us About Aging, with Daniel Promislow

What Dogs Are Teaching Us About Aging, with Daniel Promislow

Apr 04, 2024

Every dog owner has faced the hard realization that their dog won’t live as long as they do, but we’ve all probably wondered: Why do some dogs live longer than others? It turns out that several factor...

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Where Has Alzheimer’s Research Gone Wrong? with Karl Herrup

Where Has Alzheimer’s Research Gone Wrong? with Karl Herrup

Mar 21, 2024

For more than a century, scientists have been studying Alzheimer’s disease and developing theories about its underlying cause. The leading theory for decades has been that abnormal amyloid plaques in ...

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Why Breeding Millions of Mosquitoes Could Help Save Lives, With Scott O'Neill

Why Breeding Millions of Mosquitoes Could Help Save Lives, With Scott O'Neill

Mar 07, 2024

Mosquito-borne diseases are one of the greatest global health threats, infecting around 700 million people every year with Zika virus, dengue fever, malaria and yellow fever — which can all be deadly ...

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Why Shaming Other Countries Often Backfires, with Rochelle Terman

Why Shaming Other Countries Often Backfires, with Rochelle Terman

Feb 22, 2024

How do you stop a government from continuing to commit human rights abuses? You could take them to an international court of justice, or file a complaint at the UN. But none of those bodies have any e...

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Can Trump Legally Be President?, with William Baude

Can Trump Legally Be President?, with William Baude

Feb 06, 2024

The Supreme Court’s decision on whether Colorado can take former President Donald Trump off the ballot in the 2024 election may be one of the most consequential in its history. The case will turn on t...

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What Our Hand Gestures Reveal About Our Thoughts, with Susan Goldin-Meadow

What Our Hand Gestures Reveal About Our Thoughts, with Susan Goldin-Meadow

Jan 25, 2024

Language shapes our world. But when we speak, there is actually a secret conversation happening beyond our words. It’s happening not with our mouths—but with our hands. Prof. Susan Goldin-Meadow is a ...

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Psychedelics Without Hallucinations: A New Mental Health Treatment? with David E. Olson

Psychedelics Without Hallucinations: A New Mental Health Treatment? with David E. Olson

Jan 11, 2024

The United States is facing a real mental health crisis. In the last few years, one possible treatment has gotten a lot of press: psychedelic drugs. But what is actually happening in a person’s brain ...

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