Camilla Nord, who leads the Mental Health Neuroscience Lab at the University of Cambridge, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the latest science of brain health – what works to return to equilibrium and why it sometimes doesn’t.
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In Nigeria, DNA testing is a part of courtship
Harper’s contributor Krithika Varagur discusses Nigeria’s approach to “genetic responsibility,” and what couples are up against when they meet a mate whose genes when combined with their own could produce a child with the painful disease.
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Nature, Nurture And The Path To Personality
Indiana University School of Medicine professor Bill Sullivan joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how our genetic information combines with outside forces to determine who we become.
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The Meaning of Blood-Ties in Same Sex Families
Jennifer Berney joins us to talk about how same-sex families are redefining our understanding of heredity and paternity.
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Living In Society Is Making Us Better People
Nicholas A. Christakis, director of the Human Nature Lab at Yale University, joins us to explain how for thousands of years we’ve actually evolved to co-exist in greater harmony.
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You’re Not Who You Think: The Secrets Of Ancient DNA
Harvard genetics professor David Reich joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how studying our ancestor’s DNA has opened the door to understanding how humans have evolved.
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When Everyone Is Your Friend
Jennifer Latson joins us to talk about Williams syndrome, a genetic disorder that makes people biologically incapable of distrust.
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The Science Behind Living Longer
Nobel Prize winner Elizabeth Blackburn joins us to talk about how telomeres contribute to how we age, the subject of her book “The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer.”
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What Our DNA Says About Us
Alondra Nelson,the dean of social science at Columbia University, joins us to talk about the relationship between contemporary racial issues and DNA.
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Inheriting Cancer
This hour, we’ll learn how we can spot hereditary cancer with Dr. Theodora Ross, director of the Cancer Genetics Program at UT-Southwestern Medical Center.
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