This hour, we’ll talk about how the octopus and its close relatives were likely the first to develop a complex nervous system – and about how that evolution took place independent of land animals – with City University of New York professor Peter Godfrey-Smith.
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This hour, we’ll talk about how doctors search for brain function with Dr. Nicholas D. Schiff and Dr. Joseph J Fins of Weill Cornell Medicine. Their story “In Search of Hidden Minds” appears in Scientific American Mind.
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This hour, we’ll take in the scene from the Austin’s Congress Avenue Bridge with bat experts from the non-profit Austin Bat Refuge. And later in the hour, we’ll talk about new research into how bats use sonar with Mike Ryan, professor of integrative biology at UT-Austin, and UT graduate student May Dixon.
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This hour, we’ll talk with Rice University evolutionary biologist Scott Solomon, about his book “Future Humans: Inside the Science of Our Continuing Evolution.”
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This hour, we’ll talk with Krista Tippett about the lessons she’s learned from hosting the podcast “On Being,” which she writes about in “Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living”
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This hour, we’ll talk about how about how girls are being better diagnosed and treated for the condition, the subject of a recent report in Scientific American magazine.
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This hour, we’ll talk about how we can strengthen the neural pathways in our brains that foster closeness with psychiatrist Amy Banks.
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This hour, we’ll learn about how scientists are developing a better understanding of how memories work – and how they can sometimes be manipulated – with Anna Lee Strachan, director of an upcoming “NOVA” episode on the topic.
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This hour, we’ll talk about how psychiatry gained legitimacy through the work of Sigmund Freud and other practitioners with Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman, author of “Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry” (Back Bay Books).
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This hour, we’ll talk with Tim Lewens, a philosopher at the University of Cambridge and author of “The Meaning of Science: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science”.
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We’ll talk about the current state of microbial research with Rob DeSalle, curator of entomology in the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
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This hour, we’ll talk about how the discovery affects our understanding of our evolution with Lee Berger, the paleoanthropologist who led the excavation, as well as Marina Elliott and Hanna Morris, who were also on the team.
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