Jonathan B. Losos joins us to discuss the evolution of our feline friends and explore the relationship we humans have with Felis catus.
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Do you worry too much about climate change?
Shannon Osaka joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the growing number of people who share a grim view of the future, and how climate scientists are trying to win them back.
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Studying the universe before there was light
Emma Chapman, a Royal Society research fellow at the University of Nottingham, discusses the 100 million years missing from the timeline of the universe, and efforts to uncover the secrets of the stars.
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Is your intelligence about nature or nurture?
Rina Bliss, associate professor of sociology at Rutgers University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her work in epigenetics, working to understand how human intelligence grows and changes in response to our surroundings.
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The global clocks that absolutely must be right
Harper’s contributor Tom Vanderbilt joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the science of timekeeping, why official clocks are just a forecast — not an absolute — and the people who keep us all on schedule.
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The surprising musicality of animals
New Yorker staff writer Burkhard Bilger joins us to discuss his profile of neuroscientist and musician David Sulzer, who is trying to define what music is and how studying animals’ connection to music is helping in that pursuit.
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Where are flying cars? Predicting future technology
Yale neurologist Dr. Steven Novella is one of America’s foremost scientific skeptics, and he joins us for a look at what earlier futurists got right and what they missed in order to better fine-tune our current predictions.
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Art does beautiful and beneficial things to your brain
Susan Magsamen of the International Arts + Mind Lab joins us to discuss the many ways art lengthens life spans, triggers brainwaves, counteracts loneliness, and generally makes us better.
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Unscrambling the science and history of eggs
Author Lizzie Stark joins us to discuss the history and culture of eggs – from world cuisine to motherhood – and how we’re still awed by such a humble object.
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Your brain could supercharge your immune system
Science journalist Diana Kwon joins us to discuss promising new research on mice that demonstrates healing through brain stimulation and the lessons scientists are hoping will translate to human patients.
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Plenty of people hear voices nobody else can hear
Ben Alderson-Day, an associate professor of psychology, joins us to discuss the psychology and neuroscience of feeling watched or hearing voices as he tries to unravel a phenomenon felt by people the world over.
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Technology has racial biases—and its human developers are responsible
Meredith Broussard, an associate professor of journalism at NYU, discusses why net neutrality is a myth, the racism and ableism built into systems, and why A.I. needs more diverse human role models.
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