Seth Stephens-Davidowitz joins us to talk about how seeing what we search for on the internet can give us a better understanding of what’s on our collective minds.
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The Search For Alien Life
Theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili joins us to bring us up to date on the search for life in other parts of the universe.
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The Power Of The Unfocused Mind
Dr. Srini Pillay joins us to make the case for allowing our minds to wander and how that can actually increase our productivity.
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The Measure Of Genius
Claudia Kalb joins us to talk about how Einstein, Michelangelo and others harnessed their creativity, perseverance and other traits to become the towering minds of their times.
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Why DNA Is Not Destiny
Steven Heine joins us to talk about why some of us put entirely too much stock into what genetic testing reveals.
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The Cost Of Sloppy Science
Science journalist Richard Harris joins us to talk about the money lost from ill-conceived medical experiments.
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The Science Of Learning
Ulrich Boser joins us to talk about new research into the science of learning.
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The Future Of Human Evolution
DT Max joins us to talk about how we handle our continued growth now that we’re smart enough to play a hand in it.
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The Gene Machine
Bonnie Rochman joins us to talk about the many ethical questions that arise from the knowledge gained by pre-birth testing.
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How Darwinism Changed America
Randall Fuller joins us to talk about how Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” argument for a common ancestry for all creatures was used as a potent argument against slavery.
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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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How Retailers Track Us
University of Pennsylvania professor Joseph Turow joins us to talk about how companies monitor our purchases in order to get a better picture of our wants and needs.
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