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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What We Know About Animals
Some of our favorite animal experts join us to talk about what we actually know about how animals think and feel – and about the relationship between animals and humans.
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The Expanding Universe
Yale University professor of astronomy and physics Priyamvada Nataraja joins us to talk about current scientific thinking about our ever-expanding universe.
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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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The Best Science Stories Of 2016
Michael Lemonick of Scientific American joins us to talk about the many advancements in technology, health and beyond that happened in 2016.
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The Science Of Whiskey
Firestone and Robertson Distilling Company head distiller Rob Arnold and TCU chemistry professor Eric Simanek join us to talk about how grain and water combine to make bourbon, rye and scotch.
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Understanding The Future
Futurist Amy Webb joins us to talk about getting ready for what’s to come, which she writes about in “The Signals Are Talking: Why Today’s Fringe Is Tomorrow’s Mainstream.”
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