Episodios

  • Assert yourself (especially if your partner drinks)

    Assert yourself (especially if your partner drinks)
    Sep 23 2024
    Alcohol? Bad for us. But a fascinating new study looks at what happens to the person who's watching the drinking happen. Also, college kids in Egypt saw their depression/anxiey/stress drop... by getting a crash course on 'assertiveness.'
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    30 m
  • Cat-eating conspiracies & a heartless bot to stop them

    Cat-eating conspiracies & a heartless bot to stop them
    Sep 12 2024
    Fresh off the birth of a brand-new conspiracy, researchers have unveiled a 'soulless' new tool to stop us from becoming victims of half-truths and full-blown lies.
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    30 m
  • Weekly roundup — Waves in the dark

    Weekly roundup — Waves in the dark
    Sep 8 2024
    An email from a miner, scary sounds in outer space, and a powerful magnet aimed at 50 human heads.
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    30 m
  • A dyslexia breakthrough

    A dyslexia breakthrough
    Sep 7 2024
    With the help of a powerful MRI, researchers in Germany have discovered where dyslexia appears to happen deep inside the human brain (in males). The peppercorn-sized structure may become the target of therapies for millions of people.
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    12 m
  • When you look in the mirror, does your face match your name?

    When you look in the mirror, does your face match your name?
    Sep 6 2024
    A new study suggests your appearance 'drifts' as you age — toward the name you were given at birth.
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    24 m
  • Weekly roundup — My phone can smell things?

    Weekly roundup — My phone can smell things?
    Sep 1 2024
    Ever take out your phone to identify a song that's playing near you? Pretty soon, you'll be able to do the same with smells. Also, fruit flies may have just given scientists the secret to happy hour.
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    30 m
  • Unhoused people & what police should(n't) do about it

    Unhoused people & what police should(n't) do about it
    Aug 31 2024
    You've lost your job, lost your home and go to sleep surrounded by strangers. You're scared. But what is it, exactly, you're scared of?
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    26 m
  • Are you symbiosexual?

    Are you symbiosexual?
    Aug 30 2024
    Demisexual, graysexual, pomosexual — it's hard to keep track of the (expanding) list of human sexualities. The Harvard Pleasure study just added another.
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    12 m