34: Rat Addicts
Do rats get high in heaven? This week we tackle the science behind addiction. Is it a disease or does it only exist because drugs are just chemically irresistible? References and Further Reading ...
9 Des 201938min
33: The Ig Nobel Prize
Have you ever wondered how Corry comes up with a wacky new science story every week? This episode we dig into one of the inspirations for the podcast, the Ig Nobel Prize! Having a prize for great sci...
2 Des 201942min
32: Eugenics
If you had the chance to change your child’s genes, would you? Is that Eugenics? Those are the questions we debate today! Gene editing has come to the point that we can choose almost any feature we l...
25 Nov 201958min
31: Talking Animals
“You be good, see you tomorrow. I love you” were the last words of Alex the Parrot, who may have been the only animal to understand and engage in human speech We cover the life of Alex, and the contr...
18 Nov 201945min
30: Rat Utopia
Do rats go to heaven? The answer is yes, but it’s not as nice as you might think! Corry tells the story of John B Calhoun, a man who ran massive, years long experiments on rats and mice to really see...
11 Nov 201942min
29: Anti-Vax or Anti-Facts?
Do vaccines cause autism? That’s just one of the questions we’re debating this week. We get into the scientific roots of the Antivax movement, and figure out whether it’s really that dangerous to choo...
4 Nov 20191h 13min
28: The Curious Case of Phineas Gage
When you fall off a horse the only thing you can do is get back on, and when a crowbar flies through your brain you just get up and walk away. Phineas Gage accidentally blew a hole in his brain and, ...
28 Okt 201932min
27: Lost Cosmonauts
What’s worse, the cold vacuum of space or a Russian forest during winter? Two Cosmonauts found out the answer to that question the hard way when they crash landed in the woods after the first space ...
21 Okt 201942min
