What Makes Something Memorable (or Forgettable?) with Wilma Bainbridge
There is a science to what we remember and what we don't. For instance, why do we remember certain pieces of artwork, some brands’ logos, or even people's faces? University of Chicago psychologist Wil...
13 Juni 202426min
Learning To Speak To Whales Using AI, with David Gruber
If aliens landed on Earth tomorrow, how would we talk with them? Well, we already have a kind of creature on this planet we could attempt to talk to first, and in the last few years a team of renowned...
30 Maj 202426min
Storm Warning: Why Hurricanes Are Growing Beyond Measure, with Michael Wehner
We all know that extreme weather events like hurricanes are getting worse due to climate change, but what scientists would really like to know is: By how much worse exactly? This year a team of resear...
16 Maj 202427min
How To Manifest Your Future Using Neuroscience, with James Doty
We've all heard the phrase "Manifest Your Destiny" when it comes to wanting that new promotion, figuring out a new career path or just trying to achieve that long-term goal. It turns out that the act ...
2 Maj 202431min
Why We Die—And How We Can Live Longer, with Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan
They’re perhaps the oldest questions in the science: Why do we die? And could we find a way to live forever? But for decades, anti-aging research was a “backwater” of the scientific community, conside...
18 Apr 202432min
What Dogs Are Teaching Us About Aging, with Daniel Promislow
Every dog owner has faced the hard realization that their dog won’t live as long as they do, but we’ve all probably wondered: Why do some dogs live longer than others? It turns out that several factor...
4 Apr 202432min
Where Has Alzheimer’s Research Gone Wrong? with Karl Herrup
For more than a century, scientists have been studying Alzheimer’s disease and developing theories about its underlying cause. The leading theory for decades has been that abnormal amyloid plaques in ...
21 Mars 202429min
Why Breeding Millions of Mosquitoes Could Help Save Lives, With Scott O'Neill
Mosquito-borne diseases are one of the greatest global health threats, infecting around 700 million people every year with Zika virus, dengue fever, malaria and yellow fever — which can all be deadly ...
7 Mars 202430min
