Inquiring Minds

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Motherhood in the Animal Kingdom Jun 26, 2018

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We talk to biologist and science writer Carin Bondar about her latest book Wild Moms: Motherhood in the Animal Kingdom.

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Up To Date | Mind Controlling Robots, Viral Alzheimer's Link, and Remembering Koko Jun 23, 2018

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This week: New research into controlling robot arms with your brain, a surprising link between a common virus and Alzheimer's Disease, and remembering Koko the gorilla.

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Intelligent Machines Are Changing Everything Jun 18, 2018

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How do we create artificial intelligence that isn't bigoted? Can we teach machines to work exactly like our brains work? “You don’t program a machine to be smart,” says our guest this week, “you program the machine to get smarter using data.”

We talk to James Scott, statistician, data scientist, and co-author (with Nick Polson) of the new book AIQ: How People and Machines Are Smarter Together.

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Virtual Reality Is Changing Human Connection Jun 12, 2018

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We talk to Peter Rubin, editor at Wired and author of Future Presence: How Virtual Reality Is Changing Human Connection, Intimacy, and the Limits of Ordinary Life.

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Up To Date | Don’t Eat Clay, Do Eat Dark Chocolate Jun 09, 2018

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This week: New research shows a 6-month treatment for breast cancer is nearly as successful as the previously-standard 12-month course; the surprising effects that clay can have on your body; and a look into new studies that give new reasons why dark chocolate is good for you.

Huge thanks to guest co-host Adam Bristol!

Links mentioned:

https://www.jwatch.org/fw114187/2018/05/18/herceptin-study-suggests-shorter-6-month-course-breast

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-26958-5

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The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity Jun 05, 2018

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We talk to Carl Zimmer, New York Times columnist and author of 13 books about science about his latest book She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity.

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Up To Date | Where Happiness Comes From, and Why Jun 01, 2018

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In this mini-episode, Kishore talks to neuroscientist and author Dean Burnett about his new book Happy Brain: Where Happiness Comes From, and Why.

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Why We're Addicted to Screens May 28, 2018

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We talk to Adam Alter, author and marketing and psychology professor at NYU's Stern School of Business about his book Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked.

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Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto May 22, 2018

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We talk to planetary scientist and New Horizons’ mission leader Alan Stern and astrobiologist David Grinspoon about their new book Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto.

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Up To Date | Snail Memory Transplants, Eyes In The Back Of Your Head, and Treating Epilepsy with CBD May 18, 2018

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This week: There are reports that scientists have ‘transferred a memory' in snails—what does the research actually say?; we examine a study that suggests people can form a “sphere a sensitivity” around their heads; and we look at new research on using Cannabidiol (CBD), a compound derived from the cannabis plant as treatment for a severe form of epilepsy.

Links mentioned:

https://www.inquisitr.com/4898738/we-have-eyes-in-the-back-of-the-head-study-shows/

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44111476

http://www.psypost.org/2018/05/cannabidiol-significantly-reduces-seizures-patients-severe-form-epilepsy-51258

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