Each week we bring you a new, in-depth exploration of the space where science and society collide. W
We talk to writer Keith Law about the behavioral economics of baseball and his new book The Inside G
This week: New research on a biological enzyme that can break down the plastic we use for water bott
We talk to journalist and founder of the Neurodiversity Project Jenara Nerenberg about her new book
We talk to social psychologist David Dunning about his well-known 1999 study on why people are so ba
We talk to linguist Gretchen McCulloch about her new book Because Internet: Understanding the New Ru
We talk to Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Cohen about his new book The Hot Hand: The Mystery and S
We talk to French neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene about his new book How We Learn: Why Brains Learn
We talk to Jessica Powell, a writer and former VP of Communications for Google, about her new book T
This week: scientists successfully germinated 2,000-year-old date palm seeds and we might soon know
We talk to science journalist Deborah Blum about her new book The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single
We talk to wildlife researcher and writer Adele Brand about her new book The Hidden World of the Fox
We talk to professor of information studies at UCLA and director of the UC Digital Cultures Lab Rame
Indre, along with fellow neuroscientist and person who is her husband, Adam Bristol, recap their fav
We talk to oncologist, professor of medicine, and director of the MDS Center at Columbia University
We talk to environmental journalist Beth Gardiner about her new book Choked: Life and Breath in the
We talk to Michael Casey, Senior Advisor for Blockchain Opportunities at MIT Media Lab’s Digital Cur
We talk to neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux, author of the new book The Deep History of Ourselves: The F
We talk to cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsk about how language can influence the way we think.Supp
We talk to cardiologist, writer, and clinical researcher Haider Warraich about his new book State of
We talk to author and journalist Joe Posnanski about his new book The Life and Afterlife of Harry Ho
