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How To Use Nature To Restore Your Focus, with Marc Berman
Episode 176
We’re living in an attention economy—and most of us are broke. But what if the secret to restoring your focus, improving your mental health, and even…
9 months, 1 week ago
Could Plants Unlock Quantum Medicine’s Potential? with Greg Engel
Episode 175
We’ve long marveled at how efficiently plants convert sunlight into energy—but no one guessed they were using quantum mechanics to do it.
In this epis…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
How Microplastics Are Invading Our Bodies, with Matthew Campen
Episode 174
You’ve heard of plastic polluting oceans. But what if it’s polluting you—your brain, your reproductive system, even your unborn children?
In this eye-…
10 months ago
Why We Get Stuck—And How to Finally Move Forward
Episode 173
Hello listeners…we're re-releasing one of our favorite Big Brains episodes—an incredibly insightful conversation with psychologist Adam Alter. If you…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Inside the AI Debate: Hope, Hype, Or Harm? A Big Brains Panel Weighs In
Episode 172
One of the benefits of producing this podcast at the University of Chicago is that there are often events on campus that bring in not just one Big Br…
11 months ago
Are Your Medications Safe And Effective?, with Jerry Avorn
Episode 171
For a more than a century, the Food and Drug Administration has worked to protect public health. In his research, Harvard University physician-resear…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Are We Making AI Too Human?, with James Evans
Episode 170
Prof. James Evans, a University of Chicago sociologist and data scientist, believes we’re training AI to think too much like humans—and it’s holding …
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Inside The Disease That Changes Your Personality, with Bruce Miller
Episode 169
When someone we know or love starts to develop psychological issues, we don't often associate it with a form of dementia. However, this trait is one …
1 year ago
Meet The ‘Planet Hunter’ Searching For Alien Life, with Jacob Bean
Episode 168
The search for life beyond Earth is no longer science fiction—it takes a lot of data, powerful telescopes and a bit of cosmic detective work. And at …
1 year ago
How To Stop Gun Violence Before It Starts, with Jens Ludwig
Episode 167
Despite decades of policy ideas, pouring millions of dollars into the problem, and a slow pace of gun control measures, the United States hasn’t made…
1 year, 1 month ago