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The Modern Creation Myth & Stephen Crothers, Checking the Math
Season 1 Episode 41
The Modern Creation Myth: At the start of the 20th century, mathematical physics, inspired by a series of instrumental discoveries in astrophysics, a…
4 years, 10 months ago
How Biology Beats Cheaters: A Lesson in Corporate Accountability - DC Attorney, Joel Corcoran
Season 1 Episode 40
The tragedy of the commons is a frequent excuse for the often ill effects of efficient corporate industry. Curbing bad behavior can seem impossible -…
4 years, 10 months ago
Life After Growth - Dr. Mark Nelson, Biosphere 2
Season 1 Episode 39
Some species are boom and bust - but for others, life after growth is a more steady affair. What will it be for humans?
If the past informs the futur…
4 years, 11 months ago
The Strangeness of Ordered Water - Dr. Gerald Pollack, University of Washington
Season 1 Episode 38
The strangeness of ordered water: Water is usually seen as a solvent, the background against which the reactions of life play out. But sometimes, wat…
4 years, 11 months ago
The Age of Regeneration: Mars Makes Sense - Fraser Cain, Universe Today
Season 1 Episode 37
Rather than being a landscape of death and destruction, the next age of planetary development could the age of regeneration - driven by the technolog…
4 years, 11 months ago
The Tech Company Town: When Corporations Replace the State - Dr. Herb Lin, Stanford's Hoover Institute
Season 1 Episode 36
Did you think the world's richest entities were governments? Think again! 71 of the richest 100 organizations are corporations, not countries. Is a h…
5 years ago
The Appeal of Motivated Reasoning in Anomalistic Psychology - Dr. Chris French
Season 1 Episode 35
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, we all know that. But Dr. Christopher French, professor of Anomalistic Psychology at the University o…
5 years ago
When the Mind Shapes Reality, Belief is Good For You - Dr. Matthijs Kox
Season 1 Episode 34
Medical mystery Wim Hof has put his body to the test, and the science is in: belief is really good for you. Especially if you learn to use the power …
5 years ago
Sometimes Science is About Power - Jeremy Rys
Season 1 Episode 33
There are two opposing forces that steer the course of consensus science - quality of thought on one hand, and narrative control on the other. When y…
5 years ago
Strength Without Compassion is a Road to Ruin - Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, NYU
Season 1 Episode 32
Propaganda, strongmen, and authoritarianism are mainstays across the authoritarian-liberatrian boundary, marked by a lack of democratic and free elec…
5 years, 1 month ago