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When Hawks Become Traffic Engineers
Season 4 Episode 47
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If we're this wrong about hawks—creatures we can observe directly—what does that say about our understanding of other species? What sophisticated behaviors and cognitive…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
⚕️The Hearts We Didn't Know We Were Breaking: What We're Learning About COVID's Long Shadow on Our Children
Season 4 Episode 46
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We told ourselves a story about children and COVID-19. It was a comforting story.
Like most comforting stories we tell ourselves dur…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Radical Science of Peace: What Dame Kathleen Lonsdale Knew
Season 4 Episode 45
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When World War II came, Lonsdale faced the ultimate test of her convictions. As a conscientious objector, she was imprisoned rather than participate in the war effort. Think about that …
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
🧠 The Uncomfortable Truth About What You Really Believe
Season 4 Episode 44
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Why your deepest convictions have more in common with falling in love than solving math problems
We tell ourselves a comforting l…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Virus That Hijacks Your Immune System's First Responders
Season 4 Episode 43
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Think of your immune system as a sophisticated military operation. Neutrophils are the rapid response team—they arrive first at any sign of trouble, ready to fight. But what if an invad…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
🧪The Hidden Medicine Cabinet: Why One Old Drug Might Hold Keys to Our Chronic Illness Crisis
Season 4 Episode 42
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When a 50-year-old addiction medication starts reversing autoimmune diseases, clearing brain fog, and helping cancer patients—maybe it's time we stopped th…
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Lost Mobility: The Prison You Don't See Coming
Season 4 Episode 41
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Think about two people: Mark, who bikes the same route to work every day and hits the same gym with military precision, and Eleanor, who works from home but takes spontaneous walks to c…
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
🦠 The Paradox of Viral Evolution: Why More Mutations Don't Always Mean More Danger
Season 4 Episode 40
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Understanding the delicate balance between immune escape and infectivity in SARS-CoV-2's latest variants
We're living through one of the most fascinati…
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
The Baby's Grave in a Medieval Brothel: A Radical Act Of Love
Season 4 Episode 39
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There's a moment in every archaeological dig when time collapses. When the careful scraping of trowels reveals something so intimate, so human, that centuries disappear and you're sudde…
Published on 7 months ago
🐉 The Beautiful Trap: How Apple Built an Empire on Borrowed Time
Season 4 Episode 38
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You're holding a miracle in your hands right now.
That iPhone didn't just appear in some sterile California lab. It's the product of o…
Published on 7 months ago