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Humans naturally seek out novelty and new experiences, and for some people that can lead to drug addiction. Repeated exp... Read more

This episode features the talk I Dig Your Bones: Adventures in Forensic Anthropology, by Dr. Nici Vance, a forensic scie... Read more

Neuroscientist Adie Wilson-Poe, PhD, talks about exciting research into how cannabis can be used alongside or in place o... Read more

Technology impacts our sex lives in a lot of ways, and we don't just mean porn. Better access to education and intimacy ... Read more

You need lots of things to produce a good wine, such as favorable weather and a skilled winemaker. But before anything e... Read more

This episode is a recording of the talk "You and Your Racist Brain: The Neuroscience of Prejudice" with Dr. Larry Sherma... Read more

Conserving and restoring forests can help fight climate change in two ways: cutting down forests is the second largest s... Read more

This episode is a recording of the talk The Neuroscience of Trauma: From Trigger Warnings to PTSD with Dr. Larry Sherman... Read more

This episode features the talk Epigenetics: The Merger of Nature and Nurture, by Dr. Lisa Sardinia from Pacific Universi... Read more

This episode features Dr. Larry Sherman, a neuroscientist from OHSU in Portland, Oregon, talking about how our brains pr... Read more

Do you like to eat, drink, wear clothes, have medicines, and breathe oxygen? If so, thank plants! Listen as Keith Duncan... Read more

This episode is a recording of the talk "Parasites: A Global Health Problem", with Dr. Buddy Ullman, a parasitologist fr... Read more

This episode features the talk Cannabis Pharmacy: The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana with author Michael Backes. T... Read more

Can being in nature make us better? What is forest bathing, how can recess help improve student behavior, and can five m... Read more

If you're a woman or you're someone who has ever been treated by a female medical professional, you should listen to thi... Read more

Pain is the most important and misunderstood sensory system: you cannot live without it, yet we live every day trying to... Read more

If you have a sense of humor, Mary Roach is either already your favorite science author or she's about to be. She came t... Read more

This episode features Theodore Gray talking about his new book "Molecules: The Elements and the Architecture of Everythi... Read more

Here's scientific proof that friends are good for you! We're trying something new this episode. Listen as we chat with L... Read more

Are biological sex and gender the same thing? Do anatomy and genetics completely determine sex and/or gender? In this t... Read more