Explore how human amusements and leisure pursuits have shaped technological progress and societal evolution throughout history.
Gut microbiome, not calories: the revolutionary science of eating well.
Unraveling cholera's deadly mystery: science versus dogma in Victorian London
Scientific approach to understanding and managing obesity.
A gripping exploration of Earth's mass extinctions, revealing humanity's role in the current ecological crisis and its far-reaching consequences.
Explore why your brain processes a billion bits per second yet conscious thought crawls at just 10 bits—and how this neural paradox shapes everything from instant face recognition to agonizing dinner decisions.
Dimensional adventure challenges perception, reality, and social hierarchies.
Hawking and Mlodinow explore cosmic mysteries, challenging traditional beliefs with cutting-edge physics and proposing revolutionary ideas about our universe's origins.
A thought-provoking exploration of epistemology, examining ancient questions and modern puzzles about the nature of knowledge and belief.
Genes as prisoners, not masters: biology's revolutionary symphony revealed.
Exposing the hidden dangers of vegetable oils and their impact on chronic diseases, offering a path to health restoration.
A thought-provoking exploration of neurotechnology's impact on privacy, ethics, and cognitive liberty in our rapidly evolving digital age.
A provocative philosophical manifesto challenging metaphysics and advocating logical positivism as the foundation for meaningful discourse and knowledge.
Explore the bidirectional relationship between olfactory dysfunction and depression, examining molecular mechanisms, neural circuit disruptions, and therapeutic implications of sensory enrichment for mood regulation.
Discover how mitochondria-ancient bacteria living in our cells-revolutionized evolution, enable complex life, and hold keys to aging, disease, and health.
Investigates the alarming rise in mental illness diagnoses and questions the effectiveness of psychiatric drugs in long-term treatment.
From internet speed checks to quality assurance, this podcast explores how tests permeate our daily lives, their various meanings, and why they've become essential tools for evaluation in the modern world.
Exploring fungi's hidden world, intelligence, and impact on ecosystems and human history.
