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Inquiring Minds

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Jan 15, 2019 • 40min

The Science of Perfect Timing

We talk to bestselling author Daniel Pink about his latest book When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
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Jan 8, 2019 • 36min

Up To Date | New Horizons Finds BB-8; Defining Death; Differential Privacy

This week: The New Horizons spacecraft took pictures of an object in the Kuiper belt; a study that brings up questions about how to define death; there’s a major upcoming scientific study that the US conducts every 10 years: the US census; and a look into the pricing and access to scientific journals.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
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Jan 1, 2019 • 42min

The Neuroscience of Prejudice

We talk to David Amodia, a social neuroscientist and psychology professor at NYU and the University of Amsterdam, about the science of prejudice.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
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Dec 29, 2018 • 23min

Up To Date | Top 10 Science Stories of 2018

This week: Kishore looks back through 2018 and lays out his favorite science stories of the year.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
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Dec 24, 2018 • 40min

Lessons from the Edge of the Universe

We talk to Dave Williams, a Canadian astronaut, neuroscientist, physician, and author of the new book Defying Limits: Lessons from the Edge of the Universe.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
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Dec 22, 2018 • 12min

Up To Date | Hummingbird Divebombs; Collapsing Ice Sheets

This week: A study looking into how male hummingbirds divebomb fast enough that their tail feathers make high-pitched squeaks; and new evidence explaining why sea levels were 6-9 meters higher about 150,000 years ago (even though the climate was just about as warm as it is today), and why that’s especially relevant now.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
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Dec 17, 2018 • 46min

The Laws of Human Nature

We talk to author Robert Greene, most known for the bestselling The 48 Laws of Power, about his new book The Laws of Human Nature.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
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Dec 15, 2018 • 16min

Up To Date | Talking Viruses; Creativity Waves

This week: A look into quorum sensing, a field of research looking into if bacteria, particularly bacteria that are trying to invade another host, can communicate with each other—and new research suggesting viruses can exhibit the same behavior; new research into using alpha waves to stimulate creativity; and Indre and Kishore’s 2018 science gift recommendations.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
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Dec 11, 2018 • 37min

She Has Her Mother's Laugh

Carl Zimmer is a New York Times columnist and author of 13 books about science. We talked to him about his latest book, She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity, which was recently named The Guardian’s Best Science Book of 2018.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
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Dec 8, 2018 • 16min

Up To Date | Migration Myths and Negative Mass

This week: The UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Heath released a new report that busts some common migration myths; and a scientist at Oxford University has come up with an alteration to Einstein's general theory of relativity that could have some interesting effects on our understanding of our universe: negative mass.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds

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