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Aug 4, 2023 • 15min

The Fungi Economy, Part 1: Just like Us, Trees Are Experiencing Inflation

Like us, plants and fungi have complex economies. By burning fossil fuels, we’ve been devaluing their currency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Aug 2, 2023 • 10min

Could Weight-Loss Drugs Curb Addiction? Your Health, Quickly, Episode 12

Drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic might help people tackle substance abuse as well as shed pounds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jul 31, 2023 • 10min

How to Roll a Joint Perfectly, according to Science

Scientists used a smoking machine—complete with a 3-D-printed mouthpiece—to figure out how to get the most cannabinoid per puff.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jul 28, 2023 • 12min

Here's How AI Can Predict Hit Songs With Frightening Accuracy

New AI technology predicts hit songs—by listening to someone’s body.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jul 26, 2023 • 10min

Here's Why Actors Are So Worried about AI

Here’s what’s behind the A.I technology that has worried so many actors—including something called “the orb.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jul 24, 2023 • 11min

Are You a Lucid Dreamer?

A sleep researcher who studies what dreams can tell us about the possible onset of some mental disorders believes lucid dreamers might hold a lot of answers in their head. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jul 21, 2023 • 15min

Here's What 'Oppenheimer' Gets Right--And Wrong--About Nuclear History

Here’s what a historian who has studied J. Robert Oppenheimer for two decades has to say about the new Christopher Nolan film on the father of the atomic bomb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jul 19, 2023 • 10min

How Stress Messes With Your Gut

Inflammatory bowel disease flare-ups can be traced to mental stress Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jul 17, 2023 • 14min

Should We Care About AI's Emergent Abilities?

Here’s how large language models, or LLMs, actually work.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jul 14, 2023 • 14min

What That Jazz Beat Tells Us about Hearing and The Brain

Very small delays in swing jazz point to our evolution as a supremely auditory species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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