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Caterpillars infiltrate ant nests, loneliness and your health, how planes can fly upside down, and more.
Evolution of Conscience
Hunting and gathering in pre-historic times may have led to the evolution of the conscience.
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EVOLUTION & MORALITY SPECIAL: Hunting large game led to the evolution of the conscience, and evidence of moral systems in other animals. Also: Giant snake fossil points to warmer times, and grandparents helped civilization evolve.
Infant Rhythm
Newborn babies can sense when a musical rhythm goes off the beat.
Prehistoric Roundup
A newly discovered fossil reveals a warmer climate in the past.
Emerging Infections
New global diseases are emerging faster than at any other time in human history.
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EVOLUTION SPECIAL: Celebrating Charles Darwin's 200th birthday, the evolution of kissing, mosquito love duets, robot sex, and the unhealthy history of the human diet.
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THE HUMAN CONDITION: Cleanliness clouds moral judgment, the genetics of the placebo effect, secrets of master impressionists, and more.
Genes & Placebos
A genetic variant is associated with a stronger placebo effect in some patients.
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Blue bananas hide in plain sight, life spurred earth's mineral diversity, boats sport manatee alarms, and more.
Blue Bananas
You might not think by looking at them that bananas are really blue.
Cancer Genome
Scientists have sequenced the entire genetic code of a cancerous tumor.
Mineral Evolution
Earth's diverse array of inorganic minerals is the result of biological evolution.
Slave Ants Revolt
Enslaved ants rebel when something just doesn't smell right.
Scary Monsters
A listener wonders why we fear irrational things when there are plenty of real threats out there.
Baldness & Soup Roundup
Scientists have identified new genes to blame for male-pattern baldness.
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Learning from electric eels, the roots of ticklishness, the health benefits of web surfing and maternal vaccines that protect babies.
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CREEPY CRAWLIES: The world's oldest ant, slave ants revolt, and a new compound found in spider venom.
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COGNITION: Crows don't forget a human face, magpies see themselves in mirrors, wasps remember each others' faces, how much memory can our brains store, and more.
Oldest Ant
A scientist discovers the world's oldest living ant species in the Amazon.