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The Case Against Spanking
Liz Gershoff thinks that as a society, we should get away from the idea that violence is integral to teaching children.
Do Sick Animals Socially Distance?
According to a new review in the journal Science, when highly social animals — such as ants, mice and bats — get sick, their social interactions change...
Artificial Intelligence Revs Up Evolution’s Clock
When Risto Miikkulainen and Padmini Rajagopalan simulated hyenas forming mobs to steal prey from lions, they found something surprising.
Ask the COVID-19 Experts
An epidemiologist and two molecular bioscientists get to the bottom of your burning COVID-19 questions.
The Next 50 Years: Anybody Out There?
Astronomer Caroline Morley speculates on the possibility of finding life on other planets in the near future.
The Next 50 Years: A Model of Life on the Atomic Scale
Can we simulate life — in all its messy complexity and at the scale of each individual atom — in a computer?
Science Amid the Social Distance
A compilation from our previous episodes that we hope will help you find some solace right now: in rediscovering life, the people we're closest with...
The Next 50 Years: An A.I. Designed to Make Life Better
Artificial intelligence is becoming more and more a part of our daily lives. But will AI have mostly positive or negative impacts on society?
The Next 50 Years: Your Perfect Meal and Exercise Plan
Have you ever wondered why some people seem to be able to follow a specific diet or exercise plan and others fail? The answer might...
The Next 50 Years: A Global Census of Life
Biologist David Hillis aims to discover the 80 percent of species on Earth that scientists know nothing about in the next few decades.