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Eve Marder on the Crucial Resilience of Neurons

Monday, May 17, 2021 • Duration 40:37

Eve Marder’s research into the plasticity and resilience of nervous systems finds universal principles guiding life’s responses to stress.

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Charlie Marcus Knows That Quantum Facts Aren’t Complicated

Monday, May 10, 2021 • Duration 49:14

The secret to making a qubit for future quantum computers might depend on knowing how to tie knots in unusual materials, argues the physicist Charlie Marcus.

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Bonnie Bassler on Talkative Bacteria and Eavesdropping Viruses

Monday, March 8, 2021 • Duration 39:50

The molecular biologist Bonnie Bassler is deciphering the chemical languages that bacteria use to coordinate their assaults on a host.

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Neil Shubin on Tiktaalik, Ballistic Tongues and Evolution

Tuesday, March 2, 2021 • Duration 47:52

The paleontologist Neil Shubin talks with host Steven Strogatz about hunting for a 375 million-year-old fossil and finding novel traits that evolved many times.

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Podcast Preview: The Joy of x, Season Two

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 • Duration 02:24

Hosted by Steven Strogatz, The Joy of x podcast is back with new episodes that explore the inner worlds of top-tier scientists and mathematicians like Frank Wilczek, Bonnie Bassler and Amie Wilkinson.

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Moon Duchin on Fair Voting and Random Walks

Tuesday, April 7, 2020 • Duration 50:34

Can geometry save democracy from gerrymandering? Mathematician Moon Duchin discusses the possibilities with host Steven Strogatz.

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Brian Keating’s Quest for the Origin of the Universe

Tuesday, March 31, 2020 • Duration 41:24

The astrophysicist Brian Keating talks to host Steven Strogatz about chasing the universe’s greatest mysteries — and what it’s like to have a major discovery slip through his fingers.

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Rebecca Goldin and Brian Nosek on Hard Truths in Math and Psychology

Tuesday, March 24, 2020 • Duration 46:02

The mathematician Rebecca Goldin and the psychology researcher Brian Nosek speak with host Steven Strogatz about what it’s like to be the bearers of unpopular truths.

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Cori Bargmann on the Genetics of Transparent Worms, Supertasters and Cancer

Tuesday, March 17, 2020 • Duration 53:30

The neurogenetics pioneer Cori Bargmann speaks with host Steven Strogatz about why a transparent worm became her favorite animal and how a genetic discovery she made inspired a revolutionary cancer treatment.

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Tadashi Tokieda's Special Kind of Magic

Tuesday, March 10, 2020 • Duration 51:32

The mathematician Tadashi Tokieda and host Steven Strogatz explore what we can learn about the world from simple “toys” with remarkable physical or mathematical properties.

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