Best Maiken Podcasts (2024)

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Maiken Nedergaard's power of disruption 25:40

25d ago25:40

25:40

The award-winning researcher's discoveries have changed the way we think about the brain; that's exactly what her critics dislike.

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Living Greener — One Decision at a Time 56:22

2d ago56:22

56:22

Every day, we hear about countless environmental threats — from air pollution and microplastics, to deforestation and global warming. And a lot of us feel overwhelmed by the scale of these problems, and helpless to enact global big-picture solutions. But small, everyday decisions matter too — and they add up. How you do your laundry, how warm or co…

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FDA describes 'objectionable conditions' at New York State Psychiatric Institute 6:23

18h ago6:23

6:23

The facility's institutional review board failed to report a 2021 incident and "serious and ongoing noncompliance" by a principal investigator, according to a letter released by the federal agency this week.

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Breaking down the winner's curse: Lessons from brain-wide association studies 7:04

4d ago7:04

7:04

We found an issue with a specific type of brain imaging study and tried to share it with the field. Then the backlash began.

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Bridging the Gaps for Latino Health 48:30

9d ago48:30

48:30

Over the past few decades, Latinos have become the largest racial or ethnic minority in the United States, making up nearly 20 percent of the country's population. Despite that, many Latinos feel alienated by our medical system, due to cultural and language barriers, and a lack of Latino physicians — and those barriers can have a real impact on the…

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Wild and free: Understanding animal behavior beyond the lab 8:48

8d ago8:48

8:48

Technological advancements have made it possible to study animals in more natural settings, but researchers are debating what that really means and whether natural is always better.

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Knowledge gaps in cephalopod care could stall welfare standards 10:26

16d ago10:26

10:26

The U.S. National Institutes of Health wants to regulate research involving cephalopods. But there aren't enough rigorous studies to base the regulations on, veteran cephalopod researchers say.

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Boredom in the Age of Information Overload 51:33

16d ago51:33

51:33

It sneaks up on us while we're sitting in traffic, or waiting at the doctor's office, or doing our taxes — boredom, that restless feeling of dissatisfaction that arises when we harbor "the desire for desires," as Leo Tolstoy said. At the same time, we're living in an age of never-ending stimulation, all at our fingertips — texting, social media, 24…

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Nobel Prize winner Thomas Südhof retracts study 3:07

20d ago3:07

3:07

The retraction follows an editorial expression of concern that the journal applied to the paper in October, seven months after it was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Newly found hypothalamus circuits shape bullying behaviors in mice 6:21

18d ago6:21

6:21

Activity in the tiny brain region helps submissive rodents learn to avoid aggressors, and aggressive mice to curb their attacks, according to two recent studies.

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Chasing the Eclipse 48:29

27d ago48:29

48:29

On April 8, a swath of North America will be treated to a rare and spectacular sight — a total solar eclipse; in some places, the first in more than a century, and the last for at least another 20 years. The path of totality, where it's possible to see the moon completely block out the sun, stretches in a narrow ribbon from Mexico, through Texas, a…

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Expanding 'little brain' may have powered dinosaur flight 4:41

28d ago4:41

4:41

The cerebellum swelled in size before flight evolved among modern birds' dinosaur ancestors, according to a new comparison of fossilized skulls and living birds.

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Discovering your True Identity 53:09

1M ago53:09

53:09

Identity's a complicated thing — a mixture of nurture and nature, ethnicity, gender, culture, conscious decisions, coincidences, and more. In many ways, though, who we think we are boils down to the stories we tell ourselves; stories based on our origins, our families, and how we came to be. But what happens when those stories change? When we disco…

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How long-read sequencing will transform neuroscience 6:46

1M ago6:46

6:46

New technology that delivers much more than a simple DNA sequence could have a major impact on brain research, enabling researchers to study transcript diversity, imprinting and more.

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The Lasting Impacts of COVID-19 56:59

1M ago56:59

56:59

It's been four years since COVID-19 struck, transforming our modern world in ways we'd never seen before — and we're still processing the aftershocks. The pandemic exposed fault lines lurking beneath the surface of our everyday lives — friendships and bonds that weren't as strong as we thought; political rifts that turned into chasms; shifts in our…

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Incentivizing data-sharing in neuroscience: How about a little customer service? 7:16

1M ago7:16

7:16

To make data truly reusable, we need to invest in data curators, who help people enter the information into repositories.

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The New Mental Health Landscape 50:21

1M ago50:21

50:21

Know the signs of depression. Recognize symptoms of anxiety. Pay attention to your friend's changing moods. There's been a push to raise mental health awareness for decades, and now, the topic is everywhere. It's leading the charts on social media sites, and everybody from celebrities to politicians to sports superstars are talking about it more op…

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'Into the wild': Moving studies of memory and learning out of the lab 9:54

2M ago9:54

9:54

People with electrodes embedded deep in their brain are collaborating with a growing posse of plucky researchers to uncover the mysteries of real-world recall.

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Atomic Angst and the Teenage Spy 48:54

2M ago48:54

48:54

In 1944, a brilliant, young Harvard physics student named Ted Hall was recruited to work on the super-secret mission that had already assembled the country's top scientists: the Manhattan Project. Soon, Hall was on his way to Los Alamos, where he worked on the implosion mechanism for the nuclear bomb. As the project started to succeed, Hall became …

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Making cancer nervous 24:40

2M ago24:40

24:40

Nerve cells in the brain and throughout the body can turbocharge tumor growth — a finding that not only expands conventional ideas about the nervous system but points to novel therapeutic targets for a range of malignancies.

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Bodies for Science 47:31

2M ago47:31

47:31

If you're training to become a physician, your first patient is usually dead. In fact, "first patient" is what med students call the human cadavers that they work on in anatomy class — when they first learn to make careful incisions, and lay eyes on the beautiful intricacies of bone, muscle, blood vessels, and organs that make our bodies work. Huma…

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All the Rage 48:27

2M ago48:27

48:27

You can feel it coming on — your face flushes hot, maybe your fists clench, your heartbeat speeds up and blood pressure rises. It's rage — and it can go from zero to red-hot in a matter of seconds. Best-case scenario, it disappears just as fast. Worst-case scenario — it completely takes over. It's normal to feel angry when you or somebody else has …

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The Mysteries of Attraction 48:14

2M ago48:14

48:14

It can show up as a spark or a lightning bolt; a glance or a touch; an easy rapport or butterflies in your stomach. Attraction — it's a feeling we know when we experience it, but we're often not sure exactly what fuels it. Is it about looks or personality? Psychology or chemistry? Instant fireworks or long-term compatibility? On this episode, we ex…

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Setting the Medical Record Straight 50:27

3M ago50:27

50:27

Medical records are an important part of health care. They create a history of past issues, test results, and medications. They paint a picture of somebody's general health. Patients now have more access than ever before to their records, and these changes have come with some growing pains — like receiving test results straight from the lab, before…

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Inside Facebook: A Conversation with Jeff Horwitz 36:04

3M ago36:04

36:04

After covering the 2016 U.S. presidential election, reporter Jeff Horwitz knew that "something really weird was going on," that social media sites, especially Facebook, had played a role in shaping the election. But how — exactly? In his new book, "Broken Code: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets," Horwitz details his chase …

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