This World of Humans is a science podcast focusing on life and social science. Each episode features an exciting new finding with relevance to our shared human experience and explores that discovery with the principal scientist behind it, illuminating and probing the actual process of research and how science works in practice.
In this episode of TWOH, we explore some recent research on the dreaded triple-negative breast cancer. In her research laboratory at Hunter College, D...
This is a unique episode of TWOH. Instead of speaking with a scientist about a recent paper or study, we will explore a tool that anyone - students an...
In this episode of TWOH, we explore the unique role the hippos play in the ecology of rivers in Africa. These giant semiaquatic animals are vegetarian...
In this episode of TWOH, we flip the tables. Professor Nathan H. Lents, usually the host of TWOH, is interviewed by Sam Anderson about his new book, H...
This episode of TWOH explores the incredibly complicated research on taurine, the amino acid supplement commonly found in energy drinks. Dr. Kaliris S...
This episode of TWOH explores the issue of romantic and sexual attraction, an important field of study within psychology. Joining us is Dr. Daniel Con...
This episode of TWOH explores the relationship between LGBT-targeted hate crimes in a given neighborhood and suicide among LGBT adolescents in that sa...
This episode of TWOH focuses on when, how, and why children tell lies. We all begin life as perfectly honest little babies, but as our brains develop ...
This episode of TWOH discusses a new technique designed to detect spots in our genome that have been under recent natural selection. The human lineage...
This episode features a recent meta-study combining the results of many similar studies analyzing the effect of immigration on crime rates. Joining us...