Apr 24

Forests on Forests

For much of history, tree canopies were pretty much completely ignored by science. It was as if researchers said collectively, "It's just going to be empty up there, and we've got our hands full studying the trees down here! So why bother?" But then around the mid-1980s, a few ec ... Show More

19m 50s

Apr 17

The Resistance of a Cow

There’s something rotten in the cows of Denmark. And Minnesota. And Wisconsin. And Idaho. What could cause a previously thriving herd of majestic dairy cattle to stop drinking water and start drinking … urine? A Danish farmer calls a special investigator, who takes one look at hi ... Show More

51m 3s

Apr 10

The Builders

In an episode first aired back in 2025 on our sister show, Terrestrials, we take you on a musical journey all about beavers. Few mammals have a bigger positive impact on the planet than the beaver. With its bright orange buck teeth, the creature is an expert engineer that brings ... Show More

30 m

Oct 2024

EP 159: Engineering macrophages to tackle rare disease with Noam Baumatz of Noga Therapeutics

In this episode, we’re joined by Noam Baumatz, CEO and Co-Founder of Noga Therapeutics, a company dedicated to developing gene therapies for rare and severe diseases through engineering macrophages. Motivated by his highly personal experience of rare disease, Noam founded Noga to ... Show More

44m 17s

Dec 2024

Stop Alzheimer's Decades Before It Starts | Dr. Perlmutter EP 817

Have you listened to the <a href="http://greatness.lnk.to/1698" target="_blank">FULL EPISODE yet?</a>"The reality is that the metabolic defects of the brain that presage to the development of Alzheimer's disease begin 20 to 30 years prior to the clinical manifestations. ... Show More

8m 54s

Sep 2025

How nearly dying helped me discover my own cure (and many more) | David Fajgenbaum

Physician-scientist David Fajgenbaum was dying from a rare disease that didn't have a cure — until he discovered a lifesaving drug that wasn't originally intended for his condition. In an astonishing talk, he shares how his near-death experience led him to cofound the nonprofit E ... Show More

15m 33s

Jun 2024

553: Killer Patents & Secret Science Vol. 2 | Forbidden Medical Cures

The history of medicine goes back to the dawn of mankind when ancient healers used special herbs to treat illnesses.Hippocrates, the father of medicine, laid the foundation for modern medical practice: observation, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. His work set the stage for c ... Show More

37m 25s

Aug 2024

Iris Berent on the Innate in Human Nature

How much of our understanding of the world comes built-in? More than you'd expect.   That's the conclusion that <a href= "https://cos.northeastern.edu/pe ... Show More

16m 48s

Oct 2025

Sonia Gandhi on building model brains to tackle Parkinson’s disease

Many people will be familiar with Parkinson’s disease: the progressive brain disorder that causes symptoms including tremors and slower movement, leading on to serious cognitive problems. You might not know that it’s the fastest-growing neurological condition in the world. Today ... Show More

28m 23s

May 2025

Why Medicine Has Gone Too Far, The Problem With Getting A Diagnosis & Why Early Detection Is Not Always A Good Thing with Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan #553

Could our healthcare system be making us sicker rather than healthier? In the UK, autism diagnoses have increased by a staggering 787% between 1998 and 2018, and one in five people now has some form of mental health disorder. But what if some of our health struggles aren't diseas ... Show More

1h 50m

Oct 2025

Jane G. Goldberg, "Wired for Why: How We Think, Feel, and Make Meaning" (2025)

WIRED FOR WHY: How We Think, Feel and Make Meaning. (Self-Published 2025) spans eighteen chapters exploring everything from how we manage to stay alive against all odds, to why language separates us from other species, to whether death might be a metaphor. It's a journey through ... Show More

1h 3m

Feb 2025

Steven Lesk, "Footprints of Schizophrenia: The Evolutionary Roots of Mental Illness" (Prometheus, 2023)

Of all the mental illnesses, schizophrenia eludes us the most. No matter the strides scientists have made in neurological research nor doctors have made in psychiatric treatment, schizophrenia remains misunderstood, almost complacently mythologized. Without a reason for the illne ... Show More

1h 2m

May 2023

When We Age

How do our brains change as we get older? Why are we more likely to develop Alzheimer’s or experience a stroke late in life? And what can you do to help protect your neural health? In this episode of How We’re Wired, join evolutionary anthropologist Dr Anna Machin as she unpicks ... Show More

26m 54s

How to Cure What Ails You