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Nature, Nurture, and Identical Twins (with David Bessis)

Published 2026-01-20 affirmative nurture identical

Are your genes your destiny? Despite famous studies of identical twins that seem to answer in the affirmative, mathematician David Bessis says: Not so fast. He …

What Do You Mean, Bisexual People Are ‘Risk-Taking’? Why Genetic Studies about Sexuality Can Be Fraught

Published 2024-02-29 sexuality fraught bisexual

A recent GWAS investigation on risk-taking and bisexuality made some assumptions that some experts don’t agree with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg…

EP.197 - IM Cyrus Lakdawala returns

Published 2020-10-14 cyrus chess endgame

Since our first interview in June of 2019, IM Cyrus Lakdawala has increased the number of books he has authored to 50! Cyrus’ newest published book is Rewire Yo…

EP 351- Steffen Nielsen: The author and award-winning endgame study composer on what makes a good chess puzzle, and whether endgame studies are good for your chess calculation.

Published 2023-10-11 steffen chess endgame

This week’s guest, Steffen Slumstrump Nielsen is one of the most accomplished chess endgame study composers in the world. Steffen’s new book, Endgame Labyrinths…

Pemex begins fracking feasibility studies in Coahuila

Published 2026-11-11 appeared adequate studies

Pemex has not yet initiated pilot tests, as the study area must first demonstrate adequate water availability — there must be enough for the fracking process, b…

Microbiome Studies Contaminated by Sequencing Supplies

Published 2014-11-12 assortment contaminated sequencing

Nonsterile lab reagents and DNA extraction kits add their own assortment of DNA to microbiome samples. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad c…

Work 2.0: Rebel with a Cause

Published 2021-11-23 francesca gino adswizz

Editor's note, December 6, 2024: Since we first published this episode with Francesca Gino in 2018, other researchers have raised concerns about the integrity o…