Topic
Genetics
The study of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms.
Episodes4
- EP 44
New Rules For Heredity (Non-Mendelian Inheritance of Epigenetics)
A new mouse genetics paper suggests that non-Mendelian epigenetic inheritance may be more common in mammals than previously thought.
- EP 34
AI Cancer Vaccines, Strange Fish, Ketamine, and Ancient Life
AI-designed dog cancer vaccines, weird fish evolution, ketamine for depression, and how life rebounded after the asteroid.
- EP 32
5,000-Year-Old Bacteria, Solar Storms, Dogs, and Meta’s AI War
Ancient cave bacteria, solar storms, dog personality genes, and Yann LeCun’s billion-dollar break from Meta AI.
- EP 19
The Race to the Double Helix — Watson, Crick, Franklin & the Real Story of DNA
A single-story deep dive on DNA's discovery and its moral baggage.
