Can We Talk? — You can get your point across in many ways: email, texts, or even face-to-face conversation (does anyone do that anymore?). But ants use chemical messages when organizing their ant buddies for an attack on your kitchen. Meanwhile, your human brain sends messages to other brains without you uttering a word. Hear these communication stories … how language evolved in the first place… why our brains love a good tale …and how Facebook is keeping native languages from going extinct.
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Science Writer Carl Zimmer
The New York Times has called Carl Zimmer "as fine a science essayist as we have." We talk with Zimmer about recent developments in biology and neuroscience, and discuss his latest book "Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed."
The book features hundreds of photos of tattoos inspired by various scientific disciplines, each accompanied by Zimmer’s essays. Zimmer’s previous books include "A Planet of Viruses" and "Parasite Rex and Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea."
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Science Weekly Podcast: The science of sleep | Alok Jha talks to Prof Russell Foster | Science | guardian.co.uk
In an extended interview with Prof Russell Foster of Oxford University, Alok Jha probes the inner workings of our daily sleep-wake cycle
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/audio/2011/jul/25/science-weekly-podcast-sleep-foster
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