Episodes

  • The hidden social networks of microbes

    The hidden social networks of microbes
    Jul 27 2020
    Microbes are never alone, and in fact their place in a community has profound implications for their ecology and evolutionary dynamics.
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  • What animal societies say about ours

    What animal societies say about ours
    Apr 10 2020
    When we think of the hallmarks of complex societies and civilization, we often attribute these features only to humans. However, nature is more interesting.
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  • Cheating done right

    Cheating done right
    Mar 28 2020
    Most of us grow up learning that cheating is bad. We should not steal. We should not lie. And above all: we should not exploit the groups we are part of. Is cheating irrevocably bad?
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  • Lamarck is back

    Lamarck is back
    Jan 27 2020
    Is Lamarckism back? Current discussions, specifically in the field of epigenetics, seem to suggest that this is the case.
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  • Holobionts as evolving units

    Holobionts as evolving units
    Jan 27 2020
    A group of biologists and philosophers has recently coined the concepts of “holobiont” and “hologenome”. Holobiont refers to the ecological entity of a macrobial host plus the set of associated microorganisms that compose its microbiome.
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  • My astrobiologist view of life

    My astrobiologist view of life
    Jan 27 2020
    I’ve been fascinated with life in the universe since I was a kid. Who hasn’t spent hours thinking of what else is out there, or if we’re alone, or where we come from?
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