Spectrum | Deutsche Welle
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 34:11:43
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News, Analysis and Service from Germany and Europe - in 30 Languages
Episodes
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Do younger siblings make you stupider?
02/12/2023 Duration: 17minA longitudinal US study shows that having a younger sibling will tend to lower your cognitive development. But the effect vanishes after child number three.
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A proliferation of positive language is making science more confusing
01/12/2023 Duration: 10minIn an unprecedented interview about a unique and novel study, an Austrian researcher explains why the first three adjectives you just read are part of a growing problem.
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Fasting doesn't work as well when you're older. Why?
28/11/2023 Duration: 21minAs you age, your body can get stuck in 'fasting mode,' leading to muscle loss and other problems. New research from Germany gives a clue at how to change that — and maybe live longer?
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Weekly roundup — Let's increase our healthspan
26/11/2023 Duration: 30minOnce in a while there's a surfeit of positive news in the field of medicine. This week was one of 'em.
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Is eye contact rude?
24/11/2023 Duration: 16minA study on eye contact suggests it isn't aggressive, but actually improves conversation. So why don't we do it more?
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Smartphone addiction, warring chimps & so little sulfur
18/11/2023 Duration: 16minSometimes, improving pollution... makes global warming worse. Also, women are more addicted to their phones than men, chimpanzees use military strategy — and one of our new listeners didn't like us at first.
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Climate change: We need cooler (genetically modified?) cows
17/11/2023 Duration: 17minOne solution to unprecedented cattle die-offs: Modify cows so they can deal with record heat.
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Weekly roundup — High temps & higher ground
17/11/2023 Duration: 30minThe future of weather forecasting might have little to do with atmospheric physics. Also, our listeners had some really interesting things to say about a study on tattoos.
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Weekly roundup — We hear you
12/11/2023 Duration: 30minAs expected, you had things to say about our interview with a masculinity influencer. Also, when a dozen parakeets are squawking, how do they know who's speaking?
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What do you think about people with tattoos?
11/11/2023 Duration: 18minIf you're honest, you probably have an opinion on people with tattoos. And that makes you a lot like the police (and judges and juries).
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How old will I be when I'm happiest?
10/11/2023 Duration: 10minA large, longitudinal study has some surprising conclusions about when we're most satisfied with our lives — and it's connected to how we humans tend to fill out questionnaires.
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Weekly roundup — Music makes our hearts beat as one
28/10/2023 Duration: 30minA novel study out of Switzerland and Germany shows that human beings, under certain conditions, can end up synchronizing biologically — like a metronome.
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WARNING: This interview is toxically masculine
25/10/2023 Duration: 30minA few episodes back we did a deep dive into the science behind a toxically masculine mind. At that point not one of the influencers we'd reached out to had agreed to be interviewed — and it seemed they never would. Then we got an unexpected email.
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Weekly roundup — Making sense of human sound
08/10/2023 Duration: 30minConor gets an email from a German island about his accent, Gabe does his best to make his mom 'proud,' and an in-studio experiment takes all of us to India.
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What makes a language 'beautiful' (or not)?
07/10/2023 Duration: 20minYou probably have an opinion on which language is the 'most beautiful.' And you're probably (objectively) wrong.
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How long does it take for you to understand these words?
06/10/2023 Duration: 10minAs we age, we become slower at connecting words with the imagery that represents them. The interesting part is why.
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Weekly roundup — Run fast & live happy
01/10/2023 Duration: 30minA breakthrough in brain science for alcoholics (but not just them), a shoe tech revolution is underfoot, and the startling fact that living in a city means you're far more likely to suffer from depression.
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The 'super shoe' debate & eight drunk monkeys
30/09/2023 Duration: 22minBy delivering a gene to the brain, scientists appear to have 'cured' alcoholic primates of their booze lust. Also, why did the woman who shattered the marathon world record kiss her shoe as soon as she finished?
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Mental health: Depression 30% more likely in a city
29/09/2023 Duration: 08minWhy is it that people who live in an urban environment are 30%+ more likely to suffer depression than those in rural areas? And why does that rule just... absolutely not apply in developing countries?
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Why do death tolls drop?
25/09/2023 Duration: 08minIn the wake of natural catastrophes, the forensic work to identify the dead is critically important for loved ones' closure. But mistakes can be made.