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Base Pairs

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's Base Pairs podcast ​tells​ stories that ​convey​ the power of genetic information – past and present.Named among the 2018 Webby Awards’ “five best podcasts in the world... Read more

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12 - Good Genes, Bad Science

12 - Good Genes, Bad Science

In the early 1900s, American science took a wrong turn toward eugenics. In this episode, we talk with experts in both sc... Read more

13 Oct 2017

27mins

Ranked #2

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8 – Dark Matter of the Genome (part 1)

8 – Dark Matter of the Genome (part 1)

Could “genome” be a misnomer? The name implies that our genetic information is mainly genes, yet when the Human Genome P... Read more

14 Mar 2017

23mins

Ranked #3

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3 - Non-modern Family

3 - Non-modern Family

From the scale of a single ancient murder victim to interactions between large groups of humans and Neanderthals who liv... Read more

15 Aug 2016

17mins

Ranked #4

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12.5 - Big Decisions

12.5 - Big Decisions

Who will use CRISPR to alter their child's DNA? Who gets to decide which traits are desirable? Following up on our last ... Read more

15 Nov 2017

13mins

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Ranked #5

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7 – The Brain Atlas

7 – The Brain Atlas

One in six people suffers from a mental disorder, and yet, compared to cancer and infectious disease, neuropsychiatric t... Read more

14 Dec 2016

26mins

Ranked #6

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14 - The Cancer Answer That Wasn't

14 - The Cancer Answer That Wasn't

We look at the "reproducibility crisis" in science, and dive into a case in which cancer researchers discovered somethin... Read more

15 Mar 2018

29mins

Ranked #7

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15 – The Immune System, Unleashed

15 – The Immune System, Unleashed

You may have heard of it; "immunotherapy" has started to appear in headlines over the last few years. In this episode, h... Read more

15 May 2018

25mins

Ranked #8

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10 – CRISPR vs Climate Change

10 – CRISPR vs Climate Change

Much of the hype around the genome editing tool known as CRISPR focuses on its potential to cure genetic diseases. But o... Read more

14 Jun 2017

24mins

Ranked #9

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14.5 – Medicine and Mad Scientists

14.5 – Medicine and Mad Scientists

It’s important to know that a drug works, but knowing how it works can be just as crucial. CSHL Fellow Jason Sheltzer di... Read more

13 Apr 2018

15mins

Ranked #10

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4 - The People Problem

4 - The People Problem

Nearly ten billion people will walk the Earth by 2050, and for some of the poorest and fastest growing countries, that c... Read more

15 Sep 2016

21mins

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