What is love?

Scientists stripped a cell down to its most essential genes in order to find out what makes life...alive. What they found was more bizarre than they could have imagined. This is the first episode of our new three-part series, Life from Scratch. Guests: Kate Adamala, associate pro ...  Afficher plus

A few hundred milliseconds are often all you need to recognize a song, but a lot of recent hits have moved away from intros. Our friends at ⁠Switched on Pop⁠ (along with the National's Aaron Dessner) break down how song intros can shape our perception and what we lose when they d ...  Afficher plus

It's the 'social experiment' you either love or hate - but does the matchmaking science used by the Married at First Sight 'Experts' add up?  Cosmos Science Journalist and MAFS Tragic, Petra Stock, weighs in!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Love is weird. How can this thing take over your body and bend it to its will? Tai looks to science, philosophy and his mom for answers. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/tai-asks-why-transcripts-listen-1.6747759 

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What is love? What's happening in our brains when we're falling for someone? And why are we wired for forming deep, meaningful connections? In this episode of How We’re Wired, join evolutionary anthropologist and love expert Dr Anna Machin as she unpicks the neuroscience of love, ...  Afficher plus