209: The Science of Race (with Jamp)

Join us on Patreon!You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channelFollow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @lukecutforthsciguys.co.ukTikTokTwitterInstagramFacebookReferences & Further ReadingCortical Labs https://youtu.be/yRV8fSw6HaE?si=ouRWPuGkvurC_E69 https://www.youtube.com/watch? ...  Show more

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Race is a social construct — so why are DNA test kits like the ones from 23andMe coded like they reveal biological fact about the user's racial makeup? This episode, Short Wave Scientist in Residence Regina G. Barber talks to anthropologist Agustín Fuentes about the limits of at- ...  Show more

What are the experiences of mixed-race men? In Black Mixed-Race Men: Transatlanticity, Hybridity and 'Post-Racial' Resilience (Emerald Publishing, 2018),  Remi Joseph-Salisbury, a Presidential Fellow in Sociology at the University of Manchester, explores the double consciousness ...  Show more

Listeners of this podcast are likely no strangers to the horrifying history of eugenics, a topic that has made an appearance in our episodes on epilepsy, Huntington’s disease, hemophilia, sickle cell anemia, and many others. We have touched on eugenic policies that prohibited ...

Learn about a research-backed way to achieve better self control by asking for help from others; how Ambystoma salamanders “steal” DNA from other species via kleptogenesis; and how your brain can process visual information as sound.For better self control, ask for support from ot ...  Show more