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In 1874, Georg Cantor published one of the most important papers in math’s 4,000-year history. Some ideas in it were stolen. On this episode of The Quanta Podcast, the second of a two-parter, host Samir Patel speaks with math editor Jordana Cepelewicz about the fate of Cantor, th ...  Show more

By simulating ecological networks with microbes, researchers revealed properties that may make natural communities susceptible to invasion.The story The Ecosystem Dynamics That Can Make or Break an Invasion first appeared on Quanta Magazine. 

Ian Sample talks to Dr Laura Pritschet, a postdoctoral fellow of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, about her research using precision scans to capture the profound changes that sweep across the brain during pregnancy. She explains what this new work reveals about how ...  Show more

The question of whether mental disorders are disorders of the brain has led to a long-running and controversial dispute within psychiatry, psychology and philosophy of mind and psychology. While recent work in neuroscience frequently tries to identify underlying brain dysfunction ...  Show more

How common are mental health conditions in teenagers? How can depression look different in a child compared to an adult? And how are scientists using brain imaging studies to better understand conditions like schizophrenia? In this episode of How We’re Wired, join producer Dr Eva ...  Show more

People go to therapy to get support for a wide range of reasons. You might want short-term guidance dealing with grief or sudden life changes. Or perhaps you need support dealing with the long-lasting effects of trauma. But instead of spending years in traditional talk therapy ...