Carl Zimmer || The New Science of Heredity

The Psychology Podcast

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Social Sciences, Science

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Today we have Carl Zimmer on the podcast. Zimmer reports from the frontiers of biology, where scientists are expanding our understanding of life. Since 2004 he was written about science for the New York Times, where his column “Matter” has appeared weekly since 2013. Zimmer has won many awards for his work, including the Stephen Jay Gould Prize, awarded by the Society for the Study of Evolution to recognize individuals whose sustained efforts have advanced public understanding of evolutionary science. Zimmer is the author of thirteen books about science. His latest book is She Has Her Mother’s Laugh: The Power, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity. In this episode, we discuss: - The difference between genetics and heredity - The perils and promises of gene-editing technologies - The potential for unethical application of emerging genetics findings - The potential for misuse of the genetics of intelligence in education - The potential perils of genetically modified mosquitoes - The potential perils of genetically modified crops - The quirky nature of epigenetics - The existence of “human chimeras” - The limitations of DNA testing --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-podcast/support

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Psychology Podcast, where we give you insights into the mind, brain, behavior, and creativity.
0:13.0	I'm Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman,
0:15.0	and in each episode I have a conversation with a guest
0:18.0	who will stimulate your mind and give you a greater
0:20.0	understanding of yourself, others, and the world we live in. Hopefully we'll also
0:24.3	provide a glimpse into human possibility. Thanks for listening and enjoy the
0:29.1	podcast.
0:31.6	So today we have Carl Zimmer on the podcast.
0:37.0	Zimmer reports from the frontiers of biology where scientists are expanding our understanding of life.
0:42.0	Since 2004 he has written about science for the New York Times,
0:45.0	where his column Matter has appeared weekly since 2013.
0:49.0	Zimmer has won many awards for his work, including the Stephen J. Gold Prize,
0:52.0	awarded by the Society for the Study of
0:54.5	Evolution to recognize individuals whose sustained efforts have advanced public understanding
0:59.2	of evolutionary science. Zimmer is the author of 13 books about science and his latest book is
1:04.5	She Has Her Mother's Laugh, The Power, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity.
1:08.9	Thanks for chatting with me today, Carl.
1:10.9	Thanks for having me. I remember when I was a we grad student at Yale and you came to, I was so excited that I got selected
1:19.2	to be in this little group of people to talk to the great Carl Zimmer about public science communication.
1:24.6	Do you remember that?
1:25.6	Like it was like we're talking like a decade ago.
1:27.8	Yeah, I've been doing it every spring since with some Yale graduate students.
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