Podcast: Where dog breeds come from, bots that build buildings, and gathering ancient human DNA from cave sediments

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🗓️ 27 April 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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This week, a new family tree of dog breeds, advances in artificial wombs, and an autonomous robot that can print a building with Online News Editor David Grimm. Viviane Slon joins Sarah Crespi to discuss a new way to seek out ancient humans—without finding fossils or bones—by screening sediments for ancient DNA. Jen Golbeck interviews Andrew Shtulman, author of Scienceblind: Why Our Intuitive Theories About the World Are So Often Wrong for this month’s book segment. Listen to previous podcasts. See more book segments. Download the show transcript. Transcripts courtesy of Scribie.com. [Image: nimis69/iStockphoto; Music: Jeffrey Cook] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast is supported by the Icon School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,
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1:21.3	Welcome to the science podcast for April 28, 2017.
1:22.7	I'm Sarah Crespi.
1:29.5	In this week's show, Vivian Sloan joins us to talk about collecting DNA from cave sediments to reveal ancient occupants, like Neanderthals and Denisovans.
1:34.1	Jen Goldbeck interviews Andrew Schulman, author of Science Blind, Why Our Intuitive
1:39.0	Theoryes About the World are so often wrong for this month's book segment.
1:43.6	And David Grimm is here with a roundup of
1:46.0	stories from the daily news site. We're still getting free transcripts from Scribby.com this week.
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