Talk the Walk (rebroadcast)

Big Picture Science

Science, Technology

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Birds and bees do it … and so do fish. In a discovery that highlights the adaptive benefits of walking, scientists have discovered fish that can walk on land. Not fin-flap their bodies, mind you, but ambulate like reptiles. And speaking of which, new research shows that T Rex, the biggest reptile of them all, wasn’t a sprinter, but could be an efficient hunter by outwalking its prey. Find out the advantage of legging it, and how human bipedalism stacks up. Not only is walking good for our bodies and brains, but not walking can change your personality and adversely affect your health. Guests: Hans Larsson – Paleontologist and biologist, and Director of the Redpath Museum at McGill University in Montréal. Shane O’Mara – Neuroscientist and professor of experimental brain research at Trinity College Dublin. He is the author of “In Praise of Walking.” Brooke Flammang – Biologist at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Big Picture Science is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Please contact [email protected] to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science. You can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support! originally aired October 5, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:55.8	That's What's New With Wired, wherever you get your podcasts. If your mind is in a fog and mood is less buoyant than a paper weight,
1:15.0	well, you might be able to walk it off.
1:17.0	We have feedback mechanisms from the body that benefit every part of the body from engaging in that walking from our brain all the way
1:24.3	down to our muscles in our feet. Could it really be that simple? Could a neighborhood
1:28.6	stroll a mozy over to the park, a sachete down the sidewalk, a constitutional after dinner, or a promenade
1:35.5	along the boardwalk have profound health benefits for body and mind?
1:40.0	Well the answer is yes, and there may be evolutionary reasons for that.
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