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Episode 28: Chimps are jerks, and schizophrenia just got a LOT more complicated 9/24/14

from Six Degrees of Rumination · host Nina Reno and Michael

Producer Mike and Reno ruminate on the horrors of testicular assault, while Nina tries to imagine how painful childbirth might be.  Soft robots are discussed, as well as the personality defects of chimps.  Plus, is anyone who hears voices schizophrenic?  What is schizophrenia?  Further advances in science shed light on this disorder, as well as how blood tests could predict clinical depression. http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/video-childbirth-verse-getting-kicked-balls   http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-soft-wearable-robot-exosuit-to-increase-stamina-for-soldiers-and-civilians   http://www.iflscience.com/technology/jetpack-aims-help-soldiers-hit-4-minute-miles   http://www.iflscience.com/brain/human-language-gene-helps-mice-learn-tasks   http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/are-chimps-natural-born-killers   http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/ancient-river-dolphin-relative-discovered-peru-desert   http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/22/charles-dickens-hearing-voices-created-his-novels   http://www.iflscience.com/brain/schizophrenia-revealed-be-8-genetically-distinct-disorders   http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2014/09/first-blood-test-to-diagnose-depression-in-adults.html   http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/09/11/336330502/why-the-u-s-chills-its-eggs-and-most-of-the-world-doesnt?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140911   http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/watch-hank-green-reveal-50-science-misconceptions      

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