The Mind-Bending Science of Staying Alive -- Carl Zimmer on Aging, AGI, and Brain Organoids (Ep. 9)

from bio/acc Podcast · host Shriya Bhat, Harvard BCI

In this episode, I speak with award-winning NYT science writer Carl Zimmer (“Life’s Edge”, “She Has Her Mother’s Laugh”) on the verbs of biology—homeostasis, life being organized rebellion against entropy, and whether brain organoids might wake up while we’re not looking.

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