“If you cut them into small pieces, each of those pieces will become a whole new worm, instead of dying. And, in addition to that, they also can make clones of themselves. So, imagine one day you see a little bump on your feet, and then that gradually grows into a whole new you and buds off. This is the kind of things they do.” - Duygu Özpolat
This week on Living Lab Radio:
- Political scientist Morgan Marietta, co-author of One Nation, Two Realities, says dueling perceptions of reality are now a common – and deeply worrisome – part of our public discourse. The only solution is to rebuild trust in shared institutions, and each other.
- Becky Eisen of CDC is leading a new federal initiative to track ticks and the diseases they carry. The goal is to provide the public with maps of where the risk is greatest.
- Marek Kohn, author of Four Words for Friend, argues that, when it comes to language learning, fluency matters less than exposure. Knowing even a few words in another language can have social and cognitive benefits.
- Biologist Duygu Özpolat describes the amazing regenerative powers of the worms she studies, and the art that her science inspires.
