Brain Break Room Sara Taylor

In this episode we climb the mountain of scientific evidence for gender affirming care, but first we stop at base camp to cover the basics. What is gender affirming care? Who is it for? And then quickly onto the summit: the overwhelming evidence showing the benefit of gender affirming care for the people that need it.Content Warning: brief mention of statistics related to suicidality.Sources of content and inspiration"Frequently Asked Questions About Transgender People" by the National Center...

This episode answers the question of how our bodies avoid absolute chaos when we have two X chromosomes. Featuring the story of a brilliant female scientist - Dr. Mary Lyon, the experiments that led to her breakthrough discovery, and how it is helping patients today. Cat-lovers, never fear, the magic and mystery of calico cats is also covered!Sources of content and inspiration"The Gift of Observation: An Interview with Mary Lyon" by Jane Gitschier published in 2010 in the journal PLoS G...

Ever wonder how we figured out how the world was getting hotter? Have you too been haunted by pop hits referencing climate change, wondering how long we have known about it? This episode explores work done by scientists in the 1800s that predicted the current climate crisis.Sources of content and inspirationRead "How 19th Century Scientists Predicted Global Warming " by Clive Thompson for JSTOR Daily at https://daily.jstor.org/how-19th-century-scientists-predicted-global-warming/CreditsCover ...

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Today's episode dives into the biological definition of the sexes. Male / female is just where the story begins. Listen to learn more!Sources of inspiration and content"X Chromosome Infographic" published by National Human Genome Research Institute"Geneticists make new discovery about how a baby's sex is determined" published by ScienceDailyThe impact of sex on gene expression across human tissues by Oliva et al. published in Science in 2020 Sex differences in gene expression and r...

The third and final migratory bird mini-series episode is here! Features bird brains, funky physics, and increasingly carnivorous mice. Sources of Content and InspirationA World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds by Scott WeidensaulCreditsCover art by Abby ArmatoIntro and Outro music "In My Dreams" by Freebeats.io Sign up for the newsletter at http://eepurl.com/hS0FbL