Milking Deadly Spiders - November 21, 2024

The Last Show with David Cooper

David opens by covering a deadly spider breeding season with Emma Teni, spider keeper at the Australian Reptile Park. Foreign correspondent Tony Five continues his reporting from Gdansk, Poland. After that, It's Time for Technology Time with expert Carmi Levy, and he and David chat about Twitter/X's fall and Bluesky's rise. Dr. Jason Dyck outlines how a weight-loss drug was found to shrink heart muscle in mice and human cells. Raina Zhang at NYU Stern shares how unfair decisions by AI could make us indifferent to bad behavior by humans. Natalia Kononov explains her research showing that being kind can boost your attractiveness.

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