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

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