Brian Gallagher

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    What Motivates Political Violence?

    One question for Katarzyna Jaśko, a social psychologist at Jagiellonian University in Poland.

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    Are We Ready for the Next Massive Volcano?

    It’s time to get prepared, argues a professor of volcanology.

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    Should NASA Have Its Own Spaceship to Compete with SpaceX and Blue Origin?

    One Question for Lori Garver, former deputy administrator of NASA.

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    Do International Treaties Work?

    One question for Mathieu Poirier, an assistant professor of social epidemiology at York University.

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    How Does Caffeine Shape the Way We Spend Money?

    One question for Dipayan Biswas, a professor of marketing at the University of South Florida.

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    Why Do the Omicron Variants Spread So Easily?

    One question for Abdullah Syed, a postdoctoral researcher at the Gladstone Institutes.

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    Does an AI’s Ability to Talk Mean It’s Conscious?

    One question for Raphaël Millière, philosopher of cognitive science at Columbia University.

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    Overthrowing the Patriarchy Through Ecstatic Sex

    Zoologist Lucy Cooke uncovers the sexual power of females in the animal world.

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    Automatic for the Oceans

    A rock trio on the rise is raising environmental awareness.

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    Thinking Like a Scientist Will Make You Happier

    Physicist Jim Al-Khalili explains how to get out from under the cloud of misinformation.