CBC's The Best of Ideas Podcast
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Ideas is all about ideas – programs that explore everything from culture and the arts to science and technology to social issues.
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The Art Instinct
Mon, Nov 02, 2009
Human tastes in the arts are evolutionary traits shaped by natural selection. So says Denis Dutton who argues that our love of beauty is inborn and shaped by evolution. Beauty, pleasure and skills are essential human values.
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Personalized Genomics
Mon, Oct 26, 2009
Personalized genetic screening tests are now commercially available. Are they a tool for a disease-free future or a white elephant? Medical geneticists Cynthia Kenyon, Muin Khoury, and Nobel Laureate Harold Varmus discuss the science and the issues, in a forum moderated by former NBC correspondent Charles Sabine. Recorded at the Chan Centre at the University of British Columbia in March 2009.
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Science at the Summit
Mon, Oct 12, 2009
Two leading Canadian medical researchers ? Benjamin Neel, and John Wallace ? discuss what it takes to rise through the ranks and ultimately arrive at the lofty pinnacle where true scientific advancements are made. Both received the $5 million 2009 Premier's Summit Awards. John Dirks, President of the Gairdner Foundation, moderates the discussion, recorded at the MaRS innovation centre in Toronto.
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- Published:
2002
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C018754
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