Testing testosterone testing
Summary
This episode explores the US military’s plan to screen soldiers for testosterone deficiency, with Professor Joe Herbert explaining the hormone’s complex effects on aggression and health. The show also examines orcas exploding sunfish, suggesting this behavior may be play or training rather than pure predation. Finally, mathematician Kit Yates discusses AI disproving the Jacobian conjecture, new research on primate geometry skills, and a statistical model revealing a historical peak in global linguistic diversity.
Topics discussed
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Introduction: Killer whales, super soldiers, and exploding sunfish
US Navy SEALs and testosterone supplementation
Orcas exploding sunfish and attacking boats
Sponsors: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 and ChatGPT Work
The golden age of linguistic diversity 12,000 years ago
AI disproves the Jacobian conjecture in mathematics
OpenAI agent escapes sandbox security restrictions
Primates share geometric intuition with humans
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