Best Neolithic Podcasts (2025)

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149: Cultural Hitchhiking and the Post‑Neolithic Y‑Chromosome Bottleneck 15:04

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️ Episode 149: Cultural Hitchhiking and the Post‑Neolithic Y‑Chromosome Bottleneck In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore how patrilineal social structures and intergroup competition can reshape genetic diversity, offering a cultural explanation for the striking male‑specific bottleneck observed 5,000–7,000 years ago across the Old W…

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Time Travel to Prehistory: Ancient Oceans, Ice Age, Neolithic 4:02:52

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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep. My stories are also on YouTub…

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Episode 95: Andrea Matranga on the Causes of the Neolithic Revolution

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The paper discussed in this episode is ’The Ant and the Grasshopper: Seasonality and the Invention of Agriculture’, by Andrea Matranga. Papers mentioned in this episode include: Ashraf, Q., & Michalopoulos, S. (2015). Climatic fluctuations and the diffusion of agriculture. Review of Economics and Statistics, 97(3), 589-609. Braidwood, R. J. (1960)…

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Neolithic Cultures of the Danube 31:26

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This week we went over a couple of points about Proto-Indo European I missed or got questions about. We also begin our coverage of the neolithic (and chalcolithic) cultures of the Danube river system. This includes the Karanovo, Dudesti, Marita, Hamangia, and the Gumelnita, Primarily discussing their pottery, ceramics, and economy. Twitter/X:https:…

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History of Gladiators 1:08:28

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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep. My stories are also on YouTub…

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S8 Ep2: A Career in Youth Engagement 41:15

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Summary In this episode of Career in Ruins, hosts Lawrence and Derek discuss their recent travels across Europe, reflecting on the unique aspects of the British landscape compared to the vast open spaces of Central Europe. They also share insights from their work, including the excitement of Freshers Week and a film review of '28 Weeks Later.' The …

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148: Systematic Minigene-Based Splicing Analysis and Tentative Clinical Classification of 52 CHEK2 Splice-Site Variants 14:44

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️ Episode 148: Systematic Minigene-Based Splicing Analysis and Tentative Clinical Classification of 52 CHEK2 Splice-Site Variants In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore a comprehensive functional assessment of splice-site variants in CHEK2 using reporter minigenes, revealing how disrupted pre-mRNA splicing contributes to hereditary b…

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S5 Ep3: Hand of a Giant: Discoveries from Abu Qir Bay, Egypt 23:35

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One of the most remarkable maritime sites off the coast of Egypt is revealing monumental sculptures of extraordinary scale—some towering up to 20 metres, including a single hand measuring 40 centimetres across. Professor Lucy Blue speaks with Dr Mohamed Abdel-Maguid, senior archaeologist at the Underwater Antiquities Department of the Supreme Counc…

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147: Comprehensive Annotation of Complete ABO Alleles and Resolution of ABO Variants 15:37

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️ Episode 147: Comprehensive Annotation of Complete ABO Alleles and Resolution of ABO Variants In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore a groundbreaking study that introduces an improved long-read sequencing method to fully resolve ABO haplotypes, spanning from the 5′ to the 3′ untranslated regions. This work addresses a major gap in b…

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Mysteries of the Pacific: Easter Island, Mu, Yonaguni Monument, Joyita 1:07:42

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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep. My stories are also on YouTub…

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146: Automated and Decentralized Genomic Profiling of Plasma Cell-Free DNA in Solid Tumors 15:56

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️ Episode 146: Automated and Decentralized Genomic Profiling of Plasma Cell-Free DNA in Solid Tumors In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore the clinical feasibility of an automated and decentralized cfDNA sequencing system designed to identify actionable and resistance alterations in advanced solid tumors. Study Highlights: Researche…

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The Beginning of the Cucuteni–Trypillia Culture 33:35

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This week we discuss the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture. Including it's discovery and name. We go over it's origins and how they shifted from the pre phase to it's early foundations and shift into the start of their middle phase. YouTube:https://youtu.be/GSzgwbOC_1Y Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod

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Does a Tiny Find Sort of Illuminate a Biblical Figure and Judean Bureacracy? or, Yedayahu, We Hardly Knew You 39:08

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An itsy bitsy seal impression with the name of a Biblical figure raises the perennial question, was Judah robust and bureaucratic, or was it tiny and only occasionally literate? How robust do little tiny statelets get anyway? More importantly, was king Josiah really the Brian Cashman of Levantine kings?…

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145: A Validated Highly Sensitive Microsatellite Instability Assay Identifies PMS2 Variants in CMMRD 16:59

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️ Episode 145: A Validated Highly Sensitive Microsatellite Instability Assay Identifies PMS2 Variants in CMMRD In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore a study that validates a next-generation sequencing-based highly sensitive microsatellite instability (hs-MSI) assay for the diagnosis of constitutional mismatch repair deficiency (CMMR…

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Great Pyramid of Giza (Wonders of the Ancient World 7/7 - Sleep History ASMR) 47:48

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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep. My stories are also on YouTub…

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144: Revised time estimation of the ancestral human chromosome 2 fusion 17:10

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️ Episode 144: Revised time estimation of the ancestral human chromosome 2 fusion In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore a study that revisits one of the most defining events in human evolution: the fusion that gave rise to chromosome 2. This work refines previous estimates and provides a clearer timeline for when this pivotal genomi…

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143: The genetic history of the Southern Caucasus: 5,000 years of continuity despite high mobility 18:56

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️ Episode 143: The genetic history of the Southern Caucasus: 5,000 years of continuity despite high mobility In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore a comprehensive archaeogenomic study tracing 230 ancient individuals from Georgia and Armenia over 5,000 years, from the Bronze Age to the Early Middle Ages. The research investigates how…

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Medieval Toy Shops and the Dark Ages 28:14

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This week on Archaeoscoop: were there really any Dark Ages?By Michelle Franklin

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Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Wonders of the Ancient World 6/7 - Sleep History ASMR) 31:17

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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep. My stories are also on YouTub…

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142: Specifications of the ACMG/AMP Guidelines for PALB2 Variant Interpretation 16:35

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️ Episode 142: Specifications of the ACMG/AMP Guidelines for PALB2 Variant Interpretation In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore how the Hereditary Breast, Ovarian, and Pancreatic Cancer Variant Curation Expert Panel (HBOP VCEP) developed gene-specific ACMG/AMP guidelines for the interpretation of PALB2 germline sequence variants, a …

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141: RetiGene, a comprehensive gene atlas for inherited retinal diseases 26:12

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️ Episode 141: RetiGene, a comprehensive gene atlas for inherited retinal diseases In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore RetiGene, an expert-curated resource that consolidates genetic, transcriptomic, and functional information on inherited retinal diseases (IRDs). The study highlights the urgent need for a unified gene catalog to g…

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196. Cool Creatures | Ticks 48:14

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Ticks are among the most detested creatures in all of nature—but what happens when we look closer? In this Cool Creatures episode, Colin follows Calvin University professor Will Miller and some of his students into the field as they study ticks and the diseases they carry. As we explore ticks we find ourselves asking questions about public health, …

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Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (Wonders of the Ancient World 5/7 - Sleep History ASMR) 38:18

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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep. My stories are also on YouTub…

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140: Landscapes of missense variant impact for human superoxide dismutase 1 20:18

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️ Episode 140: Landscapes of missense variant impact for human superoxide dismutase 1 In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore a large-scale functional analysis of missense variants in SOD1, a key gene implicated in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The study addresses the challenge of classifying variants of uncertain significance …

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The History of TTRPGs 1:23:16

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What was the first role-playing game? How did board games and wargaming influence the first table top games? How did Dungeons and Dragons influence a generation of video games? What made 4th edition so bad? All this and more with DM and game master himself, Nick from @epic_realms!By Michelle Franklin

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139: MosCoverY: A new method to estimate mosaic loss of Y chromosome from sequencing coverage data 14:03

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️ Episode 139: MosCoverY: A new method to estimate mosaic loss of Y chromosome from sequencing coverage data In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore the development of MosCoverY, a computational method designed to detect and quantify mosaic loss of the Y chromosome (mLOY) from exome and whole-genome sequencing data. This condition, th…

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Statue of Zeus at Olympia (Wonders of the Ancient World 4/7 - Sleep History ASMR) 30:18

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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep. My stories are also on YouTub…

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138: Social exposome and brain health outcomes of dementia across Latin America 19:43

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️ Episode 138: Social exposome and brain health outcomes of dementia across Latin America In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore how a multidimensional social exposome across the lifespan—covering education, food insecurity, financial status, assets, access to healthcare, childhood labor, subjective socioeconomic status, childhood ex…

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137: Rethinking RNA-binding proteins: Riboregulation challenges prevailing views 25:11

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️ Episode 137: Rethinking RNA-binding proteins: Riboregulation challenges prevailing views In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore how a sweeping expansion of the RNA-binding proteome has reframed long‑held assumptions about RNA–protein interactions, spotlighting ‘non‑canonical’ RBPs and the emerging concept of riboregulation—RNA dire…

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Found & Forgotten: Ancient Skulls, Viking Gold, and the Right Way to Dig 37:16

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In this thrilling episode of Lost Treasures, hosts Adam Means and John Scheil return from a short break with a jam-packed discussion of recent discoveries and lessons learned in the world of treasure hunting and archaeology. From ancient skulls in China to Viking-era betrayals in Britain and Roman coin hoards in Romania, this episode has it all — a…

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Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (Wonders of the Ancient World 3/7 - Sleep History ASMR) 36:02

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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep. My stories are also on YouTub…

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136: Gene Context Drift Identifies Drug Targets to Mitigate Cancer Treatment Resistance 14:48

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️ Episode 136: Gene Context Drift Identifies Drug Targets to Mitigate Cancer Treatment Resistance In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore RECODR, a graph‑embedding pipeline that reads single‑cell and single‑nucleus transcriptomes as co‑expression networks to quantify “gene context drift” during therapy and expose druggable vulnerabili…

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135: Global impact of micronutrients in modern human evolution 14:26

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️ Episode 135: Global impact of micronutrients in modern human evolution In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore how dietary micronutrients have influenced modern human evolution. The study investigates the role of essential minerals in shaping genetic adaptation and highlights the health risks posed by imbalances in micronutrient ava…

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Colossus of Rhodes (Wonders of the Ancient World 2/7 - Sleep History ASMR) 30:27

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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep. My stories are also on YouTub…

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134: Single-Cell Maps Link Intestinal Metaplasia to Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Risk 15:47

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️ Episode 134: Single-Cell Maps Link Intestinal Metaplasia to Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Risk In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore how single-cell RNA sequencing of Barrett’s esophagus (BE), esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), and matched normal tissues reveals which cell types carry germline-linked risk and shape progression toward ca…

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133: Culture-Independent Meta‑Pangenomics Reveals Gut Genome Links to Child Growth 24:31

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️ Episode 133: Culture-Independent Meta‑Pangenomics Reveals Gut Genome Links to Child Growth In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore how long‑read metagenomics enables recovery of complete metagenome‑assembled genomes directly from fecal samples of Malawian toddlers and applies meta‑pangenomics and microbial GWAS to connect microbial …

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Lighthouse of Alexandria (Wonders of the Ancient World 1/7 - Sleep History ASMR) 29:41

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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep. My stories are also on YouTub…

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S8 Ep1 A career in classical antiquity 34:31

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In this episode of Career in Ruins, Derek and Lawrence finally sit down—successfully!—with Dr. Robin Rönnlund, classical archaeologist at the University of Gothenburg and the Swedish Institute at Athens. After two failed recording attempts (one lost to rooftop wine, the other to a rustling coat), Robin joins us from the field in Greece to talk abou…

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132: Tumor transcriptome classifiers predict treatment sensitivity in advanced prostate cancer 20:35

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️ Episode 132: Tumor transcriptome classifiers predict treatment sensitivity in advanced prostate cancer In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore how transcriptome-wide RNA expression classifiers from advanced prostate cancers can inform treatment selection and improve patient outcomes. Study Highlights: Researchers analyzed tumor tran…

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Theories of Proto-Indo European's Origin 44:33

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This week we go over a brief explanation of comparative linguistics before we dive into the theories of the Proto-Indo European language and its origin. We also talk about their reconstructed creation myth. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/spJPO7fpbh8

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The Tales Ancient Scripts Can Tell, If We could Only Decipher Them, Like the South Arabian Script a Guy Actually Did Decipher Recently, or, Love Languages Lost (and Found) 39:42

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The recent decipherment of the South Arabian Dhofari script from the first millennium BCE reminds us that we don’t know as much about ancient peoples and languages as we think. And finding a completely new language in a Hittite text shows that they knew a lot more than us, which is sobering, since they didn’t have fancy degrees or iced pecan oat mi…

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131: pBI143: The Human Gut’s Hidden Heavyweight 17:59

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️ Episode 131: pBI143: The Human Gut’s Hidden Heavyweight In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore how a tiny 2.7 kb cryptic plasmid, pBI143, emerges as one of the most numerous genetic elements in industrialized human gut microbiomes, mobilizes across Bacteroidales, persists as monoclonal lineages with vertical transmission, and incre…

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Cats - ASMR Bedtime Story - Natural Sciences 1:06:12

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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep. My stories are also on YouTub…

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Buried Truths: Egypt’s Royal Tombs, Ancient Fortresses, and the Oldest Calendar on Earth 34:54

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In this jam-packed episode of Lost Treasures, hosts Adam Means and John Scheil take you on an unforgettable journey across continents and millennia, exploring the most astonishing archaeological discoveries making headlines in 2025. The duo dives deep into recent finds and what they reveal about ancient civilizations — all with their signature wit,…

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130: Combining Evidence from Human Genetic and Functional Screens to Identify Pathways Altering Obesity and Fat Distribution 20:24

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️ Episode 130: Combining Evidence from Human Genetic and Functional Screens to Identify Pathways Altering Obesity and Fat Distribution In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore a large-scale study that integrates genetic association testing with functional CRISPR experiments in human adipocytes to uncover mechanisms influencing obesity …

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129: Structural variation and diversification of the NPIP gene family from the human pangenome 22:11

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️ Episode 129: Structural variation and diversification of the NPIP gene family from the human pangenome In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore how long-read sequencing technologies reveal the structural variation, evolutionary pressures, and expression patterns of the NPIP gene family, one of the most positively selected gene famili…

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Piece of the True Cross discovered? 33:28

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What do druids, potatoes, and the true cross have to do with each other? Find out on this week's episode of Archaeoscoop, where we look at news and discoveries from history, archaeology, and the cultural sphere.By Michelle Franklin

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History of Attila and the Huns (Sleepy Documentary - ASMR) 1:12:46

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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep. My stories are also on YouTub…

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128: LINE‑1 Promoters Orchestrate Early Human Brain Development 15:26

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️ Episode 128: LINE‑1 Promoters Orchestrate Early Human Brain Development In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore how evolutionarily young LINE‑1 retrotransposons are actively expressed in human induced pluripotent stem cells and function as cis‑acting promoters that shape primate‑ and human‑specific transcript isoforms during early n…