242: Winston Carter on Liquid Cremation, Enumerating Emotions and The Persistence of Human Evolution


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Sep 28 2017 75 mins  

Filmmaker Winston Carter returns to talk about the controversial new method for cremating human remains with chemicals instead of fire, how many distinct emotions humans have and the ways in which humans are still evolving.

WRING OUT YOUR DEAD

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dissolve-the-dead-controversy-swirls-around-liquid-cremation/

WE'VE GOT EMOTION DOWN TO A SCIENCE

http://news.berkeley.edu/2017/09/06/27-emotions/

STILL EVOLVING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

http://www.popsci.com/humans-are-still-evolving#page-2

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