Episodes
October 25, 2021
Type I diabetes | Diabetes
Episode 380. Topic: Type I diabetes. Theme: Diabetes. What is type I diabetes? How is it an autoimmune disease? What is the average age of diagnosis? Why are diagnosis rates increasing? Twitter: @3minutelesson Email: 3minutel...
October 22, 2021
Am I antisocial? | Investigating myself
Episode 379. Investigating myself. Topic: Am I antisocial? How can genetics shape our behaviors and personality? How are variants in the gene MAO-A associated with aggressive behavior? Do I have the aggressive genetic associa...
October 20, 2021
FIRE | Retirement finance
Episode 378. Topic: FIRE. Theme: Retirement finance. How does one retire early? Is it difficult to save up the necessary investments for early retirement? What other ways can investment be used to lessen work later in life? T...
October 18, 2021
Aging populations | Retirement finance
Episode 377. Topic: Aging populations. Theme: Retirement finance. How are age ratios expected to change in the next century? Why does this matter? How can we keep social programs running with a smaller working population? Twi...
October 15, 2021
Types of retirement funds in the USA | Retirement finance
Episode 376. Topic: Types of retirement funds in the US. Theme: Retirement finance. How can you invest for retirement? What kinds of investment accounts are out there and what are their pros and cons? How are retirement accou...
October 13, 2021
Rise of the 401(k) | Retirement finance
Episode 375. Topic: Rise of the 401(k). Theme: Retirement finance. How old are pensions? Why are pensions uncommon today? What are the pros and cons of pensions and a 401(k) retirement investment account? Twitter: @3minuteles...
October 11, 2021
Social security in the USA | Retirement finance
Episode 374. Topic: Social security in the USA. Theme: Retirement finance. How was social security established? How does it work? How much can someone receive? How does it depend on retirement age? Twitter: @3minutelesson Ema...
October 08, 2021
CCR5 | Investigating myself
Episode 373. Investigating myself. Topic: CCR5. How does HIV immunity work? Do I have deletions in my CCR5 gene? How can I find this out? Twitter: @3minutelesson Email: 3minutelesson@gmail.com New episode every Monday, Wednes...
October 06, 2021
Emerging viruses | Epidemiology
Episode 372. Topic: Emerging viruses. Theme: Epidemiology. Where do new viruses come from? Did pre-agriculture humans experience viral diseases? How are viruses reemerging? Twitter: @3minutelesson Email: 3minutelesson@gmail.c...
October 04, 2021
Creating the flu vaccine | Epidemiology
Episode 371. Topic: Creating the flu vaccine. Theme: Epidemiology. What does it take to create the annual flu vaccine? How do scientists decide what flu virus strains to include? How are different types of flu vaccine created...
October 01, 2021
R0 | Epidemiology
Episode 370. Topic: R0. Theme: Epidemiology. How is virulence measured? How many people can one person with measles infect? Why do these numbers matter? What are R0 examples for other diseases? Twitter: @3minutelesson Email: ...
September 29, 2021
Infectious dose | Epidemiology
Episode 369. Topic: Infectious dose. Theme: Epidemiology. How many viruses or bacteria does it take to get you sick? How does this number change? What are some theorized infectious doses for common diseases? What about COVID-...
September 27, 2021
John Snow and cholera | Epidemiology
Episode 368. Topic: John Snow and cholera. Theme: Epidemiology. What is cholera and where did it originate? How did a physician named John Snow figure out how cholera was infecting a neighborhood? Is cholera still around toda...
September 24, 2021
Tay-Sachs disease | Investigating myself
Episode 367. Investigating myself. Topic: Tay-Sachs disease. What is Tay-Sachs disease? What causes it and how common is it? Why is this disease only common in certain populations? Why are affected rates declining? Twitter: ...
September 22, 2021
Sickle cell anemia | Investigating myself
Episode 366. Investigating myself. Topic: Sickle cell anemia. How does hemoglobin work? What happens when it is mutated like in sickle cell anemia? Why can carrying the disease be dangerous? Are there benefits to being a carr...
September 20, 2021
Cystic fibrosis | Investigating myself
Episode 365. Investigating myself. Topic: Cystic fibrosis. Why is cystic fibrosis so common in northern European populations? How does the disease arise? And am I a carrier? Twitter: @3minutelesson Email: 3minutelesson@gmail....
September 17, 2021
The thylacine | Extinct animals
Episode 364. Topic: The thylacine. Theme: Extinct animals. What ever happened to the thylacine (aka the Tasmanian tiger)? How did this animal evolve? Why was it hunted? When was it last seen? Twitter: @3minutelesson Email: 3m...
September 16, 2021
The great auk | Extinct animals
Episode 363. Topic: The great auk. Theme: Extinct animals. Is the great auk a type of penguin? how old is their relationship to humans? Where did they once live? Why were they hunted? When did they go extinct? Twitter: @3minu...
September 15, 2021
The bison | Extinct animals
Episode 362. Topic: The bison. Theme: Extinct animals. How did the American bison evolve? Is it actually extinct? How were they saved from sure extinction? Twitter: @3minutelesson Email: 3minutelesson@gmail.com New episode ev...
September 14, 2021
The dodo | Extinct animals
Episode 361. Topic: The dodo. Theme: Extinct animals. Are extinction rates high now? What happened to the dodo bird? Were they stupid or tragic? When did they go extinct and who is to blame? Twitter: @3minutelesson Email: 3mi...
September 13, 2021
The woolly mammoth | Extinct animals
Episode 360. Topic: The woolly mammoth. Theme: Extinct animals. How did the woolly mammoth evolve? How are they related to modern elephants? Did humans coexist with the woolly mammoth? When and why did they go extinct? Twitte...
September 11, 2021
Lynch syndrome | Investigating myself
Episode 359. Investigating myself. Topic: Lynch syndrome. What is lynch syndrome and what does it lead to? What causes it and how is it inherited? Do I have it? Twitter: @3minutelesson Email: 3minutelesson@gmail.com New episo...
September 10, 2021
Vasectomies | Birth control
Episode 358. Topic: Vasectomies. Theme: Birth control. How common are vasectomies? How effective are they? How do they work? Can they be reversed? Twitter: @3minutelesson Email: 3minutelesson@gmail.com New episode every week ...
September 09, 2021
Tubal ligation | Birth control
Episode 357 Topic: Tubal ligation. Theme: Birth control. What is the most common form of birth control? Why is it tubal ligation? How does this procedure prevent pregnancy? Is it reversible? Twitter: @3minutelesson Email: 3mi...