Month: July 2022

Ep 348: Animals, lies and language

Ep 348: Animals, lies and language

Animals, lies and language

An honest signal is useful for the one sending and receiving it. But, dishonest signals tend to destabilize the ability to communicate. How did human language develop when words make it so easy to fib?

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Ep 346: Ah, those babbling bacteria

Ep 346: Ah, those babbling bacteria

Ah, those babbling bacteria

We begin a new subseries this week on language and communication. For starters, let’s have a looksee at how single-celled organisms chat.

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