The Insane Biological Cost of Living on Mars - Scott Solomon - #1065
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02/28/26
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Scott Solomon is an evolutionary biologist, professor, and author.
Since the earliest days of science fiction, we’ve wondered what it would mean to live on Mars. Today, that question is no longer hypothetical. As humanity moves closer to becoming an interplanetary species, a new question emerges: what happens when humans are born and raised on another world? How would Mars change our bodies, our minds, and the future of evolution?
Expect to learn if it is possible for humans to live on Mars, how humans who were born on Mars will evolve with their new environment, if there have ever been any astronauts who have had sex in space, what being on Mars could do to morph the human brain, and how living in space will change our Biology and much more...
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(0:00) Could We Really Live on Mars? (3:44) Is Space Exploration Part of Human Evolution? (13:17) What Space Travel Really Does to the Body (21:46) The Dangers of Space Radiation (25:14) What Living on Mars Would Do To Your Body (30:52) Will Mars Accelerate Genetic Mutations? (33:39) Would Humans Face a Genetic Bottleneck on Mars? (38:15) The Personality Traits Needed to Survive on Mars (42:59) Who Should Be in Charge of a Mars Colony? (46:37) The Psychological Effects of Isolation in Space (56:26) Can Humans Reproduce in Space? (01:06:44) How Long Until Humans Evolve on Mars? (01:15:00) The Ethical Problems of Living on Mars (01:21:51) Where to Find Scott
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Female intrasexual competition is more ruthless than most people realize. Just when we think we understand how women compete with one another, the rules shift—and the limits move. So how intense is female intrasexual competition really, and what has social media done to amplify it?
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Are people born evil, or does evil emerge from circumstance? While we tend to blame genetics for humanity’s darkest behaviors, science and psychology suggest a far more complicated picture. If biology, environment, and experience all shape behavior, how should society judge, or punish, those who may never have had full control over who they became?
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