July 30, 2020

How Your Homes and Buildings Affect You

Journalist and author Emily Anthes talks about her book The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness.

By Emily Anthes & Steve Mirsky

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This is Scientific American’s Science Talk, posted on July 30, 2020. I’m Steve Mirsky. On this episode:

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That’s Emily Anthes. She was on the podcast back in 2013 to talk about her biotech book Frankenstein’s Cat. Her new book is The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness.

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We’ll also listen to a segment, sponsored by AstraZeneca, about easier and more widely available cancer biopsies.

But first, Emily Anthes. I called her at home in Brooklyn. So you’ll also hear some of the authentic sounds of the streets of New York’s most populous borough.

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More with Emily Anthes coming up. But first, a segment sponsored by AstraZeneca.

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Now more with Emily Anthes, author of The Great Indoors.

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