Science Savvy
de Carmen Fairley
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Why We Have a "Type": The Biology Behind Attraction
Why We Have a "Type": The Biology Behind Attraction
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Welcome to Science Savvy, a podcast hosted by Carmen Fairley, drawing on a background in Pharmacology and Biomedical Engineering to explore the science behind everyday life.
Each episode turns complex research into clear, engaging stories, covering the human body, the brain, medicine, sleep, memory, pain, and scientific discovery.
Science Savvy is educational only and does not provide medical advice. Please speak with a qualified healthcare professional for personal medical questions.
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- Why We Have a "Type": The Biology Behind Attraction · 38 min · Episódio 38Why do you have a ‘type’? The mechanism behind attraction: dopamine and oxytocin lighting up your reward system, hormones shifting preferences across the menstrual cycle, and…
- What Happens After? The Science of Dying · 39 min · Episódio 37What does your brain actually do when you die? The surge of gamma activity after cardiac arrest, the neurochemistry behind near-death experiences and tunnels of light, the DMT…
- Why Do I Feel So Different Before My Period? Part 2 of PMS vs PMDD · 48 min · Episódio 35Why can you feel like a different person before your period? Liv Nono, co-founder of Velora Salud, on living with PMDD, plus the mechanism: a brain unusually sensitive to normal…
- Why Do I Feel So Different Before My Period? Part 1 of PMS vs PMDD · 38 min · Episódio 34PMS or PMDD? Professor Rossella Nappi, gynecologist and endocrinologist, explains what is happening in your brain the week before your period: altered sensitivity to normal…
- Party Smart: Understanding Health and Decision-Making in Social Settings · 60 min · Episódio 33What do substances actually do to your body on a night out, and why is mixing them riskier? Dr Pablo Otero (PhD, Imperial College London) on the physiology of combining…
- When Your Brain Turns Down the Pain: Pain and the brain part 3 · 28 min · Episódio 29Why can stress make pain vanish while a bad mood makes it worse? How your brain turns pain signals up and down through expectation, emotion and context, and why movement…
- I need RELIEF!!! Pain and the brain part 2 · 35 min · Episódio 28What does a painkiller actually block? The pharmacology of ibuprofen, paracetamol (acetaminophen), local anaesthetics and prescription analgesics, and why the same pill works…
- It HURTS! Pain and the Brain part 1 · 22 min · Episódio 27Why do you yank your hand off a hot stove before you even feel it? How pain signals travel from nerve to spinal cord to brain, why chronic pain can outlast an injury, and why two…
- Siestas & Sleepless Nights: The Science of Sleep - Part 2 · 26 min · Episódio 26What is your body clock doing when you can’t sleep? Circadian rhythms, the biology of naps and siestas, what too little or too much sleep does to your body, and how your sleep…
- Sleeping Tight and Why It Matters: The Science of Sleep - Part 1 · 31 min · Episódio 25What is your body doing while you’re unconscious for a third of your life? How sleep repairs tissue, powers your immune system and maintains your brain, why we dream, and how…
- Exploring Psychedelic Science · 36 min · Episódio 24What do psychedelics actually do at the receptor? The neuropharmacology of psychedelic compounds, how they alter perception by acting on brain receptors, and what clinical trials…
- You will Never Forget this Episode: Science of Memory · 28 min · Episódio 23Why do you remember some moments forever but forget where you put your keys? How the brain encodes, stores and retrieves memories, which regions do the work, and evidence-based…
- CRIS Cancer: Funding Tomorrow’s Cancer Research · 41 min · Episódio 22How does a lab discovery become a cancer treatment inside a patient’s body? Elena Muyo of CRIS Cancer UK on how cancer research gets funded, how projects are chosen, and why…
- Genetics of Schizophrenia with Aitana Padilla · 30 min · Episódio 21How can your DNA shape the way your brain perceives reality? Aitana Padilla on the genetics of schizophrenia, the biological pathways genes influence, and why genes are only part…
- Built to Be Mid: The Evolutionary Problem With Happiness · 36 min · Episódio 20Why can’t you just stay happy? The neurochemistry and evolutionary logic of good feelings: why happiness is more than just dopamine, what reward pathways, gratitude, social…
- Boss?! How our brains make (and break) trust with Dr. D'Amico · 38 min · Episódio 19Why do first impressions stick? Behavioral neuroscientist Dr. Katharine D’Amico on the neurobiology of trust: how your brain judges people in seconds, how oxytocin builds trust…
- Building Minds: How Architecture Shapes Our Lives and Well-Being · 35 min · Episódio 14Why do some rooms calm you down and others put you on edge? How light, materials and space act on your senses, mood and cognition, and why we’re wired to respond to beauty, with…
- PCOS: The Reality Show Where No Egg Wins with Dr. Faris · 43 min · Episódio 18What is actually going on inside the body with PCOS? OB/GYN Dr. Basma Faris explains the mechanism: how insulin resistance drives hormone changes in polycystic ovary syndrome…
- Food for Thought: How What You Eat Shapes Your Mind, Body, and Relationships · 27 min · Episódio 13Why does food feel so rewarding, and where do cravings come from? How taste, smell, nutrients like omega-3s and the gut-brain axis act on your mood, memory and the way you…
- Mind over Migraine: Former MP Dehenna Davison on Battling the Invisible Pain · 42 min · Episódio 16What is happening in your brain during a migraine? Former UK MP Dehenna Davison on living with chronic migraine, plus the biology behind this invisible pain and the stigma around…
