The dating world has radically transformed over the last few decades. Combine advances in technology with radical changes in social roles and a rise in non-traditional relationships and sexual preferences, and you end up with a pretty confusing dating environment. Dr. Eli Finkel joins the Curiosity Podcast to discuss everything from one-night stands to Tinder to pickup artists – and everything in-between.

Dr. Finkel is a social psychology professor who studies interpersonal attraction, marriage, conflict resolution, and more. He is the director of Northwestern University's Relationships and Motivation Lab and has published more than 130 scientific articles – primarily on relationships – as well as being a regular contributor to the Op-Ed page of The New York Times.

More from Dr. Eli Finkel:

• Dr. Eli Finkel's website
• Is Romantic Desire Predictable? Machine Learning Applied to Initial Romantic Attraction (Study)
• Can technology bring us true love? Eli Finkel at TEDxNorthwesternU 2014
• "Self and Relationships: Connecting Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Processes"
• "The All-or-Nothing Marriage: How the Best Marriages Work"

Additional resources discussed:

• Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships
• Four Fallacies of Pop Evolutionary Psychology
• How evolutionary psychology gets evolution wrong
• Ashley Madison Hack: All Fun and Puritanical Games Until Somebody Gets Dead
• "More than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory"
• "Polyamory and Jealousy: A More Than Two Essentials Guide"
• "Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships"
• "The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists"

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Research isn't always conducted in a laboratory. Dr. Brian T. Murphy runs a research program that takes him all around the world collecting aquatic microorganisms, en route to the discovery and development of new antibiotics. On this podcast, Dr. Murphy explains how antibiotics work and the importance of discovering new ones, as well as detailing some of the exotic underwater adventures involved in his line of work.

Ongoing projects in Dr. Murphy's lab merge the identification of small molecules with marine microbiology, molecular biology, genomics, and bioinformatics. To date, his lab has built a collection of over 1,500 aquatic bacteria and are using them to generate small molecule libraries that they screen against bacterial pathogens and cancers. The lab is also innovating the way drug discovery libraries are managed to make them more intuitive and efficient.

Antibiotics research crowdsourcing programs:

• Great Lakes Freshwater Sponge Ecology And Drug-Discovery (Murphy Lab project)
• University of Oklahoma's Citizen Science Soil Collection Program
• Drugs from Dirt (US)
• Swab and Send (UK)
• Small World Initiative

Additional scientific resources discussed:

• Murphy Lab UIC website
• Current Murphy Lab projects
• Feature on Murphy Lab in Toronto Star
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• TB Alliance
• Murphy Lab on Twitter

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The human voice is the oldest musical instrument. But how exactly does it work? Voice training is a lot more complicated than you might think, and in this podcast, opera singer Matthan Ring Black discusses why. A baritone with decades of experience as a performer, Matthan gets into the science behind how the human voice works, with some bonus insights into the worlds of vocal pedagogy and opera.

Matthan has performed in several Chicago premieres, including the world premiere of Gregory Spears’ Jason and the Argonauts with the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Lyric Unlimited. He is also a founding member of Chicago Fringe Opera and is collaborating with composer Ross Crean for the international recording of his new opera, The Great God Pan.

Additional resources discussed:

• Matthan Ring Black's Website
• Doing The Work with Matthan Black (podcast)
• Chicago Fringe Opera
• Ross Crean: The Great God Pan
• Verdi's Rigoletto (DVD)
• The History of Opera audiobook

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The human voice is the oldest musical instrument. But how exactly does it work? Voice training is a lot more complicated than you might think, and in this podcast, opera singer Matthan Ring Black discusses why. A baritone with decades of experience as a performer, Matthan gets into the science behind how the human voice works, with some bonus insights into the worlds of vocal pedagogy and opera.

Matthan has performed in several Chicago premieres, including the world premiere of Gregory Spears’ Jason and the Argonauts with the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Lyric Unlimited. He is also a founding member of Chicago Fringe Opera and is collaborating with composer Ross Crean for the international recording of his new opera, The Great God Pan. 

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Astronomy isn't just about looking up at the sky. The Adler Planetarium's Michelle Nichols delves deep into the lessons that astronomy can teach us about our own world and gives an update on when (and why) we're hoping to finish the "race to Mars." Plus: the surprising relationship many scientists have with religion.

As Director of Public Observing, Michelle leads the Adler Planetarium's various telescope and sky observing efforts, including the 'Scopes in the City telescope outreach program, free nighttime observing in the Doane Observatory via Doane at Dusk, Adler's telescope volunteer program, and much more.

Additional resources discussed:

• The Adler Planetarium website
• So you want to be an astronaut? Here's what it takes (USA Today)
• Eggplant (Solanum melongena) Domestication History and Genealogy
• Origins of the Potato
• Astronomy Lab for Kids: 52 Family-Friendly Activities (Lab Series)

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Astronomy isn't just about looking up at the sky. The Adler Planetarium's Michelle Nichols delves deep into the lessons that astronomy can teach us about our own world and gives an update on when (and why) we're hoping to finish the "race to Mars." Plus: the surprising relationship many scientists have with religion.

As Director of Public Observing, Michelle leads the Adler Planetarium's various telescope and sky observing efforts, including the 'Scopes in the City telescope outreach program, free nighttime observing in the Doane Observatory via Doane at Dusk, Adler's telescope volunteer program, and much more. 

More reading from Curiosity:

Additional resources discussed:

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Have you ever wanted to discover a long-lost magic spell or incantation? Well now is your chance! Experts from the Newberry Library in Chicago discuss how you can read and even help decipher unique medieval manuscripts from the comfort of your own home. They also take a closer look at how understanding magic in the Middle Ages can help us understand our world better.

This week's guests include: Jill Gage, Custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing and Bibliographer for British Literature and History; Christopher Fletcher, Program Assistant in the Renaissance Center; and Matthew Clarke, Digital Initiatives and Metadata Assistant.

Resources from the Newberry Library:

• Religious Change and Print 1450-1700 project site
• The Transcribing Faith resource
• Blog post covering the technical details of the project
• The Civil War in Letters, a past transcription project
• Newberry resources for classrooms
• Genealogy at the Newberry Library
• Digital exhibitions and research collections on Internet Archive and CARLI

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