It's The Science Appliance with science man <a href="https://noctilio.com/">Dr. Dan Riskin</a> who joins David for a podcast-only bonus episode of The Last Show. After a spirited debate whether the idiom about falling off something and getting back on is about horses or bicycles, the two cover the following science stories:
<ul>
 <li>
<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-09-people-neural-responses-videos-friends.html">Brain scans predict if people will be friends</a>; and</li>
 <li><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-09-daydreaming-epiphanies-greater-career-purpose.html">Looking for a career epiphany? Go daydream.</a></li>
</ul>
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It's The Science Appliance with science man Dr. Dan Riskin who joins David for a podcast-only bonus episode of The Last Show. After a spirited debate whether the idiom about falling off something and getting back on is about horses or bicycles, the two cover the following science stories: Brain scans predict if people will be friends; and Looking for a career epiphany? Go daydream. Click here to sign up for Dan's weekly science newsletter The Bat Signal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's The Science Appliance with science man <a href="https://noctilio.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dr. Dan Riskin</a> who joins David for a podcast-only bonus episode of The Last Show. After a spirited debate whether the idiom about falling off something and getting back on is about horses or bicycles, the two cover the following science stories:
<ul>
 <li>
<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-09-people-neural-responses-videos-friends.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Brain scans predict if people will be friends</a>; and</li>
 <li><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-09-daydreaming-epiphanies-greater-career-purpose.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Looking for a career epiphany? Go daydream.</a></li>
</ul>
<a href="https://followthebatsignal.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Click here to sign up for Dan's weekly science newsletter The Bat Signal</a>. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Dan Riskin: A Brain Scan To Predict Friendship - October 4, 2025

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