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Honey, I ate the kids: how hunger and hormones make mice aggressive

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Jonny Coole explains how mild food deprivation makes virgin female mice aggressively attack and bite mouse pups.
This episode explores how hunger and hormones interact in mouse brains to trigger aggressive behavior toward pups, revealing neural integration mechanisms. It also examines the impact of generative AI on university education, including student usage and cognitive effects.

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A careful look at how biology and AI both complicate what drives behavior and how learning is tested.

The episode works best when it stays close to mechanism, moving from a serendipitous mouse study to a discussion of how generative AI may affect universities and student learning.

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You want one clear science story and one real question about education in the age of AI.

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