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At , we love a good brain. Which is why we’ve had a lot of conversations over the years with NPR’s neuroscience reporter, Jon Hamilton<\/u>.<\/p>\n

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He’s been writing about brains for over 15 years, from tiny brain organoids that grow in a dish, to fruit fly brains, mouse brains and some really memorable human brains.<\/p>\n

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Hamilton is retiring this week, so today on the show he joins us to share the most memorable brains he’s come across in the past couple of decades.<\/p>\n

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At Short Wave, we love a good brain. Which is why we\u2019ve had a lot of conversations over the years with NPR\u2019s neuroscience reporter, Jon Hamilton<\/a>. Jon\u2019s been writing about brains for over 15 years, from tiny brain organoids that grow in a dish, to fruit fly brains, mouse brains and some really memorable human brains. But Jon is retiring, so today on the show he joins us to share the most memorable brains he\u2019s come across in the past couple of decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Interested in more brain science? Email us your question at <\/em>shortwave@npr.org<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at <\/em>plus.npr.org\/shortwave<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-short-wave"],"yoast_head":"\nOur favorite brains, including Einstein's stolen one - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=5553\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our favorite brains, including Einstein's stolen one - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At Short Wave, we love a good brain. 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