Matthew LaPlante
Matthew LaPlante is host of the science show Undisciplined, heard on Utah Public Radio every Thursday at 10:30 a.m.Matthew LaPlante has reported on ritual infanticide in Northern Africa, insurgent warfare in the Middle East, the legacy of genocide in Southeast Asia, and gang violence in Central America. But a few years back, something donned on him: Maybe the news doesn't have to be brutally depressing all the time. Today, he balances his continuing work on more heartbreaking subjects by writing books about the intersection of science, human health and society, including the New York Times best-selling Lifespan with geneticist David Sinclair and the Nautilus Award-winning Longevity Plan with cardiologist John Day. His first solo book, Superlative, looks at what scientists are learning by studying organisms that have evolved in record-setting ways, and his is currently at work on another book about embracing the inevitability of human-caused climate change with an optimistic outlook on the future.
LaPlante is host of the science show Undisciplined, heard on Utah Public Radio every Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
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Under climate warming, the risk of wildfires is increasing. So, we're all going to need to adapt. -
The top-grossing movie of 2023 is a movie about a doll that is known for creating toxic expectations about girls' bodies and also paving the way for girls to be anything they want.
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Humans have evolved to do lots of things. And one thing scientists are now coming to recognize is that we also evolved to fight — with each other.
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The OSIRIS-Rex mission has picked up a piece of the asteroid Bennu projected to pass close to Earth. Precautionary? Maybe. But there's a big enough risk that we're doing something about it.
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On this episode we discuss baby animals, really big trees, an increasingly notorious nightclub in Salt Lake City, and we take a look at some of Utah's politics after Trump's recent indictment.
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85% of deaf children attend mainstream public schools and many deaf advocates will say this is a good thing, but good intentions and good educational practices are two different things.
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Romeo and Juliet has always been about life in a pandemic, we're just starting to notice it.
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Ira Hayes has been commemorated in movies and songs, but his actual life after WWII is still shrouded in a lot of mystery.
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Jewish texts reference the man and the woman, but they aren't the only genders they discuss.
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There is no national strategy, let alone a global one to mitigate the dangers of diseases that spread from animals to humans.
