Regina Barber

This episode was produced by Burleigh McCoy, edited by our showrunner, Rebecca Ramirez, and fact-checked by Tyler Jones and Nell. Maggie Luther was the audio engineer. Beth Donovan is our senior director, and Colin Campbell is our senior vice president of podcasting strategy. I'm Regina Barber. Thank you for listening to ShoreWave from NPR.

This episode was produced by Burleigh McCoy, edited by our showrunner, Rebecca Ramirez, and fact-checked by Tyler Jones and Nell. Maggie Luther was the audio engineer. Beth Donovan is our senior director, and Colin Campbell is our senior vice president of podcasting strategy. I'm Regina Barber. Thank you for listening to ShoreWave from NPR.

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That's why we invited you. Yes. Yes. And then we're going to feed you a classic Roman pasta dish with some science on the side. Love it. Then we're going to get a little serious with a possible reason why more and more young people are getting colorectal cancer.

That's why we invited you. Yes. Yes. And then we're going to feed you a classic Roman pasta dish with some science on the side. Love it. Then we're going to get a little serious with a possible reason why more and more young people are getting colorectal cancer.

That's why we invited you. Yes. Yes. And then we're going to feed you a classic Roman pasta dish with some science on the side. Love it. Then we're going to get a little serious with a possible reason why more and more young people are getting colorectal cancer.

Yes. All of that on this episode of Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.

Yes. All of that on this episode of Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.

Yes. All of that on this episode of Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.

All right, Juana, our queen, where would you like to begin? We've got to start with the video game news, right? Yes, definitely.

All right, Juana, our queen, where would you like to begin? We've got to start with the video game news, right? Yes, definitely.

All right, Juana, our queen, where would you like to begin? We've got to start with the video game news, right? Yes, definitely.

It can tell us a lot about social learning. So learning in groups. A study in the journal Nature Communications tried to bridge this gap between studying how we learn individually and how we learn socially by watching over 100 participants with specific goals in crafted Minecraft environments.

It can tell us a lot about social learning. So learning in groups. A study in the journal Nature Communications tried to bridge this gap between studying how we learn individually and how we learn socially by watching over 100 participants with specific goals in crafted Minecraft environments.

It can tell us a lot about social learning. So learning in groups. A study in the journal Nature Communications tried to bridge this gap between studying how we learn individually and how we learn socially by watching over 100 participants with specific goals in crafted Minecraft environments.

We're stronger together, Juana. Yes. And in the past, these two modes of learning, on your own or mimicking another person, were mostly studied in isolation. It was either one or the other. But I take it that is not the case in this study? No. No, no.

We're stronger together, Juana. Yes. And in the past, these two modes of learning, on your own or mimicking another person, were mostly studied in isolation. It was either one or the other. But I take it that is not the case in this study? No. No, no.

We're stronger together, Juana. Yes. And in the past, these two modes of learning, on your own or mimicking another person, were mostly studied in isolation. It was either one or the other. But I take it that is not the case in this study? No. No, no.