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After Journalist Disappears, Companies Reconsider Saudi Investment

Oct 16, 2018
U.S. executives are pulling out of an investment conference scheduled to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, next week — as controversy swirls around the disappearance of a missing Saudi journalist.
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TED Radio Hour
Robin Steinberg on the TED stage.

Robin Steinberg: How Can We End The Injustice Of Bail?

Oct 12, 2018
The bail system disproportionately impacts low-income people of color and pressures defendants into pleading guilty. But Robin Steinberg is implementing a plan to fix this--without waiting for reform.
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TED Radio Hour
Should chimpanzees have legal rights?

Steven Wise: If Chimpanzees Can Feel And Think, Should They Also Have Legal Rights?

Oct 12, 2018
Animals like chimpanzees are autonomous beings with rich emotional lives, says animal rights lawyer Steven Wise. He's working to get courts to recognize them as "legal persons" and grant them rights.
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TED Radio Hour
Brett Hennig on the TED stage.

Brett Hennig: Should We Replace Politicians With Random Citizens?

Oct 12, 2018
Brett Hennig says democracy — and the process of voting — is broken. To fix it, he has a radical suggestion: replacing politicians with a demographically representative selection of random citizens.
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TED Radio Hour
Vivek Maru on the TED stage.

Vivek Maru: How Can We Make Legal Support Accessible To All?

Oct 12, 2018
Often, people who don't understand the law or can't pay for lawyers end up being mistreated. Lawyer Vivek Maru calls for a global community of paralegals to place the law on the side of the people.
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TED Radio Hour
Anil Seth on the TED stage.

Anil Seth: How Does Your Brain Construct Your Conscious Reality?

Oct 05, 2018
When we look around, it feels like we're seeing an objective reality. But neuroscientist Anil Seth says everything we perceive, from objects to emotions, is an act of informed guesswork by the brain.
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TED Radio Hour
Liz Ogbu on the TED stage.

Liz Ogbu: Can We Gentrify Neighborhoods While Allowing Longtime Residents To Stay?

Sep 28, 2018
Architect Liz Ogbu has seen the pain gentrification creates for displaced communities. She wonders how we can create ways for longtime residents to stay and reap the benefits of gentrification.
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Shots - Health News
The fix was in for this rhesus macaque drinking juice on the Ganges River in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India. No gambling was required to get the reward.

In Lab Turned Casino, Gambling Monkeys Help Scientists Find Risk-Taking Brain Area

Sep 20, 2018
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have identified a brain region in monkeys that influences their desire to take big risks. When this area is inactivated, the monkeys tend to hedge their bets.
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Research News
The DelFly Nimble in flight. The robot was inspired by the agile movements of the fruit fly.

WATCH: Flapping Robot Sheds Light On How Fruit Flies Move

Sep 13, 2018
The scientists were inspired by the super-agile fruit fly. And by designing this robot, they've figured out some of the mysteries of one of the fly's fanciest maneuvers.
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TED Radio Hour
Caitlin Doughty on the TED stage.

Caitlin Doughty: What's Wrong With The Way We Bury The Dead?

Sep 07, 2018
Mortician Caitlin Doughty is trying to find a more natural and sustainable way to bury our loved ones. But to get there, she says: we need to rethink how we view death altogether.
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TED Radio Hour
Lux Narayan on the TED stage.

Lux Narayan: What Do Obituaries Teach Us About Lives Well-Lived?

Sep 07, 2018
Lux Narayan analyzed 2000 New York Times obituaries, of both famous and not-so-famous people, over a two-year period. One common thread among them? A fierce desire to help others.
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The Salt
Another plant and culinary riddle: <a href="https://botanistinthekitchen.blog/2018/06/12/kiwifruit-2-why-are-they-green/" data-key="369">Why are kiwis green when ripe?</a>

Leave It To Botanists To Turn Cooking Into A Science Lesson

Sep 05, 2018
Why do artichokes look so strange? What makes okra so slimy – and how can science help you turn that attribute into a taste sensation? Two botanists take plant science into the kitchen.
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Hidden Brain

Can You Handle The Truth?

Aug 30, 2018
This week on the Hidden Brain radio show, we explore why people often avoid telling the truth — to others, and to themselves.
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Shots - Health News
"You know, I wrote this book to kind of investigate why we feel the way we feel about our bodies," says Mara Altman. "But a wonderful bonus was kind of realizing that we all have such a big variation."

'Gross Anatomy' Turns Humor On Taboos About The Female Body

Aug 30, 2018
Author Mara Altman got tired of hiding her hairy, sweaty self from the world, and set out to reframe the shame in her latest book of essays — part memoir, part scientific exploration, part manifesto.
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Shots - Health News
Previous research has shown that babies in the first year of life understand that certain individuals tend to win in social conflicts — such as individuals that are physically larger, or that come from larger social groups.

Toddlers Like Winners, But How They Win Matters

Aug 27, 2018
Unlike other primates, human toddlers watching a competition don't appreciate victors who shove rivals out of the way. Even little kids prefer high-status characters who aren't bullies.
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Shots - Health News

What Makes A Leader?

Aug 02, 2018
Leaders make decisions for a group in the same way they make choices for themselves, a study suggests. They don't change their decision-making behavior, even when the welfare of others is at stake.
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The Salt
Brick transfers heat to dough more slowly than steel, allowing both pizza crust and toppings to simultaneously reach perfection.

Pizza Physics: Why Brick Ovens Bake The Perfect Italian-Style Pie

Jul 23, 2018
Brick transfers heat to dough more slowly than steel, allowing both crust and toppings to simultaneously reach perfection. In a home oven, that balance is elusive — but you might be able to get close.
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Shots - Health News
Lasers are key to adding the energy needed to accelerate the particles, and powerful lasers require powerful stop signs. This emergency shut-off button can quickly cut the electricity to the Stanford lab's lasers.

Physicists Go Small: Let's Put A Particle Accelerator On A Chip

Jul 18, 2018
A tiny accelerator could be useful in medicine as well as basic science. Instead of speeding up beams of electrons through giant tunnels, the aim here is to build accelerators on semiconductor chips.
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Hidden Brain

Watch Your Mouth

Jul 12, 2018
This week on the Hidden Brain radio show, we explore how the constantly evolving nature of languages can give us different ways of understanding ourselves as well as the world we live in.
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Hidden Brain
A young Maya Shankar.

Fresh Starts

Jul 11, 2018
Unpredictable things happen to us all the time. On this week's radio episode, we bring you two stories of loss and the change it brings.
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Skunk Bear
The Big Dipper can serve as a key to help you navigate the heavens.

How To Find The Summer Constellations (360° Video)

Jun 26, 2018
Have you ever wanted to casually point out Cygnus, Leo and Cassiopeia? Just in time for summer, this panoramic video shows you some tricks to help you navigate the night sky.
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Code Switch
The South Korean soccer team poses for a photo prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup match against Sweden at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium on June 18, 2018 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

The Science Behind South Korea's Race-Based World Cup Strategy

Jun 18, 2018
South Korea's men's soccer team tried to confuse scouts from Sweden's team by swapping jerseys so their opponent couldn't tell the players apart. But could a strategy like that actually work?
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Hidden Brain

Looking Back: Reflecting On The Past To Understand The Present

Jun 14, 2018
So often we get stuck in the past, rehashing what we should have done, and what we no longer have. But researchers say our obsession with the past can tell us something important about our future.
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TED Radio Hour
Amishi Jha on the TED stage.

Amishi Jha: How Can We Pay Better Attention To Our Attention?

May 25, 2018
What exactly is attention, and how can we reclaim it? Neuroscientist Amishi Jha says there's a powerful link between mindfulness, meditation and attention.
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The Two-Way
Professor Brad Story analyzed the acoustic features of the words "yanny" and "laurel" from the viral audio clip and from his own voice.

'Yanny' Or 'Laurel'? Why People Hear Different Things In That Viral Clip

May 16, 2018

We consulted experts on how human brains perceive sound. The poor quality of the audio file can be blamed for the different ways our brains perceive it. What we expect to hear also matters.

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