Would you like to sharpen your memory? Science writer Joshua Foer tells you how to build an elaborate memory palace.
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Len Fisher talks with Anne Strainchamps about "swarm intelligence" and how it differs from "group think."
Shocking acts of violence are committed in the name of religion, but Karen Armstrong says we're too quick to blame faith for violence and intolerance around the world.
Alan Turing was only 41 when he committed suicide. Filmmaker Patrick Sammon's film, Codebreaker, tells the story of Turing's brilliant life and of his persecution by British authorities for the crime of being homosexual. When he spoke to Anne Strainchamps a few years ago, he said Turing was a victim of the prejudice and paranoia of the time.
We present two takes on the question of whether or not the world's supply of oil is drying up. Princeton's Ken Deffeyes says production has peaked. Danish statistician Bjorn Lomborg says that's just crying wolf.
We meet Pete Daly, an engineer with recurrent melanoma who talks about living with cancer.
Nadine Svoboda’s been all over the world listening to forests. She records their sounds for the British Library Sound Archive.
Marti Leimbach is an autism activist and successful novelist. She talks about her own experiences trying to get help for her autistic son.
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