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There are lots of ways to amplify our senses, from hallucinogens to cochlear implants. A few people are taking it further, creating original sensory experiences by implanting new technologies in their bodies.

Artist Neil Harbisson is greyscale color blind. He designed a new electronic body part that would help him experience color.

If you want to hear about the art Neil makes thanks to his new sense, here's his extended interview.

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Novelist Colin McAdam conjures a fictional world of a childless couple who adopt a rambunctious chimp.  We hear excerpts of his novel "A Beautiful Truth."

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Why has America stopped inventing? Americans invent less than half of what we did a century ago. Half.  Why? Are we less creative then we were 100 years ago?

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It sometimes seems as though everyone has read "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" and the books that followed. The author, Stieg Larsson, died before he could tell the stories behind the books. Now his companion of more than 30 years, Eva Gabrielsson, has written about the man and his work. In this NEW and UNCUT interview she tells Jim Fleming about the books and her life with Stieg Larsson.

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Robin Chase is the co-founder of ZipCar. Her Dangerous Idea? A universal basic income.

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David Gewirtzman is a Holocaust survivor from Poland. Jacqueline Murekatete is a University student who lived through the tribal massacres in Rwanda. The two tour together speaking about the horrors of genocide.

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"Religion always starts with mysticism," says David Steindl-Rast. Now 89, he's been a Benedictine monk since 1953. Brother David was one of the first Roman Catholics to engage in dialogues between Christians and Buddhists. He tells Steve Paulson about the joys of life in the monastery.

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 Samuel Delany’s review of “Call me Ishmael” by Charles Olson.

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