WNYC's Radio Lab
On Radio Lab, science meets culture and information sounds like music. Each episode of Radio Lab® is an investigation -- a patchwork of people, sounds, stories and experiences centered around One Big Idea. Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radio Lab is produced by ...
On Radio Lab, science meets culture and information sounds like music. Each episode of Radio Lab® is an investigation -- a patchwork of people, sounds, stories and experiences centered around One Big Idea. Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radio Lab is produced by WNYC public radio. Support the adventure with a donation by pasting the following URL into your browser: http://www.wnyc.org/epledge/radiolab
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Shorts: Mapping Tic Tac Toe-dom
Writer Ian Frazier made a startling discovery several years ago ...
Writer Ian Frazier made a startling discovery several years ago in eastern Siberia: no one he met there had ever heard of tic tac toe. In this short, Jad and Robert wonder how a game that seems carved into childhood DNA could be completely unknown in som
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Games
Winners, losers, underdogs -- what can games tell us about ...
Winners, losers, underdogs -- what can games tell us about who we really are?
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Shorts: Damn It, Basal Ganglia
The basal ganglia is a core part of the brain, ...
The basal ganglia is a core part of the brain, deep inside your skull, that helps control movement. Unless something upsets the chain of command. In this short, Jad and Robert meet a young researcher who was studying what happens when the basal ganglia g
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Shorts: A 4-Track Mind
In this short, a neurologist issues a dare to a ...
In this short, a neurologist issues a dare to a ragtime piano player and a famous conductor. When the two men face off in an fMRI machine, the challenge is so unimaginably difficult that one man instantly gives up. But the other achieves a musical feat t
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REBROADCAST: Detective Stories
We're celebrating summer with a classic episode of Radiolab--full of ...
We're celebrating summer with a classic episode of Radiolab--full of mystery, intrigue...and a goat standing on a cow. We haven't actually tried listening to it around a campfire, but we're betting it would totally work. See you in two weeks with a new s
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Shorts: Curious Sounds: A Radiolab Concert
In this short, Jad presents the electrifying sounds of three ...
In this short, Jad presents the electrifying sounds of three mind-bending musical acts: Brooklyn duo Buke & Gass, drummer Glenn Kotche of Wilco, and the one-and-only Reggie Watts. Their performances were recorded live at our Curious Sounds concert ea
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Shorts: A Clockwork Miracle
In 1562, King Philip II needed a miracle. So he ...
In 1562, King Philip II needed a miracle. So he commissioned one from a highly-skilled clockmaker. In this short, a king's deal with God leads to an intricate mechanical creation, and Jad heads to the Smithsonian to investigate.
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Talking to Machines
What can machines tell us about being human?
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Shorts: Dogs Gone Wild
In this short, a family dog disappears into the woods...and ...
In this short, a family dog disappears into the woods...and the mystery of what happened to him raises a big question about what it means to be wild.
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Shorts: Cosmic Habituation
In this short, Jonathan Schooler tells us about a discovery ...
In this short, Jonathan Schooler tells us about a discovery that launched his career and led to a puzzle that has haunted him ever since.
