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Voyager I is the first man-made object to leave Earth’s solar system. Crazy. But the write-up missed the chance to discuss two beautiful things: the Golden Record on Voyager, which has human greetings...
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Can emotional intelligence be taught? Fantastic article. It seems that the answer is “yes, probably, but more research is needed” Epigenetics – broadly speaking, the change in gene expression caused...
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The new Radiolab episode, Blame, is fantastic, thought-provoking, and haunting. Listen to it. As an accompaniment, read David Eagleman’s article on the topic of law and brain science Today in...
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“There is a weird kind of discombobulating pleasure in having to switch sides. The world gets a tiny bit bigger every time you have to switch sides” – Jad Abumrad, during an interview in which he and...
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A hookworm vaccine would be a big deal for hundreds of millions of people around the world – one of my favorite Radiolab episodes, Parasites, discusses why On one level, the atrocious rollout of the...
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Will baristas go the way of bank tellers? Probably – at least in the sense that many of them will be obsolete but some will still remain important. Initially, though, the Briggo machine really seems...
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Being poor as a kid is correlated with a number of long-term negatives (reduced earnings, reduced educational attainment, etc. etc.). But why? Is it the poverty in and of itself (i.e., relational...
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Ending adolescent pregnancy is a noble goal, in and of itself – there are many, many good economic, political, and cultural reasons for doing so. But, according to a new study in The Lancet, one...
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A very, very good article by Mac McClelland on the Kilis refugee camp in Turkey. The drawback, subtly addressed in the article, is that it’s too nice (i.e., people will want to stay there), which I...
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Eight Podcasts to Fill that Serial-Sized Hole in Your Commute
Because selection bias, if you’re reading this I’m willing to bet you listened to, and loved, Serial. Maybe you had never previously listened to a podcast before and picked up Serial halfway through,...
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