ENCORE Time passes like an arrow, but what if it flew like a boomerang? Scientists are learning...
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Looking to boost your brainpower? Luckily, there are products promising to help. Smart drugs,...
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Skeptic Check: Rational Lampoon
(repeat) Two heads may be better than one. But what about three or more? A new study shows that...
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Your Brain's Reins [rebroadcast]
You are your brain. But what happens when your brain changes for the worse – either by physical...
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Your cat is smart, but its ability to choreograph a ballet or write computer code isn’t great. A...
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Eclectic Company We present a grab bag of our favorite recent science stories – from how to...
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Skeptic Check: Rational Lampoon (rebroadcast)
Two heads may be better than one. But what about three or more? A new study shows that...
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A thousand years ago, most people didn’t own a single book. The only way to access knowledge was...
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How long can we survive for without a head? - Naked Scientists Question of the Week 17.10.30
In the 1940's there was a chicken who survived for 18 months without a head, how long can humans...
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Big Unknowns: is free will an illusion? – Science Weekly podcast
Free will has been debated by philosophers and theologians for centuries. Neuroscientists and...
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A neuroscientist explains: how music affects the brain - podcast
In the first episode of this new podcast, Dr Daniel Glaser asks what effect does music have on...
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The man who lost touch – Science Weekly podcast
What happens without proprioception, our innate ability to know where and how our body is moving...
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Cross Section: Uta Frith – Science Weekly podcast
Nicola Davis sits down with Professor Uta Frith to talk autism, passion, rebellion and the role...
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A neuroscientist explains: how we perceive the truth - podcast
Dr Daniel Glaser explores what the wiring of the brain can tell us about how we perceive the world
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A neuroscientist explains: listener's emails about empathy – podcast
Responding to some of our listener’s emails, Dr Daniel Glaser ponders whether dogs have a Theory...
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Big unknowns: what is consciousness? - podcast
What does it mean to be you? And how can science unpick the age-old debates around conscious...
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Brain waves: the science of emotion – podcast
What is love – and what does it have to do with meeting a bear in the woods? In the first of a...
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Scents and sensibility: what's it like to live without smell? - podcast
In the second instalment of Brain waves, Dr Kevin Fong and Nathalie Nahai explore what it’s like...
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Fever pitch: how sport hacks your emotions - podcast
In the third episode of Brain waves, Dr Kevin Fong and Nathalie Nahai discover how our love of...
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