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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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    Hello

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    Shorts: For the Birds

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    Galapagos

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    Shorts: 9-Volt Nirvana

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    Learn a new language faster than ever! Leave doubt in the dust! Could you do all that and more with just a zap to the noggin? Maybe.

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    Shorts: ≤ kg

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    Things

    This hour we investigate the objects around us, their power ...

    This hour we investigate the objects around us, their power to move us, and whether it's better to look back or move on, hold on tight or just let go.

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    Shorts: The Skull

    Today, the story of one little thing that has radically ...

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    Shorts: For the Love of Numbers

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    60 Words

    How one sentence -- just 60 words written in the ...

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