Radiolab
On Radiolab, science meets culture and information sounds like music. Each episode of Radiolab® is an investigation -- a patchwork of people, sounds, stories and experiences centered around One Big Idea. Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radiolab
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REBROADCAST: Emergence
This spring, parts of the East Coast will turn squishy ...
This spring, parts of the East Coast will turn squishy and crunchy -- the return of the 17-year cicadas means surfaces in certain locations (in patches from VA to CT) will once again be coated in bugs buzzing at 7 kilohertz. In their honor, we're rebroad
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Shorts: The Man Behind the Maneuver
In the 1970s, choking became national news: thousands were choking ...
In the 1970s, choking became national news: thousands were choking to death, leading to more accidental deaths than guns. Nobody knew what to do. Until a man named Henry Heimlich came along with a big idea.
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Shorts: Speedy Beet
There are few musical moments more well-worn than the first ...
There are few musical moments more well-worn than the first four notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. But in this short, we find out that Beethoven might have made a last-ditch effort to keep his music from ever feeling familiar, to keep pushing his list
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Speed
The inhumanly fast world of high-speed trading, an excruciatingly slow ...
The inhumanly fast world of high-speed trading, an excruciatingly slow experiment, and a physicist plays Zeus.
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Shorts: The Bitter End
We turn to doctors to save our lives -- to ...
We turn to doctors to save our lives -- to heal us, repair us, and keep us healthy. But when it comes to the critical question of what to do when death is at hand, there seems to be a gap between what we want doctors to do for us, and what doctors want d
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Shorts: Solid as a Rock
Is reality an ethereal, mathematical poem... or is it made ...
Is reality an ethereal, mathematical poem... or is it made up of solid, physical stuff? In this short, we kick rocks, slap tables, and argue about the nature of the universe with Jim Holt.
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Bliss
Stories of striving, grasping, tripping, and falling for happiness, perfection, ...
Stories of striving, grasping, tripping, and falling for happiness, perfection, and Bliss.
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Shorts: Raising Crane
In this short, costumed scientists create a carefully choreographed childhood ...
In this short, costumed scientists create a carefully choreographed childhood for a flock of whooping cranes to save them from extinction. It's the ultimate feel-good story, but it also raises some troubling questions about what it takes to get a species
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Inheritance
Stories of nature and nurture slamming into each other, & ...
Stories of nature and nurture slamming into each other, & shaping our biological blueprints.
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Shorts: What's Up, Doc?
Mel Blanc was known as "the man of 1,000 voices," ...
Mel Blanc was known as "the man of 1,000 voices," but the actual number may have been closer to 1,500. Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety, Barney Rubble -- all Mel. His characters made him one of the most beloved men in America. And in 1961, when a car crash
