The Brain Science of Getting High
How cocaine, crystal meth, nicotine and caffeine affect dopamine activity.
Will Our Dysfunction Eclipse Our Brilliance?
The big question in Ian McEwan's novel Solar.
Scientific Research into Telepathy
Scientist Rupert Sheldrake investigates if there's anything to that feeling that someone's looking at you, or dogs seeming to know when there owners are coming home.
The Odds Against Any of Us Existing At All
For life - much less human life - to have emerged on Earth, a number of unlikely factors had to be in place.
Saturday Night Jukebox: Songs About the Moon
Poetry and mystery and romance associated with that round glowing rock in the sky.
Totem Figures Interview with Dr. Gabor Mate
Gabor Mate is a doctor and best-selling author. His totems are Gautama Buddha, Yeshua (aka Jesus), Karl Marx, Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud. Beethoven's in there too.
The Brain Science of Mushroom Trips
Certain parts of your brain become less active, with interesting results.
Being Human: A Collective Meditation On Who We Are
What happens when you fill a room with some of the very best scientists, philosophers, sociologists, and mystics to have them ask the collective question, What does it mean to be human? Jeff Bellsey reports from the Being Human 2012 conference.
Are You Controlled by Your Inner Pigdog? - the Neurobiology of Choice
What exactly is going on in our heads when we give in to a craving?
Can You Think?
What does it mean to actually "think"? How often do we do it?
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