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Brain fun for curious people.

    Women Were Also Skilled Hunters In Ancient Times

    Women Were Also Skilled Hunters In Ancient Times

    New analysis of remains and burial items suggests women and men did both parts of hunting and gathering in the Paleolithic era.

    • 12 min
    An AI Leader’s Human-Centered Approach To Artificial Intelligence

    An AI Leader’s Human-Centered Approach To Artificial Intelligence

    Dr. Fei-Fei Li of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI discusses the promise and peril of the ground-breaking technology.

    • 23 min
    COP28 Host Had Plans to Promote Oil and Gas | Researchers Detected Cicada Emergence With Fiber-Optics

    COP28 Host Had Plans to Promote Oil and Gas | Researchers Detected Cicada Emergence With Fiber-Optics

    The United Nations climate summit will happen for the next two weeks in Dubai—a city known for its oil money. And, in 2021, an electronics and communications lab accidentally detected the mass emergence of Brood X with fiber-optic sensors.

    • 23 min
    Ralph Nader Reflects On His Auto Safety Campaign, 55 Years Later

    Ralph Nader Reflects On His Auto Safety Campaign, 55 Years Later

    In a conversation from 2021, Ira discusses how auto safety has drastically advanced, thanks in part to Nader’s groundbreaking investigation.

    • 26 min
    What’s That Smell? An AI Nose Knows

    What’s That Smell? An AI Nose Knows

    In a conversation from September 2023, Ira discusses a computer model can map the structure of a chemical to predict what it probably smells like.

    • 12 min
    Jane Goodall On Life Among Chimpanzees

    Jane Goodall On Life Among Chimpanzees

    In an interview from 2002, the primatologist gave Ira a lesson in how to speak with chimps.

    • 36 min

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