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Plants and the Mystery of Consciousness
May 8, 2026 · 14 minThe mystery of consciousness has been one of the most unsolvable problems across neuroscience, philosophy, and psychology. How can a lump of matter come to be aware of itself? Is consciousness real, or an illusion? And even if I'm pretty…
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African Wild Dogs and Democracy
May 7, 2026 · 14 minFor African Wild Dogs in the Okovango Delta, living with the pack has its ups and downs. You get help with the hunting, and there's safety in numbers, but there's also a lot of compromise. When the pack leaves, you leave, even if you were…
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Rats, Risk and Reward
May 6, 2026 · 14 minJackpot! Lights are flashing, bells are ringing, and you collect your big reward. No, this isn't Vegas, but it might as well be. We're in a specially designed casino for rats, where they gamble in pursuit of the Big Win: delicious sugar…
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Riverbeds and the Sedimentation of Ideas
May 5, 2026 · 14 minWhat if all the ideas and values surrounding our lives are like pieces of sediment in a river? Some never quite settle and get swept away, lost to the currents of time. But some take hold, solidify, become part of the cultural bedrock that…
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Giant Anteaters and Power Posing
May 4, 2026 · 14 minBecky Ripley and Emily Knight look to the animal world to question why we "power pose". Anteaters are masters of it. When feeling threatened, they rear up on their hind legs and extend their arms out wide to show off their huge claws. It…
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Grooming Apes and the Origins of Kissing
August 29, 2025 · 15 minBecky Ripley and Emily Knight discover the hairy history of the human kiss. Where did it come from? Why do we like doing it? And how is it good for us? Featuring Dr Adriano Lameira, primatologist turned evolutionary psychologist from the…
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Photosynthetic Clams and the Problem of Power
August 28, 2025 · 14 minHow do we extract the maximum amount of power from the sun? Becky Ripley and Emily Knight enlist the help of a giant, thousand-year old clam. And end up in the depths of space... Featuring Professor Alison Sweeney at Yale University, and…
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Running Wild and the Science of Endurance
August 27, 2025 · 15 minWhy do animals move the way they do? And why do we humans love to run? Becky Ripley and Emily Knight enlist dogs, horses, armadillos, and some uncooperative rabbits to find out. Featuring Professor Lewis Halsey from the University of…