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第2751期:The hidden logic of human harmony(3)
Episode 2
This can set off cycles of exuberant recursive mentalizing, as investors desperately search for focal points, each one buying an investment not becau…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
第2750期:The hidden logic of human harmony(2)
Episode 3
At larger scales, common salience or focal points and conventions, drive a lot of our legal and financial coordination. An everyday example is drivin…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
第2749期:The hidden logic of human harmony(1)
Episode 1
When the little boy said the emperor was naked, he wasn't telling them anything they didn't already know. But he added to their knowledge nonetheless…
7 months ago
第2748期:Ancient Egyptian history may be rewritten by DNA bone
Episode 2
Archaeological evidence indicates that ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia may have been in contact at least 10,000 years ago, when people in Mesopotamia b…
7 months ago
第2747期:What should you do if you cut off your finger?(2)
Episode 3
Surprisingly, severed tissues can survive for a few hours without these resources. And keeping them cool further slows the rate of tissue death, gene…
7 months ago
第2746期:What should you do if you cut off your finger?(1)
Episode 1
After a long day helping patients in the emergency room, Priya is prepping dinner when her knife slips and neatly severs her finger. Fortunately, bei…
7 months ago
第2745期:How to scientifically spot a genuine smile
Episode 2
They're not the same, are they? The smiles you see when you meet your friends and family compared with what you see from salespeople trying to get yo…
7 months ago
第2744期:Michelin-starred chef's lobster bisque heading to space
Episode 3
Most of the food on the space station is standard packaged fare, full of goodness, no doubt, but lacking that culinary je ne sais quoi which any self…
7 months ago
第2743期:Can books treat mental health conditions?
Episode 1
"It opened up something in me that needed to be opened and needed to heal," says Elizabeth Russell, a teacher and librarian from the US state of Conn…
7 months ago
第2743a期:Why meeting in the middle isn’t enough(3)
Episode 5
So a question that I always get asked is: How? How do we integrate different perspectives? Well, it's an art and a science and something that has bee…
7 months ago