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Unconscious Minds, Sound of Silver in a Chemistry Lab

By Rhitu Chatterjee

Podcast 55: The hidden brain controls our actions and influences our decisions. A St. Louis-based chemist tells us about his favorite album for doing lab work. »

How the Hidden Brain Controls Our Lives

By Shankar Vedantam

Forum 11: Our decisions are largely controlled by unconscious biases in our brains, says science journalist Shankar Vedantam, author of the new book The Hidden Brain. »

Music on Your Brain

By Daniel Levitin

Forum 7: Are humans hard-wired to appreciate music? How did music come to play such an important role in our lives. Talk with neuroscientist Daniel Levitin to find out. »

A Special Podcast on Music and its Origins

By Rhitu Chatterjee

Podcast 46: How does music affect our brains, and how did it come to have such a hold on our lives and celebrations? »

Swine Flu Vaccine, Mother-to-Daughter Cancer, Vegetarian Spider

By Rhitu Chatterjee

Podcast 36: Responses to swine flu vaccine differ on either side of the Atlantic. A mother passed cancer cells to her fetus. Dyslexia more complex among Chinese speakers. »

Indonesian Mangroves, Plastic in the Pacific, A Fake Moon Rock

By Elsa Youngsteadt

Podcast 30: Struggling Senegalese fisheries. A volcanic island reborn. New evidence of a warming Arctic. Plus mangroves, ocean garbage and earthquake trauma. »

Decisions, Decisions

By Jonah

Forum 1: We talk to Jonah Lehrer, author of "How We Decide.” He examines how humans make decisions, from choosing breakfast cereals to waging wars. »

Factory Farms, Swine Slaughter, and Sleeping Americans

By admin

Podcast 13: How factory farms may incubate swine flu. Egypt decides to kill its pigs. And another big piece of Antarctic ice breaks off. »

Pakistan Water Crisis, Spain’s Vultures, China’s Great(er) Wall

By admin

Podcast 11: Pakistan is running out of water. Spain’s vultures are going hungry. The Great Wall of China gets much longer. And night owls are more alert than early risers. »