Science and Technology - Think

What Siri Won’t Tell You

July 27, 2017 Science and Technology

Brian Merchant joins us to talk about how arguably the 21st Century’s most significant piece of technology came to be.

A Bug’s Life

July 26, 2017 Science and Technology

David MacNeal joins us talk about the world’s bug-lovers – the people who study them and learn how we can benefit from their presence.

Why Humans Imagine

July 18, 2017 Science and Technology

Columbia College Chicago professor Stephen Asma joins us to talk about how creativity works in the brain – and about how we can visualize a reality that doesn’t yet exist.

How Science Gets Women Wrong

July 17, 2017 Race/Identity, Science and Technology

Science journalist Angela Saini joins us to talk about how gender bias has clouded our understanding of women.

What Makes Us Curious

July 14, 2017 Science and Technology

Astrophysicist Mario Livio joins us to talk about our urge to know what we don’t and how our brains are wired to want to learn.

Due For An Upgrade: Engineering A Better Human Body

July 6, 2017 Science and Technology

Adam Piore joins us to talk about rethinking the limits of our existence, which he writes about in “The Body Builders: Inside the Science of the Engineered Human.”

Everything But The Taste: How Other Senses Shape Our Love Of Food

July 3, 2017 Science and Technology

Charles Spence, head of Oxford University’s Crossmodal Research Laboratory, joins us to talk about how our senses work together to create a memorable meal.

Beauty, Evolution And Darwin’s Forgotten Book

June 30, 2017 Science and Technology

Yale ornithologist Richard Prum joins us to talk about how various creatures have changed their physical appearances in order to attract a mate.

Earth’s Extinctions: Past And Future

June 21, 2017 Science and Technology

Peter Brannen joins us to talk about the common threads that run through Earth’s five mass extinctions – and about what they can tell us about our future.