Poet/Sociologist/Educator/Tweeter Eve Ewing talks about poetry, Afrofuturism, hip hop, and social media.
For the Geo Quiz, we are looking for tiny island in the middle of the vast South Atlantic Ocean that was once used as a refugee camp for slaves.
We are looking for a water body where the Andaman Islands are located. It is here that visitors travel to catch a glimpse of the indigenous islanders, known as Jarawa.
Architect Avi Friedman wanted to know what makes a good place - so he traveled around the world visiting different kinds of "good" places as research for his new book, "The Nature of Place". He talks with Lisa Mullins about what he found.
How often does a tune intrude on your thoughts and plays and replays in never-ending loops? Scientists call these intrusive musical thoughts "ear worms."
Despite what looks like a proliferation of shooting sprees and terrorist plots in the last few decades, a new book argues that violence has actually declined since ancient times. Steven Pinker, professor of psychology at Harvard University, joins us.
Two Cornell researchers used a large-scale study of posts on Twitter to track the world's mood shifts, and the discovered a pattern that transcends nationalities and climate. We're speaking with Benedict Carey of The New York Times.
Scientists have found that babies can become fluent in foreign languages at an extremely fast rate; one that begins to slow down by their first birthday. What is it about the make-up of their brains as newborns that gives them this ability?
Yesterday, we told you about a new study that says 53 percent of people feel upset when they are separated from the internet, and 40 percent feel "lonely." We asked for your stories of internet addiction.
Gary Small, professor of psychiatry, talks about whether these withdrawal symptoms mean the internet can be a drug. Harper's Magazine writer McKenzie Funk wrote about how internet and video game addictions are handled in China.
Mental health statics on America's soldiers have seen dramatic rises in suicides, domestic abuse, and drug and alcohol addiction. Soldiers must now go through an online assessment of their emotional status and will be taught emotional resiliency.