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Eve Ewing

Eve Ewing, creative queen of Chicago

Poet/Sociologist/Educator/Tweeter Eve Ewing talks about poetry, Afrofuturism, hip hop, and social media.

Eve Ewing, creative queen of Chicago
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How Creative Are You?

How Creative Are You?
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End of the World Celebrants Gather at Mayan Pyramid

End of the World Celebrants Gather at Mayan Pyramid
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People vs. Apes: Do Social Skills Give Us an Edge?

People vs. Apes: Do Social Skills Give Us an Edge?

Slideshow: Gold Artifacts Offer Clues to Ancient Nomadic Life

Slideshow: Gold Artifacts Offer Clues to Ancient Nomadic Life

Slideshow: Slave Burial Ground in the Atlantic

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.

Slideshow: Slave Burial Ground in the Atlantic

Human Safaris in the Andamans

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.

Human Safaris in the Andamans

What Makes A Good Place?

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.

What Makes A Good Place?

Music earworms that stick in our heads

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."

Music earworms that stick in our heads
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'The Better Angels of Our Nature': Steven Pinker on why violence has declined

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.

'The Better Angels of Our Nature': Steven Pinker on why violence has declined
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Twitter study tracks the world's mood swings

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.

Twitter study tracks the world's mood swings
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What we can learn from the brains of babies

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?

What we can learn from the brains of babies

Are You Addicted to the Internet?

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.

Are You Addicted to the Internet?
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Is the Internet a Drug?

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.

Is the Internet a Drug?
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The Army's New Approach to Mental Health

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.

The Army's New Approach to Mental Health