(Editor's Update: A comment from a Radiolab producer and a link to their follow up interview with the filmmakers is appended.) The award-winning show, hosted by Macarthur fellow Jad Abumrad and ...

Socrates once said, “I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.” As for me, I know I’m intelligent, because I know what Socrates said. But are either of those good metrics for ...

How do we know what we know? What makes us certain of reality? In this hour of Radiolab, we take a look at how doubt and certainty work in the brain and even ask questions about the existence of God.

The public radio program Radiolab distanced itself from Jonah Lehrer after the celebrated science writer admitted Monday that he fabricated quotes in his book, “Imagine: How Creativity Works.” Lehrer ...

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If history proves correct, Magicicada Brood II will emerge this spring after living underground for 17 years. In many places along the Eastern Seaboard — from North Carolina to Connecticut — the ...