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Deliberate ignorance: why people choose not to know
There are plenty of things that people are happy to remain in the dark about. It's called deliberate ignorance. Psychologist Jennifer Howell has tested deliberate ignorance in the lab and uncovered… Audio
Many early big-game hunters of the Americas were female - study
The Man-the-Hunter hypothesis looks to have been well and truly debunked, with research suggesting the early big-game hunters of the Americas were female. Dr Randy Haas joins the show to discuss his… Audio
Political hashtags make people less likely to believe the news
A new study set out to find whether people responded differently to the presence or absence of political hashtags in news stories in major publications. Study co-author Eugenia Ha Rim Rho is with us… Audio
The Teetertotter US-Mexico border wall experiment
Co-founder of the US-Mexico border wall Teetertotter seesaw experiment, Prof. Ronald Rael is with us to discuss the iconic project which ended up being the better part of a decade in the making. Audio, Gallery