Aleks Krotoski looks at how story telling has changed in the digital age and whether it is has more in common with how we told tales in the past than we might think.
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The Digital Human: Tales
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The Digital Human: Intent
Aleks Krotoski ask do we really know what our technology is for and more intriguingly what it wants?
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The Digital Human: Memory
Alex Krotoski asks what the digital world tells us about ourselves. This week: Memory. How are digital devices changing our memories and our perception of intelligence?
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The Digital Human: Influence
Alex Krotoski explores what the digital world tells us about ourselves. This week Robert Scoble, author Darin Strauss and Rookie Magazine’s Tavi Gavinson explore Influence. How has the digital world changed the way opinions are voiced and shaped?
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The Life Scientific: Steven Pinker
Jim al-Khalili talks to Steven Pinker, a scientist who’s not afraid of controversy. From verbs to violence, many say his popular science books are mind-changing. He explains why toddlers say “holded” not held and “digged” rather than dug; how children’s personalities are shaped largely by their genes and why, he believes the recent rioters had plenty of self-esteem.
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The Life Scientific: Jocelyn Bell-Burnell
Jim al-Khalili talks to the astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell about missing out a Nobel Prize, sexism in science and a strange smudge in the data from a radio telescope. While others dismissed this smudge as insignificant, Jocelyn revealed a series of strange flashing signals. They might have been evidence of faulty radio telescope or even messages from a little green man; but Jocelyn thought otherwise and her determination to get to the bottom of it all, led to one of the most exciting discoveries in 20th century astronomy, the discovery of pulsars, those dense cores of collapsed stars.
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The Digital Human: Disapora
Aleks Krotoski examines if the digital world is a threat to cultural differences and diversity.
Aleks Krotoski charts how digital culture is moulding modern living. Each week join technology journalist Aleks Krotoski as she goes beyond the latest gadget or web innovation to understand what sort of world we’re creating with our "always on" lives.
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Kitchen Cabinet: Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Jay Rayner hosts a special edition of the food panel show recorded at Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This episode also features food writer and Scottish chef Sue Lawrence as a guest panellist.
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The Extraordinary Food Story of Martha Payne
Martha Payne (AKA ‘VEG’), nine year old blogger, explains how she triggered a wordwide debate on school food.
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The Science of Taste
Can changing our dining utensils change the flavour of food? Simon Parkes investigates.