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Neuropsychology

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How do we forget what was once famous?

Arts, Culture & Media

Researchers at MIT’s Collective Learning Group have investigated big questions behind fame. From new material to changing ethics, a variety of factors may impact what we ultimately remember as a society.

OxyContin

The family that helped start the opioid crisis

Medicine
The World

Warning: population overload

Arts, Culture & Media

Coffeehouses Oppose Dutch Government’s New ‘Weed Passes’

The World

Relief Efforts in Japan Underway as Survivors Battle Hunger, Homelessness

Environment

Hunger Roundtable

The 20th Anniversary of the United Nations’ World Food Day highlights the need for continued work in the fight against world hunger. Author Richard Manning and Robert Mwanga, a research scientist from Uganda, join host Steve Curwood to discuss the latest developments in biotechnology and how they will play a key role in the fight […]

Animal Note

The 20th Anniversary of the United Nations’ World Food Day highlights the need for continued work in the fight against world hunger. Author Richard Manning and Robert Mwanga, a research scientist from Uganda, join host Steve Curwood to discuss the latest developments in biotechnology and how they will play a key role in the fight […]

Hunger Roundtable

The 20th Anniversary of the United Nations’ World Food Day highlights the need for continued work in the fight against world hunger. Author Richard Manning and Robert Mwanga, a research scientist from Uganda, join host Steve Curwood to discuss the latest developments in biotechnology and how they will play a key role in the fight […]

The World

Is women’s empowerment the solution to world hunger?

Business, Economics and Jobs

The United Nations reports that this year, the number of people going hungry will top 1 billion for the first time. But their report also suggests a solution: Empowering women by improving their education and earning potential. From The Takeaway.

The World

This is your (developing) brain on poverty

Business, Economics and Jobs

Scientists have long suspected that poverty affects children’s brains. In recent years they’ve begun to use sophisticated imaging tools and other methods to understand exactly how the process works.