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Jocelyne Bloch: The Brain May Be Able To Repair Itself — With Help

Jocelyne Bloch: After An Injury, Can The Brain Heal Itself?

3:34pm December 22, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

Neurosurgeon Jocelyne Bloch and her colleague were studying brain samples of head trauma patients when they made an amazing discovery — brain cells with the ability to generate new cells.

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Santa Claus reading his mail. High angle view.

Whiskey And Fufu: What Kids Around The World Leave Out For Santa

3:29pm December 22, 2017

by Kristen Hartke

The tradition of leaving a snack for Santa on Christmas Eve isn't unique to America. It would appear that Jolly Old St. Nick is quite well-fed long before he reaches our shores.

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'Phantom Thread' Is Deeply Weird And Marvelously Entertaining

1:48pm December 22, 2017

by David Edelstein

Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie stars Daniel Day-Lewis as a British women's fashion designer in the 1950s. Critic David Edelstein says the film is an amusing portrait of artistic and marital anguish.

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Contestants and guests join the Ask Me Another hosts for a sing-a-long on the holiday special at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Quiz-mas Spirits

1:32pm December 22, 2017

In this last-ditch effort to soften the soul of Puzzle Guru Ebenezer Scrooge, every answer contains the name of a cocktail, spirit, or other alcoholic beverage.

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Loud Or Soft? It's All In Dynamic Variation

12:50pm December 22, 2017

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ... dynamic variation. In this episode, Peter explains the importance of loud, soft--and everything in between--in Classical music.

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Mystery Guest Sonia Ortiz plays a game on the Ask Me Another holiday special at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Mystery Ghost

11:16am December 22, 2017

The bell tolls thrice! Will a visit from a Mystery Guest— or should we say, a Mystery Ghost of Quiz-mas Yet To Come— melt the heart of Puzzle Guru Ebenezer Scrooge?

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House musician Jonathan Coulton plays a song on the Ask Me Another holiday special at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Future Future

11:14am December 22, 2017

We peek into the future with a music parody game where songs with sci-fi themes are rewritten to be about TV shows that are— at least partially— set in the future.

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Contestants play a game on the Ask Me Another holiday special at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Gift Exchange

11:13am December 22, 2017

We move into the present for this game about presents. Contestants identify the famous pop culture duo based on a description of the gifts they might give each other.

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Anthony Ramos on the Ask Me Another holiday special at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Anthony Ramos: A Quiz-mas Carol

11:12am December 22, 2017

Actor Anthony Ramos talks about dying on stage sixteen times a week in the Broadway musical Hamilton, his love for New York City, and his super cool Spice Girls sticker collection.

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Merriam-Webster's Kory Stamper on the Ask Me Another holiday special at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Meet The Expert: Holiday Word Origins

11:10am December 22, 2017

Our guest expert is the author of Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries. Stamper leads a game about the strange origins of holiday words.

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