How Do Nature And Nurture Combine To Make Us Who We Are?
Psychologist Steven Pinker describes how far we've come in understanding how both nature and nurture make us ... us.
Arts
Are You Ready To Take The 'Human' Test?
If you've ever wondered: Am I human? — humorist Ze Frank offers an idiosyncratic quiz that can help provide the answer.
Where Does Consciousness Come From?
Philosopher John Searle argues that consciousness is what makes us human. He makes the case for studying consciousness and accepting it as a biological phenomenon.
Like These Books? Here Are 60+ Things You Might Also Like ...
You know that feeling when you put down a great book and all you want is more? We took 27 recent books and paired them with movies, musicals, TV shows, comics and podcasts to keep your buzz going.
'Game Of Thrones,' 'Veep,' 'The Americans' Scoop Up Emmy Nominations
The nominations for the 68th Emmy Awards were announced Thursday morning in Beverly Hills, Calif. They highlight another year of high quality and diverse television.
'The Money Was The Soft Spot': 'The Infiltrator' On Taking Down Pablo Escobar
NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Robert Mazur, the federal agent who went undercover as a money launderer to take down the banks behind Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel. Bryan Cranston plays Mazur in the new movie, The Infiltrator, which dramatizes the years long operation.
What Do Contested Conventions Look Like? Ask Hollywood And Sinclair Lewis
Thanks to movies, novels and TV, Bob Mondello knows what a contested convention would be like: raucous crowd, oppressive din and (if movies are any guide) Angela Lansbury scheming in the corner.
QUIZ: How Much Do You Know About French Food?
Happy Bastille Day! Celebrate with a quiz on French culinary traditions, past and present. May you enjoy the delicious taste of victory!
I Ain't Afraid Of No Fanboys: Quirky Performances Enliven New 'Ghostbusters'
The all-female remake of the 1984 blockbuster is dutiful, workmanlike, a bit clumsy — and sort of fun.
'The Infiltrator' Offers A Familiar But Stylish Look Inside A Drug Kingpin's Empire
Breaking Malo: In a film based on Robert Mazur's 2009 memoir, Bryan Cranston plays a U.S. Customs agent who goes undercover with the Escobar drug cartel.