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Anil Ananthaswamy is a consultant for New Scientist Magazine.

A Sense Of Self: What Happens When Your Brain Says You Don't Exist

8:49am July 30, 2015

In his new book, The Man Who Wasn't There, Anil Ananthaswamy examines the ways people think of themselves — and how those perceptions can be distorted by certain brain conditions.

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Totally Rad Sayings

12:24am July 30, 2015

We're celebrating all things '80s in this show, and why not start with the decade's unmistakable slang? We'll thesaurus-ize some '80s phrases, and you have to give us the original saying.

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The Tin Age Of Television

12:24am July 30, 2015

In this game, guess whether TV show descriptions are of actual short-lived '80s shows, or if we made them up.

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You're Eighty-Sixed!

12:24am July 30, 2015

Our host, the SummerStage Festival, was founded in 1986, so we decided to pay homage to that year — musically.

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Yo Yo Yo!

12:24am July 30, 2015

Put on your best New York accent and get ready to shout along with this game — all the answers begin with the letters Y-O. Because, you know, YOLO.

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Candy Crush

12:24am July 30, 2015

Sweet, dude. Celebrities get the sugar rush-treatment in this mashup game that combines your favorite candies with well-known people.

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First Day Of Camp

12:24am July 30, 2015

Wet Hot American Summer's David Wain and David Hyde Pierce join us for a conversation, before Ken Marino, Judah Friedlander, A.D. Miles, and Zak Orth play a game about classic '80s toy commercials.

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Why You Buggin'?

12:24am July 30, 2015

Grab your DEET-free bug spray for this final round — every answer here is an insect, arthropod, or arachnid.

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Johanna Fernández, co-curator of a new exhibition about the Young Lords, points to pages of the group's newspaper on display at the Bronx Museum of the Arts.

Once Outlaws, Young Lords Find A Museum Home For Radical Roots

7:56pm July 29, 2015

by Hansi Lo Wang

Inspired by the Black Panthers, the Young Lords were formed in New York City by a group of Puerto Rican youth in 1969. Their history is now on display in a new exhibition.

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The Birkin Croco is made of dyed crocodile skin.

Birkin Bag Is Fine, But Namesake Actress Wants 'Birkin Croco' Rebranded

5:56pm July 29, 2015

by Lucy Perkins

After seeing a video that PETA published on the treatment of crocodiles, Jane Birkin asks Hermes to remove her name from the line's crocodile-skin version.