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Learning To Live With A Void In Her Brain In 'Head Case'

10:44am May 17, 2015

Cole Cohen struggled with math, keeping time, getting lost. Eventually she found out she had a hole in her brain the size of a lemon. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Cole about her new memoir, Head Case.

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They hunt, they gather, they're equal! An elderly Agta couple in the Philippines was part of the study on how communities are formed.

Why We Can Depend On The Kindness Of Strangers

5:48pm May 15, 2015

by Thomas K. Grose

Our ability to get along with folks who aren't relatives could be a legacy of our hunter-gatherer ancestors. And it's rooted in the fact that those societies had gender equality.

Rachel Botsman speaking at TEDGlobal 2012.

Arts

How Can Trusting Strangers Fuel An Economy?

8:24am May 15, 2015

by NPR/TED Staff

The new currency of this economy is trust, says Rachel Botsman. Companies that rely on sharing invest in what Botsman calls "reputation capital."

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"[Trust is] the willingness to sacrifice for another human being." — Simon Sinek

Arts

How Do You Get Your Colleagues To Trust You?

8:18am May 15, 2015

by NPR/TED Staff

How do you create trust? Management theorist Simon Sinek says it starts with a leader who makes people feel safe.

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"If we don't trust in our own capacity, who should we trust in?" — Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou

World News

How Can You Restore Trust In Government?

8:18am May 15, 2015

by NPR/TED Staff

Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou says politicians like him have lost the trust of their citizens and it needs to be restored.

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Seasons May Tweak Genes That Trigger Some Chronic Diseases

3:26pm May 14, 2015

by Rob Stein

Genes linked to inflammation are more active in winter, a study hints. That might partly explain why some diseases, including Type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis, are more likely to start then.

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Smokers More Likely To Quit If Their Own Cash Is On The Line

3:25pm May 14, 2015

by Richard Harris

A carrot isn't enough — bring on the stick. A study finds smokers are more likely to quit tobacco if they lose some of their own money after a relapse, than if they get a bonus for quitting the habit.

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Margie Lachman says Abraham Maslow's research had a big influence on modern psychology.

How Did Abraham Maslow Change Psychology?

9:14am May 14, 2015

by NPR/TED Staff

Brandeis Psychology professor Margie Lachman works in the same office where Abraham Maslow developed his hierarchy of needs. She describes his lasting influence on psychology.

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Sir David Attenborough at the Beijing Museum of Natural History with fossil of Juramaia, as featured in the Smithsonian Channel series Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates.

Science

In 'Rise Of Animals,' Sir David Attenborough Tells Story Of Vertebrates

1:23pm May 11, 2015

by NPR Staff

The 89-year-old British naturalist's two-part special explores fossil evidence on how evolution moved past bugs and worms and trilobites, and how the Chinese are helping fill gaps in that knowledge.

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott speaks Wednesday with reporters in Washington, D.C., after a meeting with Sylvia Burwell, head of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Fla. Governor Leaves Meeting With U.S. Health Secretary Empty-Handed

8:48am May 07, 2015

by Phil Galewitz

Despite a "good conversation" with Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, Gov. Rick Scott gets no sign that Florida will receive the more than $1 billion he wants for health care.