Shriya Srinivasan: Making prosthetic limbs feel real

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Anna Ploszajski: When Science Meets Craft

A scientist fluent in the atomic properties of materials like glass and steel and wood, Anna Ploszajski wanted the hands-on experience of how craftspeople use them. The result is her book, Handmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning Through Making.Support the show: https://www.pat ...  Show more

Daphna Shohamy: Your Creative Memory

You may not realize it, but you are subtly revising and updating your memories all the time – to keep them, as Daphna Shohamy puts it, “nimble,” and so better able to help you chart both the present and the future.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvividSee omnystu ...  Show more

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