Daphna Shohamy: Your Creative Memory

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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

Caterina Vernieri: Seeing What Can’t be Seen

As a young Italian physics student, Caterina Vernieri was lucky enough to join the team hunting for the most elusive and highly-prized fundamental particle of all – the Higgs boson – just as it was found. She is now leading a team building the detector that may reveal the Higgs’ ...  Show more

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