Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

How the letters in the acronym TALK can have a profound effect on the next conversation yo... more

A psychiatrist, engineer and neuroscientist, Kaf Dzirasa is researching ways to reengineer... more

Artificial intelligence is poised to reshape our world, in many ways for the better. But t... more

His new book Revenge of The Tipping Point takes a fresh look at the tipping points of soci... more

In a remarkable and illuminating tour de force, the novelist recently took a fresh look at... more

The answer, regrettably, is unbelievable. That is, unbelievable to most of us, because we ... more

Her new book, Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love is an ode to the power of language to b... more

The 500 feet of wiring packed into fruit fly’s brain has been fully mapped – giving insigh... more

In 1925, a trial in a small town in Tennessee riveted the nation. In the dock was a young ... more

Music can lift our spirits, bring us to tears, spark our creativity, pace our workouts. Ne... more

Alan and Clear and Vivid’s executive producer Graham Chedd chat about and play clips from ... more

Offsprings of the Earth – Earthlings – we are most of us ignorant of the 3.5 billion years... more

So much of our communication is spontaneous and yet we never really learn or are taught ho... more

Eliciting the story behind a patient’s visit to the hospital can lead to better diagnosis ... more

Alan’s fleeting thought while chasing a spider around the floor sparked a conversation wit... more

Good analogies led to cheaper cars and Apple computers; bad ones to lives wasted and lost.... more

As a Black graduate student disillusioned with academia, she founded Minorities in Shark S... more

For most of us who live in the “tame” modern world, a reminder of how we can refresh ourse... more