Dan Gilbert and Alan Alda discuss whether animals have the ability to "prospect," or plan ahead.
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Spark Blog: Squirrels Bury Nuts, But Are They Planning Ahead?
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June 26th, 2009
Your Sparks: June 26, 2009
See what other people said they think makes us human. Then, share YOUR spark in text, photos, artwork, or video.
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June 12th, 2009
In the News: Test Your Brain
A Web site called Test My Brain lets you participate in online experiments and get feedback about how you compare to other online participants.
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June 10th, 2009
Spark Blog: Video: Filming on a Freezing Footbridge
Producer Graham Chedd thought a chat en plein air would add some visual variation from the two-guys-sitting-on-a-couch-type shot that's always easy to get in a professor’s office.
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June 8th, 2009
Spark Blog: Share Your Spark!
Submit your drawings, photos, videos, or text that answer the question, "What makes us human?" Your responses will be posted on this web site, and a selection will appear on-screen during the broadcast!
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May 27th, 2009
In the News: A Fossil Called “Ida”
The media has jumped all over this beautifully preserved 47-million-year-old fossil, with some even calling it a “missing link.” What do you think?
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May 22nd, 2009
Spark Blog: Video: Humaniqueness
Harvard's Marc Hauser has coined his own term for what we’ve been calling the Human Spark – humaniqueness.
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May 20th, 2009
Spark Blog: Video: Ancient Dental Cleaning
Amanda Henry showed us how she very gently scrapes dental plaque from the Skhul 5 skull’s molars to find out what our ancestors may have eaten.
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May 6th, 2009
Spark Blog: Larry Engel: Running Better in “Non-sneakers”
Harvard's Dan Lieberman argues that we humans evolved to become the best long-distance runners on earth -- and we did it barefoot!
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April 13th, 2009
In the News: Evolution and Color Vision
The colors a species can perceive is dictated by the types and number of visual pigments found in the retina. How might our color vision system have evolved?
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