Alone or lonely?
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An audio version of an in depth article on the history of solitude.
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Our brains have to work hard to deal with difficult and unexpected noise.
Social distancing on the metro in Milan.
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An audio version of an in depth article on four possible futures for the world after coronavirus.
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PODCAST: We explore the strange interpretations of where the coronavirus came from and why people are drawn to them in the final episode of The Anthill’s Expert guide to conspiracy theories.
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PODCAST: In part five of The Anthill’s expert guide to conspiracy theories we find out the best ways to talk to people who believe in them.
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PODCAST: How the internet has and hasn’t changed the game for the spread of conspiracy theories.
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We explore the birth of modern-day conspiracy theories.
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We find out what psychological factors influence whether you believe in conspiracy theories or not.
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PODCAST: Part one of the Expert guide to conspiracy theories from The Conversation’s Anthill podcast.
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PODCAST: A six-part series from The Conversation’s Anthill podcast exploring the world of conspiracy theories.
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PODCAST: The third part of a series from The Anthill podcast on how personalised medicine may become in the future.
Designed for your body.
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PODCAST: The second episode of our series on the personalisation of healthcare focuses on your diet.
It’s been 75 years since the birth of Ritalin.
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An audio version of an in depth article on the history of Ritalin, and what the future holds for the drug.
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PODCAST: The first episode of a new series from The Anthill focuses on precision medicine.
It’s the case of the missing ‘a.’
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Armstrong always insisted that he said, ‘That’s one small step for a man.’ Yet everyone omits the ‘a’ when they repeat the quote. A linguist tries to get to the bottom of what happened.
Audio used as evidence in criminal trials can often be unreliable.
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Indistinct forensic audio is often ‘enhanced’ to make it sound clearer. But how effective are the techniques that are used? A new experiment suggests they can be highly misleading.
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In a series of short audio clips, four academics talk about the key figures involved in making the Good Friday Agreement of April 1998 possible.
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We can either take advantage of advances in technology to enhance human beings (never to go back), or we can legislate to prevent this from happening.
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Sound alerts on digital devices are often annoying, so we’ve tended to opt for silence. In future, that could hold us back.
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If you like the sound of new drama and experimental audio, then 2018 has a few treats in store.