Minecraft is a movie and a very popular video game with iconic block graphics that characters can "mine" for building material and gems. It's also what cognitive scientist Charley Wu and his team utilized to study how people learned as they played. Their unique study focused on both individual and social learning — and they found a clear answer to which players were most successful. (Hint: Get you a player who can do both.) Their results were published recently in the journal Nature Communications.
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NPR's Book of the Day - New cookbooks from Sarah Ahn and Roy Choi take different approaches to Korean cuisine
Two new cookbooks take different approaches – one modern and one more traditional – to Korean cuisine. First, Roy Choi is the co-founder of Los Angeles' Kogi BBQ food trucks, which put Korean-Mexican fusion on the map. He rose to fame cooking meat, but his first full cookbook The Choi of Cooking focuses on vegetables. In today's episode, Choi speaks – and cooks – with NPR's Ailsa Chang. Over breakfast burritos, they discuss the chef's quest to elevate vegetables and break what Choi calls an addiction to junk food. Then, Sarah Ahn became social-media-famous for posting videos of her mother's traditional Korean recipes. Now, the two women are out with Umma, a cookbook that focuses on preserving identity through recipes. In today's episode, Ahn speaks with Here & Now's Lisa Mullins about collaborating with her mom, the cultural history of kimchi, and the difference between Korean and Southern fried chicken.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | Marc Andreessen’s New Deal
What drove Marc Andreessen’s transformation into a political actor, and what is he looking for from having Washington in his thrall?
Guest: Zoe Schiffer, WIRED journalist covering business and Silicon Valley.
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1A - A Public Radio Farewell To Diane Rehm
Host Diane Rehm sat behind the mic at our home station, WAMU, for nearly 40 years. Her eponymous news talk program aired from 1979 to 2016 to nearly 3 million listeners each week.
In some ways, her success in radio defied the odds. In 1998, she was diagnosed with the neurological condition spasmodic dysphonia. It gave her the distinct voice that over time became synonymous for many with civil conversations on frequently tough topics.
In 2014, President Barack Obama presented Diane with a National Humanities Medal in recognition of her work.
In 2016, she stepped away from her live show, handing the reins to 1A and making the move to her own weekly podcast.
Now, she's saying goodbye to public radio for good, with the end of her podcast and the start of new independent projects.
She joins us to talk about what her tenure in radio and news.
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In some ways, her success in radio defied the odds. In 1998, she was diagnosed with the neurological condition spasmodic dysphonia. It gave her the distinct voice that over time became synonymous for many with civil conversations on frequently tough topics.
In 2014, President Barack Obama presented Diane with a National Humanities Medal in recognition of her work.
In 2016, she stepped away from her live show, handing the reins to 1A and making the move to her own weekly podcast.
Now, she's saying goodbye to public radio for good, with the end of her podcast and the start of new independent projects.
She joins us to talk about what her tenure in radio and news.
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What Could Go Right? - The Progress Report: Science Tastes Like Chicken
This week on The Progress Report, hosts Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas share a roundup of positive news from around the globe. Starlink has surged to become Nigeria’s second-largest internet provider, offering much-needed fast and reliable connectivity despite government concerns about foreign control. Japanese scientists have made a breakthrough by growing an 11-gram, nugget-sized chunk of lab-grown chicken, promising a more scalable and eco-friendly future for meat production. In Singapore, conservationists are creating a pangolin sperm bank to help save this heavily trafficked, endangered mammal, highlighting innovative efforts to preserve biodiversity.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3312: Physics in 1861
Episode: 3312 An 1861 Natural Philosophy test reveals far more than it meant to.Today, a look at physics before our Civil War.
The Stack Overflow Podcast - Improving on a 30-year-old hardware architecture
SambaNova makes a full-stack AI platform and an “intelligent chip” capable of running models of up to five trillion parameters, allowing developers to run state-of-the-art open source models without the time-consuming work of tuning and modeling. See what developers are building with the tech.
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The Government Huddle with Brian Chidester - 181: The One with the Government Workforce Strategist
Mika J. Cross, Public Sector Workforce Transformation Strategist and former Government Executive joins the show to explore the evolving dynamics of the modern government workforce and together we unpack the critical issues surrounding return-to-office mandates, skills-based hiring, generational shifts in workplace expectations. We also dive into what it truly means to build a resilient, future-ready government workforce PLUS the role of data literacy, the challenges of leadership development in the public sector, and how both public and private organizations must adapt to keep pace with the rapid evolution of work.
It Could Happen Here - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #14
The gang discuss the arrests of two judges, a flurry of executive orders further weaponizing police and the justice system, plus an update on tariffs and immigration.
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