Lulu Miller

Lulu Miller appears in the following:

Worse than the Man who Poisons the Halloween Candy...

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

So you know those warnings about the evil stranger who poisons the Halloween candy? Well, Lulu Miller explains there’s never been a documented case of that actually happening. Read ...
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A Glimpse of Neverland

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Lulu muses on fairy tales and foxes, and the reassuring idea that of all the uncertain things in the universe, one certainty is change.
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Radiolab Halloween Costume Contest

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Submit a photo of the Halloween costume you're creating this year, and Jad, Robert, & Lulu will pick a 2012 costume champ. Get all the details, enter your pic, and keep an eye on the ...
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I Would Love on You

Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Lulu Miller shares a short documentary called “The Love Competition” by filmmaker Brent Hoff, in which contestants face off against one another in fMRI machines...to try to measure wh...
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Mice Puppets and Souls

Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Lulu Miller ponders the idea of an afterlife, by way of a puppet show designed by psychologists...and some early childhood lessons about peek-a-boo and how the world works.
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Find a Face

Monday, September 24, 2012

We're so wired to recognize faces, we sometimes see them where they're not -- in clouds, in coffee swirls, in splotches of ink. This week, Lulu Miller leads a scavenger hunt for found...
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Murmuration

Monday, September 17, 2012

Inspired by our Emergence episode, Lulu Miller shares a poem and a video that capture that jolt of awe you feel when nature overwhelms you.
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How to Grow Your Brain

Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Lulu Miller wonders if there's any truth to Mr. Rogers' claims about the "Garden of the Mind."

 

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Cabinet of Curiosities

Thursday, August 30, 2012

This is the blog where Radiolab asks you to send us all your science questions, so we can answer them!

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The Road To Grace is Paved in Awkward

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Lulu Miller on staving off gravity, and the uplifting hilarity of one photographer's stunning portraits of Olympic divers in flight.

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The Questing Tick

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

As our Parasites episode airs around the country this week, Lulu Miller considers the Zen-like hunting style of ticks... and encourages you to fight back with a technique that lends i...
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Deluxe Meteor Shower

Thursday, August 09, 2012

The yearly Perseid meteor shower peaked this past weekend (8/11-8/12), but you may still catch some shooting star sightings through 8/22. Lulu Miller gives us a quick bit of backgroun...
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Watch our Hangout: Ring in the Mars Rover

Sunday, August 05, 2012

Thanks to everyone who tuned in to watch our first-ever Google Hangout. We had a blast!

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Behind the Goat

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Lulu Miller explains how a goat standing on a cow helped change the course of Radiolab, and why you should chase double-takes and slammed doors with a microphone.
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The Benefits of Playing Hooky

Monday, July 16, 2012

Lulu Miller challenges you to try out the problem-solving powers of playing hooky. Check out the science behind her argument, and let us know if you've ever had breakthrough while tak...
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Dogs Gone Wild

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

When Lulu Miller first heard the call of coyotes as a teenager at her family’s cabin in Cape Cod, she loved the sound—it was a thrilling taste of a world that hadn’t been tamed.
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A Bus to Nowhere

Friday, April 01, 2011

There’s a common problem faced by Alzheimer's and Dementia patients all over the world: lost in their memories, they sometimes get disoriented, and wander off.

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A Form of Hope

Friday, April 01, 2011

We begin in the middle of a phone call with Lulu Miller, who tells us the story of a couple with a seemingly unsolvable problem. It's the 1970s, and Richard and Tucker are very much in love. They'd like to get married, but it's against the law. And that would have been the end of the story...except that Richard, worried about Tucker and frustrated that he couldn't legally provide for him, came up with a very unusual (but totally legal) solution.

Lulu says these moments, where one little switch can reframe reality, are a kind of duct tape for the ethereal sadness. It's a form of hope, where an imperfect workaround opens up a door and makes life a little bit better.

And that brings us to a man named Jim Eggers, who suffers from a problem that not only puts his life at risk--it jeopardizes the safety of everybody around him. Producer Pat Walters explains how Jim found a way to manage his anger with the help of a bird named Sadie. African Grey Parrot expert Irene Pepperberg helps us understand how this could work, and shares some insights from her work with a parrot named Alex.

 

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Fate and Fortune

Friday, October 15, 2010

Stories about the tug of war between force of will and fate.

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Letting Go

Monday, September 20, 2010

Two stories about heart-stopping falls:

1. Falling Time: David Eagleman gets to the bottom of what goes on in our brains during those life or death moments when time seems to slow way down.

2. Falling in Love: Lulu Miller brings us the story of Sarita and Simon, who fell in...and then out...of love.

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