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Hey Folks, got some news: Jad will be hosting a book launch party for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot. Rebecca’s book tells the story of Henrietta Lacks’ journey from anonymous tobacco farmer to eponymous cancer cell line, the “HeLa” cell – arguably, the most famous cell line in all of history. (In fact, it is such a good yarn that we got Rebecca to help us tell it in an upcoming Radiolab episode, so keep an eye out).
So, if you happen to be in New York City this coming Monday, come out, meet Jad, and hear Rebecca tell some of this crazy story. (Rumor has it there will be live HeLa cells, and perhaps some members of Henrietta Lacks’ family, in attendance.)
When: Monday, February 1st, from 7-8pm.
Where: McNally Jackson Books, 52 Prince St, New York, NY.
In our last episode of Radiolab, Animal Minds, we asked whether it was possible for one animal to know what is going on in another animal’s mind. For us, it was a really about whether we, as humans, can really share a meaningful moment with an animal. In this podcast, we take that question a step further. Can an animal know what’s in our heads so well that they can manipulate and deceive us? To answer that question, reporter Ben Calhoun took us back to the 1960s to tell the story of a showdown between zookeeper Jerry Stones and a wily orangutan named Fu Manchu. Then, to help us get a grip on the science behind animals and deception, Ben talks to primatologist and orangutan expert Rob Shumaker of the Great Ape Trust.
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photo credit: flickr/glintle. Sorry photo is not actually Fu Manchu.
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is this the actual Fu Manchu? Taken in 2009 but I think from another photo? http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ei2T4_J3c8akt5thiANvjQmore