LATEST FROM CULTURELAB
When your personal data speaks for you
13:00 27 April 2011 - updated 13:22 27 April 2011
In his novel The Silicon Jungle, Google scientist Shumeet Baluja provides a cautionary tale about trading personal information for free web services
Dream psychiatrist: Freud was out to lunch
11:42 26 April 2011 - updated 11:43 26 April 2011
In his new memoir, Dream Life, J. Allan Hobson suggests that dreaming might be a preparation for our waking life, and nothing to do with repressed wishes
Our dysfunctional romance with plastic
11:00 25 April 2011
In her exhaustively researched book Plastic, Susan Freinkel examines our long, complicated and dangerous love affair with the material
CultureLab loves... 22 April 2011 edition
10:00 22 April 2011
What CultureLab loves in the world of science, art and culture this week
How to be happy: The optimist manifesto
16:26 21 April 2011 - updated 16:27 21 April 2011
Psychology can and should do more than reduce mental suffering, argues positive psychology guru Martin Seligman in his persuasive book Flourish
Stem cell art with a little bite
11:55 21 April 2011 - updated 11:56 21 April 2011
A new project aims to raise awareness of stem cells by building a palace of baby teeth
The unexpected optimism of Lovelock and Gray
10:30 21 April 2011 - updated 18:15 21 April 2011
Two public intellectuals discuss hope for humanity's future
A restaurant where plants are patrons
13:04 20 April 2011 - updated 13:09 20 April 2011
Jonathon Keats's Photosynthetic Restaurant overlays humour on solid science
Your brain creates your sense of self, incognito
17:09 19 April 2011 - updated 17:13 19 April 2011
David Eagleman's new offering, Incognito, holds its own as one of the next generation of guides to the never-ending quest to understand our sense of self
The science of alluring scents
13:10 19 April 2011 - updated 13:18 19 April 2011
New Scientist learns the science and art of creating a captivating scent at a perfumery masterclass