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Joshua Foer

Science

Thinking Like a Dolphin

The question for researchers isn’t “How smart are dolphins?” It’s “How are dolphins smart?”

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Previously: The Longform Guide to Sea Creatures

Joshua Foer National Geographic Apr 2015 20min Permalink

Remember This

Inside the minds of two people, one with the world’s best memory and one with the world’s worst.

Joshua Foer National Geographic Nov 2007 20min Permalink

Utopian for Beginners

An amateur linguist loses control of his creation.

Joshua Foer New Yorker Dec 2012 35min Permalink

Science

Caveman: An Interview with Michel Siffre

In 1962, Siffre spent two months living in total isolation in a subterranean cave, without access to clock, calendar, or sun. Sleeping and eating only when his body told him to, his goal was to discover how the natural rhythms of human life would be affected by living “beyond time.”

Joshua Foer Cabinet Jun 2008 10min Permalink