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    Yellow Fluff and Other Curious Encounters

    In this hour, stories of discovery...

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    KCRW placeholderBy Jad Abumrad • Apr 3, 2011 • 1 min read

    One of the great and noble pursuits of humankind, the quest for scientific knowledge is also one of the most dangerous, frustrating, ego-driven, transcendent, sublime, dirty, long, demoralizing, inspiring......you get the idea. Why are inquiry and discovery so seductive? We take a grand tour of characters and their stories of love and loss in the name of science.

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      Jad Abumrad

      creator of "Radiolab," and host of the new podcast “Fela Kuti: Fear No Man”

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      Robert Krulwich

      host of 'Radio Lab'

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