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Time perception on the Discovery Channel

Watch an experiment in which we studied time perception by dropping volunteer subjects from a 150 foot high tower. Free fall.

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Synesthesia lecture at the University of Sydney

Interested in synesthesia? Watch a lecture I gave at the University of Sydney in Australia.

British musician Jarvis Cocker reads from Sum

Hear British rocker Jarvis Cocker read the short story "Descent of Species" from Sum.

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New Scientist time story

New Scientist magazine recently featured my time perception research as their cover story.

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From the Blog

Six Easy Steps to Avert the Collapse of Civilization

Watch a talk I gave at the Long Now Foundation about my hopes that the advent of the internet will mitigate threats that brought down previous civilizations.
Time to End the War on Drugs?

To liberalise or prohibit? I recently joined Eliot Spitzer, Julian Assange, Vicente Fox, Russell Brand, Richard Branson and several others for an online debate.
A note about head shape in mummies

A few months ago I scanned a 3,000 mummy. What can (and can't) be concluded based on his perspicuously elongated skull shape, known as dolicocephy (elongated head)?
Will Self

The author Will Self and I appeared on stage together to discuss life, death, and what makes good writing.

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Emily Blunt reads for the Sum audio book

Hear the actress Emily Blunt (Young Victoria, Devil Wears Prada) read "The Cast" from Sum. She is one of the dozens of terrific actors who read for the audio book.