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TED Radio Hour · September 18, 2026 · 50m

Big mysteries explained through your senses

This TED Radio Hour episode gathers three speakers around a single question: can the senses reveal what lies beyond ordinary perception? Astronomer Mark Whittle, chemosensory researcher Paule Joseph, and artist Yiyun Kang each approach the hidden world through a different sensory lens. The hour brings together talks from cosmology, taste and smell science, and art, all treating perception as a gateway to larger mysteries.

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Senses as a gateway to what lies beyond perception
Three TED speakers — an astronomer, a chemosensory researcher, and an artist — each explore how the senses can open onto a hidden world beyond everyday perception.

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