There's a contemporary drive for artificial intelligence to be more precise and, in being so, more human. Yet some argue that our lack of precision is at the core of what actually makes us human. Graphic designer James Goggin has been revisiting Fuzzy Logic, an intentionally imprecise computational theory first conceived back in 1965.

Ben Novak was 14 years old when he decided to dedicate his life to resurrecting extinct animals. Now, aged 35, Novak is a de-extinction biologist with Revive & Restore, an American organisation aiming to enhance biodiversity through the genetic rescue of extinct and endangered species.

What's your favourite artwork and why? Starting with her own picks, art critic and author Megan Dunn contemplates the point of art, how we use it, and why we enjoy it.

In the 1960s June Nelson and her husband, renowned ornithologist Bryan Nelson, spent a "madcap" year camping in the Galápagos Islands to study the abundant birdlife.

Finding ground somewhere between memoir and history book, Fintan O'Toole documents the spectacular changes that have occurred in Ireland over the past six decades in his latest book We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland Since 1958.

Kim reads out listener feedback from the show.

Traces of poliovirus in New York's sewage system have health authorities concerned a recent case could be the tip of the iceberg.

A new documentary about the Gloriavale Christian Community follows a lone family as they mount a ground-breaking legal case against the community's powerful leaders, known as the shepherds.

A newly unveiled fossil fish called Qikiqtania wakei is thought to have shunned the forward march of evolution, eschewing the ability to walk and deciding to stay in the water.

Los Angeles-based author Rachel Kushner covers diverse ground in her new collection of essays, from illegal motorbike racing on Baha Peninsula to recounting time spent in a Palestinian refugee camp.