Can children remember past lives?

For more than 60 years, researchers at the University of Virginia have identified children who, from the time they were toddlers, said they had been someone else. Now, a new study from the center shows that people who died a violent or unexpected death are reincarnated more quickly than others. We speak with researcher Saeedeh Sadeghi about the study.

Then, lawmakers are pushing for tighter controls on the export of artificial intelligence chips after Jensen Huang, the CEO of top U.S. chipmaker Nvidia, said he had an affair with a suspected Chinese spy. The Council on Foreign Relations' Chris McGuire discusses what this means for U.S. national security and its place in the AI race.

And, the strongest El Niño on record is expected to peak in a few months. Grist and KERA's Celeste Guajardo tells us what to expect.

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