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HBD Universe!!

The universe was created on April 27th in 4977 B.C. according to German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler. Newer science disagrees, but we're celebrating nonetheless, sharing this great Magnifying the Universe infographic. It's HUUUUUGE.

HBD, Jim

Happy Birthday, Jim! Here's a little gift from you to us, back to you: this interview with Mark Helprin on "In Sunlight and in Shadow."
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Forever Bard

The Bard of Avon has a birthday this week. Our team of interns has been unable to track down a copy of his birth certificate. Here's Marjorie Garber on modern Shakespeare. (Sorry that we didn’t have time to write this message in iambic pentameter. Perhaps you’d like to have a go at it?)

Ginsberg for Poetry Month

It's National Poetry Month and the Poetry Foundation is hosting a virtual poetry reading on Sound Cloud. We've chimed in. Here's Sara with Allen Ginsberg's "Sunflower Sutra." A small warning, there are some explicit words in the poem.
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Hearing Wild

Naturalist John Muir would have turned 175 this week. Muir was dedicated to protecting American wild lands. These days, naturalist and soundscape artist Bernie Krause has taken up the charge (and made it so very radio-friendly).
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Reading the Detectives

The first known detective story, Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” turns 172 on Saturday. That reminded us of Steve’s conversation with British crime fiction legend P.D. James.
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Juggling?

This week includes International Jugglers' Day. Since those of us who live in the overly-plugged-in world feel like we're always juggling, here's Nicholas Carr with his theory of the effect of the Internet on our brains...
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Steve on SciRev

Steve's hard at work on our upcoming show about scientific revolutions. One of the guests will be science iconoclast Rupert Sheldrake, who claims modern science is full of untested dogmas which distort our understanding of what’s real. Here's a note from Steve on the show, and a taste of Sheldrake.

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