Biologist Stephen Palumbi tells Anne Strainchamps that insects and microbes are benefitting from human interventions.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Zach Helm wrote the screenplay for "Stranger than Fiction," in which Will Ferrell hears the voice of Emma Thompson apparently narrating his life.
Neuroscientist Sebastian Seung takes us inside the "connectome": the audacious project to create a detailed map of the human brain.
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Tom Wolfe reads the opening to "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and explains why it's his favorite.
There are many ways to react to the tragedies of the past. Politically. Historically. And even… musically.
Robert Zubrin explains how he thinks we should go about colonizing Mars, and how settling a new world will save this one. And he describes how NASA’s using his ideas.
Steven Johnson talks about his new book, "Future Perfect: The Case for Progress in a Networked Age."
Susan Krieger not completely blind, but her vision is bad enough to make her legally blind. She recently got a guide dog, Teela, who is now her constant companion.
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