John Vaillant's book, "The Tiger", is about a rare Amur tiger who starts killing people in a remote corner of Siberia where there is a huge trade in tiger poaching because of demand in nearby China.
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Here's our extended conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson on science fiction and imagining the future.
Paula Apsell, Senior Executive Producer of the PBS series, Nova, talks with Steve Paulson about story choice and how to interview scientists.
Rachel Simon tells Anne Strainchamps that the physical transformation of the house caused her to reflect on transforming herself and rebuilding the most important relationships in her life.
Physicist Michio Kaku tells Steve Paulson that he thinks there’s more and more evidence to support the idea of the multi-verse, boiling space and projects the possibility of humanity cloning itself into a new universe.
Richard Poplak tells Anne Strainchamps about the ill-fated attempt to adapt The Simpsons for the Arab world.
Justine Picardie is a writer for British Vogue and a former editor at London’s Observer. She talks about her efforts to contact her sister Ruth’s spirit in the year after Ruth’s death from breast cancer.
Janet Guthrie was the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500. Her autobiography is called “A Life at Full Throttle.”
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