Author of "Farm City" faces a drawback to her urban farm dream in Oakland, then called "the murder capital of the world."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Nancy Drew just turned 75 and still wields immense influence on the women who grew up reading her.
Oxford University philosopher Nick Bostrom offers a cautionary take on artificial intelligence in his new book, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. In it, he imagines what could happen if computers were to ever become smarter than humans. He tells Steve Paulson that it could have catastrophic effects, unless we start thinking about it now.
Robert Kaplan tells Jim Fleming that people had a lot of trouble accepting a mathematical symbol for the idea of nothing.
She is "the Queen of Norwegian Crime" with a series of internationally best-selling stories of psychological suspense.
Singer and pianist Marcia Ball talks about the various kinds of Blues and how they differ from what she usually plays.
We found a modern-day huckster. His name is Rev. Ivan Stang and he’s the co-founder of a cult called The Church of the SubGenius.
Michael Pollan tells Judith Strasser where the American front lawn came from, and what it has come to symbolize.
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