Nidhal Guessoum, an Algerian born astrophysicist agrees that contemporary science in the Arab word is abysmal, but he looks back with great pride at the Golden Age of Islam.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Slime molds that solve mazes and parasitic dodder plants that seek out their prey are remarkable examples of nature's intelligence. Anthropologist Jeremy Narby offers lessons on how to see the entire world as our kin.
Julie Phillips is the author of "James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon."
Richard Ranft has collected underwater sounds of mating haddock, snapping shrimp, walruses and other sea creatures.
Historian Jim Cullen talks with Jim Fleming about the various versions of the American Dream: freedom, equality, upward mobility, home ownership and the good life.
Matthew Klam talks about his experience with Ecstasy and reflects on the pharmaceutical industry’s influence on the cultural perception of drug use.
Kayla Williams tells Anne Strainchamps that women soldiers feel sexism from their fellow soldiers, even in war zones, and that it complicates their lives.
Here's our extended conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson on science fiction and imagining the future.
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