Eric Lichtblau is one of the New York Times journalists who won a Pulitzer Prize for the story about the NSA's warrantless wire-tapping program.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Reporter Benson Gardner chronicles the ethical dilemmas posed by advanced veterinary care. How much should you do for an ailing pet? Where do you draw the line, and why?
And what about our social future? Family life has seen a lot of change in the past 50 years. What might the future hold?
Professor of history and family studies, Stephanie Coontz weighs in on the forces shaping American families.
You can also check out her recent New York Times articles about the true history of American families and working mothers.
Can you fall in love with anyone? More than 20 years ago, psychologist Arthur Aron made two strangers fall in love in his laboratory by asking them 36 questions. Writer Mandy Len Catron tried out the 36 questions with a guy she barely knew. Now they’re in love.
Dr. Catherine Lord tells Anne Strainchamps that there is a ten fold reported rise in the incidence of autism but no one knows what accounts for the dramatic rise.
After all the debates about the Muslim world, it’s refreshing to look back at one of the world’s great mystics - the Sufi poet Rumi.
I dunno, but it seems kind of extreme, not to mention risky, to bio-engineer a mass mosquito die-off. So Steve Paulson tracked down the world’s greatest living entomologist to see what he has to say. E. O Wilson is sometimes called “the ant man” – that’s the insect he studied most – but he’s best known as the evolutionary biologist and a champion of biodiversity. He’s 86 years old now, and has just finished what is probably his last book – called “Half Earth”. It’s a passionate plea to save humanity by dedicating half the planet to nature. You’d assume that Wilson would be happy to let mosquitos live in that half… but that’s not what he told Steve.
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