The future of farming may be up in the air -- literally. Microbiologist Dickson Despommier's concept of skyscraper farming has excited scientists, architects and politicians. Could multi-story farms solve the global hunger problem?
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor says we're now living in "a secular age," but we're still trying to figure out what a post-religious world looks like, and how we can find meaning in a culture without any over-arching purpose.
Michelle Wildgen recommends "Crossing to Safety" by Wallace Stegner.
David Leavitt is the author of a novel called "The Indian Clerk" which tells the story of Srinivasa Ramanujan, the uneducated Indian who amazed Cambridge University with his mathematical discoveries.
Copenhagen, Johannesburg, Kyoto, Rio... it can be hard to keep track of all the international summits where global leaders have tried to tackle climate change. Do international climate negotiations do any good? Author and lobbyist Felix Dodds thinks so. Here's why...
David Carradine kept a diary during the production which has just been published under the title “The Kill Bill Diary."
What if Crack Babies were a myth?
To see the NYTimes video on Crack Babies click here.
Dr. Bill Bass is a forensic anthropologist and founder of The Body Farm at the University of Tennessee. It’s the one place in the world devoted to the study of human decomposition.
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