Some people used to complain that the movie didn't live up to the book. Now they're saying the movie doesn't live up to its sequel.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
Audio
Nick Bostrom's Dangerous Idea? Societies should limit the development of harmful technologies while promoting beneficial ones.
Erica Rowell has worked in the movie industry and as a journalist. She's the author of "The Brothers Grim: The Films of Ethan and Joel Coen."
Emily Parker bookmarks Mario Vargas Llosa's "Conversation in the Cathedral."
Bruce Campbell, (to his chagrin) still best known as “Ash” from “The Evil Dead” movies, talks with Jim Fleming about his memoir, “If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor.”
From the tiniest microscopic particles to some of the biggest structures on earth, the new science of astrobiology is leading the way to the discovery of life elsewhere in the universe. Dimitar Sasselov explains why the creation of the world's first artificial cells will revolutionize lifeon our planet.
Cary Sudler returns to his ancestral home to apologize to the black members of his family for the injustice of slavery.
Drew Gilpin Faust's latest book, This Republic of Suffering, explores one of the most sobering aspects of the Civil War: its colossal death toll.
Pages
