Christian Wiman is a poet and editor of Poetry Magazine. His latest book of poems, Every Riven Thing, is a celebration of life and an exploration of mortality.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Long before the discovery of water on Mars or Matt Damon's star turn in The Martian, Robert Zubrin has been advocating for a human mission to mars. His book, The Case for Mars, made a splash when it was first published in 1996, and has continued to be influential in both scientific and science fiction circles. Zubrin calls Mars "the Rosetta Stone" for understanding life in the universe. But he's not just interested in science. He also thinks the sheer challenge would bring positive and uplifting change to all of humankind.
Elegy for a Dead World is a new video game developed by Dejobaan Games, and it's based on some very old-school romantic poets: Shelley, Keats, and Byron. Game designer Ichiro Lambe described the inspiration and execution of a game where players write the story as the game unfolds.
David Carlyon tells Jim Fleming that Rice was once considered America’s greatest humorist. He was a talking clown, doing satiric commentary on current events.
Why has the story of Abraham and Isaac inspired generations of religious martyrs? Bruce Chilton tells us why.
Science researcher and author Clifford Pickover tells Steve Paulson that God may exist on the fringes of human perception.
Benjamin Kilham rehabilitates and studies wild black bears. Steve Paulson spent a day with him as he visited a mother bear and two cubs that he’s keeping an eye on.
Stephanie Elkins had never heard of ASMR when we started looking for people who experience the tingles and euphoria that people are calling autonomous sensory meridian response.
She wondered just what ASMR might be, and what triggers would give her the tingles.
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