According to historian Thomas Laqueur, neither sanitation nor the soul fully explain the rang of rituals we've developed for caring for dead bodies. For him, there is a deeper anthropological truth at work: caring for the dead marks the human transition from nature into culture.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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A self-described "guilty liberal," Colin Beavan began blogging about his and his wife's experiment in "no impact living."
Filmmaker Chai Vasarhelyi followed Youssou N'Dour and his band after the album came out and produced a documentary called "I Bring What I Love."
Damali Ayo runs the website rent-a-negro.com. She's written a book called "How To Rent A Negro."
A philosopher and musician enjoys playing his clarinet with animals, especially whales.
Chris Kilham tells Jim Fleming that it’s OK to eat chocolate and has the data to prove it.
Copernicus changed the world with his revolutionary idea that the sun, not the Earth, is the center of our solar system. Dava Sobel tells us why this momentous discovery wasn't easy for Copernicus himself.
Psychologist Steven Pinker's Dangerous Idea? We may be living in the most peaceful time of our species’ existence.
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