Most people think of conflict as something to be avoided, but there's another way to view it -- as creative and generative. In his book "The Art of Rivalry," Boston Globe art critic Sebastian Smee explores how intense conflicts, broken friendships and personal reconciliations fueled some of the most dramatic breakthroughs in Modern Art. He tells Steve Paulson that the rivalry between Picasso and Matisse contributed, in part, to cubism.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
Audio
Dave Perry is the game developer who worked with the Wachowski brothers to create the videogame for “The Matrix Reloaded.”
Coral reefs and many of the oceans' marvels may disappear before this century ends, according to a new scientific study. Science writer Elizabeth Kolbert says we're facing the sixth great extinction. In this extended interview, she tells Steve Paulson stories from the front lines of the fight against extinction, from Panama to Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
David Hillman almost lost his chance for a PhD when his doctoral committee questioned the part of his dissertation on recreational drug use in antiquity.
Cognitive psychologist Chris Moulin is studying the strange experience of deja vu. For some of his patients, the feeling of deja vu can be crippling.
Etienne Van Heerdon tells Steve Paulson that many of his fellow writers are obsessed with his country’s history and that they could always say things in fiction that they could never get away with in journalism.
Every year TED awards a prize and in 2012 it didn't go to a person, but to an idea: The City 2.0
Anderson explains why, and what the prize makes possible.
Eric Nuzum's memoir, "Giving Up the Ghost," is a true story about feeling haunted -- by a ghost, a girl, and his past as a troubled teen growing up in the wasteland of American suburbia.
Pages
