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Journalist David Shenk says Alzheimer's an ancient illness afflicting some 5 million Americans, and that the number of cases is sure to rise dramatically as the Baby Boomers age.
Engineer Bill Gurstelle loves things that go BOOM! Gurstelle tells Jim Fleming how to build and operate the Potato Cannon and a Roman catapult.
Brian Christian is the author of "The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive." He tells Steve Paulson why he decided to compete in the annual Turing competition, not for the most human computer, but for the "most human human."
The mash-up is one form of remix culture.
Doug Gordon profiles Cole’s notes, the Canadian inspiration for America’s CliffsNotes.
Anyone who works in news will tell you that photographs drive attention. That a great photograph can propel a story or an issue from the sidelines to the center of a public conversation. Large-scale photographer Edward Burtynsky is making it his life’s work to jump start a global conversation about sustainability – by photographing scarred, damaged industrial landscapes. He’s a TED prize winner whose work is in more than 50 museum collections. Burtynsky and filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal have worked together on two documentaries. Steve Paulson talked with her about their first – filmed in China. It’s called “Manufactured Landscapes.”
Ralph Nader's Dangerous Idea? Drafting the children and grandchildren of elected representatives.
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