The winner of our 3 Minute Futures flash fiction contest: "Social Scene Alert" by J.M. Perkins, from San Diego.
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Find out what brain imaging technology can tell us about the experiences of Franciscan nuns and Pentecostalists at prayer.
Landscape architect Anne Whiston Spirn talks about Frederick Law Olmsted’s revolutionary plan to use the processes of nature to clean up human damage to the environment.
It's a sad fact that the number of suicides has exploded in recent decades. Writer Jennifer Hecht, who's lost two friends to it, makes a philosophical argument against suicide.
For all that's been written about Karl Marx, there's been no book about his marriage to Jenny Marx - until now. Biographer Mary Gabriel explains why Marx's family life had a profound influence on his thinking.
Chef Alice Medrich talks with Anne Strainchamps about her latest cookbook, “A Year in Chocolate: Four Seasons of Unforgettable Desserts.”
Plum Kettle weighs 300 pounds and would do anything to lose weight. But then something unexpected happens. She gets angry. Very angry. Hear an excerpt from Sarai Walker's new novel, "Dietland."
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