Maybe time has its origins in grief and longing for people we've lost. That idea certainly resonates with theoretical physicist Ron Mallett. He's spent a lot of his career studying time — which he traces back to the tragedy that marked his childhood.More
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Chances are if you were picked on as a child, you probably haven't patched things up with your bully and become friends. But fourth-...More
Julian Barnes discusses composer Dmitri Shostakovich and his bully - Joseph Stalin.More
If you've ever been bullied, you've probably had revenge fantasies. But you probably haven't taken it to the extreme that Allen Kurzweil...More
"Disgustologist" Valerie Curtis talks about a powerful driver of human emotion.More
Journalist Christa Weil has a taste for food that's on the challenging side.More
What's the new trend in sustainable, eco-friendly food? Bugs! Entomologist Arnold van Huis explains.More
Biologist Merlin Tuttle braves crocodile-infested rivers, dark caves, and even bandits to find rare bats.More
