Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. She is dedicated to re-foresting Africa and talks with Steve Paulson about some of her Greenbelt Movement projects. Her memoir is called "Unbowed."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Anousheh Ansari became the first Muslim woman to venture into space when she traveled aboard the International Space Station.
James Gleick is a science writer with a particular interest in the cultural impact of technology. He's written a number of best-selling books, including "The Information," "Faster," and "Chaos." And Gleick's just come out with a mind-bending book called "Time Travel: A History."
Some of us think of dance as something best left to the professionals, people with years of training and technique. But when Sally Gross started dancing, she realized that she'd never master ballet or modern dance. So she made a whole new kind of dance...
Anthropologist Tom Boellstorff takes us on a tour through the virtual world of Second Life.
T. Coraghessan Boyle talks with Steve Paulson about writing in response to hot button issues.
Scott Simon, host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, and his wife have adopted two baby girls from China. Simon tells Anne Strainchamps why he and his wife are such fans of adoption.
Fashion photographer David Jay recently sent us a book of his photos. The lighting was perfect. The settings intimate. The women, nearly naked, were gorgeous. As we looked at these beautiful images, something stood out – the mastectomy scars.
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