Writer Scott Westerfeld believes the widespread popularity of youth culture is turning us all -- adults and adolescents alike -- into teenagers.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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James Hughes is excited about the new Post-human world. He tells Anne Strainchamps why people can and should be stronger, healthier and smarter than they are.
Stephen Cave talks about his book, "Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilization."
Jack Turner tells Jim Fleming that spices seemed magical in the middle ages and it was only in the 17th & 18th centuries that people began to accept them as food.
Jamie Meltzer directed a documentary film called “Off the Charts.” It’s about the business of “song-poems.”
Irene Pepperberg teaches animal cognition at Harvard and is an associate research professor at Brandeis. For thirty years, she worked with a remarkable grey parrot named Alex.
James Gimzewski talks about his work recording the vibrations of cells.
Name a problem and Washington seems unable to solve it. Poverty. Climate change. Unemployment. Immigration. Education. Enter the mayor.
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