Chris Jones tells us what happened to the three astronauts left in space when the space shuttle Columbia was lost in 2003.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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John Safran says we need writers who are outsiders. Otherwise, groups will keep hiding their secrets.
Emily Gould became an Internet celebrity for her writing on Gawker, a popular New York City blog.
Most people think of conflict as something to be avoided, but there's another way to view it -- as creative and generative. In his book "The Art of Rivalry," Boston Globe art critic Sebastian Smee explores how intense conflicts, broken friendships and personal reconciliations fueled some of the most dramatic breakthroughs in Modern Art. He tells Steve Paulson that the rivalry between Picasso and Matisse contributed, in part, to cubism.
Jeff VanderMeer recommends "The Other Side" by Alfred Kubin.
Fareed Zakaria is the editor of Newsweek International magazine and the author of “The Future of Freedom: Liberal Democracy at Home and Abroad.” He talks about how free elections are not the answer for the third world.
Brian Doherty is the author of "This Is Burning Man." He tells Anne Strainchamps about this annual free-form arts festival in the Nevada desert.
Cognitive psychologist Chris Moulin is studying the strange experience of deja vu. For some of his patients, the feeling of deja vu can be crippling.
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