The science world is buzzing about the discovery confirming the Big Bang. Here's our extended interview with Lawrence Krauss about how something could come from nothing.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Psychologist Justin Barett thinks most children have a natural aptitude for religious belief. He says it's not surprising that so many people believe in spirits or supernatural beings.
Rebecca A. Demarest brings us this story of flight in a remote island community.
“The Unraveling of Mercy Louis" tells the fascinating story of a community that’s nearly torn apart following the discovery of an abandoned baby in a dumpster. A witch hunt ensures and the girls at a local high school soon begin developing mysterious twitches and tics, which quickly intensify. Eventually, the girls in the town are acting as if they’re possessed, thrashing around on the floor or grunting like animals. As strange as it all sounds, Parssinen says the book was inspired by a real episode of mass hysteria in Le Roy, New York.
Civil rights historian Philip Dray discusses how the presence of TV cameras at the trial of the men who murdered Emmett Till changed the way the country viewed lynching.
Paule Marshall tells Steve Paulson about the neighborhood both she and her cousin were born into, recalls Brooklyn's glorious past as a hotbed of jazz, and explains why so many African-American artists chose to live in France.
Rob Sheffield talks with Anne Strainchamps about his relationship with his late wife and how they communicated by exchanging mix tapes of their favorite music.
A portrait of Kathputli, India's last remaining magician's colony.
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