Craig Venter, who's come as close as anyone has to creating life in a test tube, tells Steve Paulson what drives him.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Drew Gilpin Faust's latest book, This Republic of Suffering, explores one of the most sobering aspects of the Civil War: its colossal death toll.
Bryant Urstadt is a freelance writer from Connecticut. He wrote "Imagine There's No Oil: Scenes from the Liberal Apocalypse" for Harper's Magazine.
Who's the real Barack Obama? Biographer David Maraniss traveled around the world searching for answers. He says Obama's life is surrounded in mythology.
Deborah Madison talks with Anne Strainchamps about shopping at farmer’s markets. She says slowing down for food is one of the best ways to bring pleasure back into your life.
Francine Segan is the author of “Shakespeare’s Kitchen: Renaissance Recipes for the Contemporary Cook.” She gives an inside view of the kind of dinner party William Shakespeare might have known
Poet Catherine Jagoe shares her poem about bees and honey.
We’re all looking for something. All of us. Some of us are seeking God. Others, we’re seeking fame and fortune. But Hmong teenager Dao Chang was looking for something that you can usually find close to home - her mother.
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