Joe Hill is the son of a writer you've probably heard of -- Stephen King. And Hill is following in his father's footsteps by writing the same kind of bone-chilling horror that his Dad is famous for. Hill's latest novel is called "The Fireman" and it's burning up the best-seller charts.
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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.
Biologist Elisabet Sahtouris left her teaching job to go live on a Greek island and re-think her life as a scientist.
Craig Venter, who's come as close as anyone has to creating life in a test tube, tells Steve Paulson what drives him.
Rapper Boots Riley is an activist who uses hip hop lyrics like a political weapon.
In the days of tall ships and explorers, people collected exotic wonders in cabinets of curiosities, wunderkameren. Writer and teacher Heather McDougal has long loved those early days of science. Her blog's called "Cabinet of Wonders."
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.
Writer and film-maker Arthur Bradford tells Steve Paulson about some of the stories in his collection “Dogwalker."
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