Lynn Sharon Schwartz is a veteran traveler and novelist but has admitted to herself that at this stage in her life, she is over traveling.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Margaret D. Jacobs studies early 20th century policies in both the U.S. and Australia, that removed indigenous children from their homes.
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.
Journalist Mark Pendergrast tells Steve Paulson that coffee came from Ethiopia, functioned as a patriotic symbol during the early days of the American Republic, and prolonged the slave trade in places like Brazil.
Joan Dye Gussow tells Anne Strainchamps what she eats, and why people should care about the political and environmental implications of their food choices.
Robert Laughlin tells Steve Paulson that physicists are an eccentric bunch. He should know.
Want to sum up a parent’s job in one word? It might be “giving”. Here’s commentator Marion Winik on teaching her youngest child to be giving too.
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.
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