Over the last several years, new developments in personal health tracking products have multiplied exponentially. But human interest in measuring and tracking elements of our bodily needs stretches back hundreds of years. Professor Natasha Schüll discusses these current trends and their history, based on research she's done for a forthcoming book called "Keeping Track."
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Poet, essayist and naturalist Diane Ackerman tells Anne Strainchamps that she shares her garden with the local deer and raises hundreds of roses organically.
Elaine Pagels says Judas was the favorite disciple, and the only one Jesus trusted to carry out his final command: to hand him over to the Romans.
Eric Lichtblau is one of the New York Times journalists who won a Pulitzer Prize for the story about the NSA's warrantless wire-tapping program.
Daniel Handler wrote "A Series of Unfortunate Events" under the pen name of Lemony Snicket.
Ben Greenman is the author of a book called “Superbad: Stories and Pieces.” One of the stories it contains is called “Blurbs” which is nothing but a collection of blurbs.
Can you fall in love with anyone? More than 20 years ago, psychologist Arthur Aron made two strangers fall in love in his laboratory by asking them 36 questions. Writer Mandy Len Catron tried out the 36 questions with a guy she barely knew. Now they’re in love.
Physicist Leonard Mlodinow and spiritual teacher Deepak Chopra debate their conflicting worldviews on science and the origins of consciousness.
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