Writer Nigel Nicolson says Woolf invented the stream-of consciousness literary style, endured several bouts of madness, and died a suicide.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Do you need an advanced degree in math or physics to make discoveries about the cosmos? Science writer Margaret Wertheim says thousands of amateur scientists have proposed their own theories about the universe.
Shortly after the U.S. Invaded Iraq in 2003, Lawrence Anthony traveled on his own to Baghdad to do what he could to save the animals in the Baghdad Zoo.
Paul Martin says that people don’t get enough sleep these days and that our culture is wrong to diminish the importance and the pleasure of sleep.
Michael Zweig tells Steve Paulson that a lot of Americans who think they're middle class are actually working class.
Many women are choosing not to have children because they know they are not good enough at nurturing. Madelyn Cain thinks this is an admirable, unselfish decision and one that more and more couples will make in the future.
Joshua Wolf Shenk talks about his book, "Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs."
Ray Kurzweil believes we'll soon have tiny computers embedded in our brains. He says we're on the verge of a new era in evolution - a fusion of biology and machine technology.
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