Neuroscientist Sebastian Seung takes us inside the "connectome": the audacious project to create a detailed map of the human brain.
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Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Senator Russ Feingold is a Democrat from Wisconsin who sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Essayist Susan Ehrlich is a practicing pediatrian who remembers what it was like treating her father during his final hours.
There are many ways to react to the tragedies of the past. Politically. Historically. And even… musically.
Sarah Eltantawi talks with Anne Strainchamps on what life has been like for Arab-Americans since 9-11.
Film director Rodney Ascher recommends Paul Schrader's 1988 movie, "Patty Hearst."
Today, the Dutch philosopher Spinoza - father of the Enlightenment - is revered, but in the mid-17th century, he was branded a heretic by his Jewish congregation in Amsterdam. Recently, philosopher Steve Nadler was asked if Spinoza should be exonerated. He explains why he said no.
You've heard the saying, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Journalist David Rieff thinks that's rubbish, and he says if you want peace, it's sometimes better to forget historical crimes than try to get justice.
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