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Primatologist Barbara J. King tells Steve Paulson about her belief that the rudimentary qualities of religion can be seen in the behavior of the great apes.
Filmmaker Werner Herzog bookmarks "The Peregrine" by J.A. Baker,
Celia Brooks Brown tells Anne Strainchamps vegetarian food is gaining in popularity because it is healthy and delicious.
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."
Chris Jones tells us what happened to the three astronauts left in space when the space shuttle Columbia was lost in 2003.
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.
Jeff VanderMeer recommends "The Other Side" by Alfred Kubin.
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