Missy Cummings studies unmanned systems like drones, as director of Duke University’s Humans and Autonomy Lab. Charles Monroe-Kane spoke with her about a few of the ways drones are being used outside of the military.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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TTBOOK producer Doug Gordon investigates one of surf rock’s zaniest modern acts, Los Straitjackets to find out what’s happening with their surf rock sound.
Daniel Handler wrote "A Series of Unfortunate Events" under the pen name of Lemony Snicket.
Brian Turner was an average young American who volunteered for military service in Iraq. At night he wrote poetry by flashlight.
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.
NPR's Eric Nuzum reveals his lifelong fear of ghosts in a haunting new memoir, “Giving Up The Ghost” – the story of his troubled teenage years, suicidal fantasies and conviction that he was being stalked by the ghost of a little girl. In this EXTENDED interview, he talks with Anne Strainchamps about depression, friendship, and what it means to be haunted.
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