Psychologist Barry Schwartz says we've gotten it all wrong when it comes to work. He says the conventional belief that workers are motivated by money is deeply flawed, and rooted in false theories that date back to Adam Smith.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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In 1935, a group of ornithologists from Cornell University set out on an expedition to find and record America's rarest bird: the Ivory-billed Woodpecker.
Ryan Boudinot talks to Jim Fleming about his post-apocalyptic novel, "Blueprints of the Afterlife."
Why aren't there more realistic portrayals of scientists in literary fiction? Cell biologist and novelist Jennifer Rohn founded LabLit.com, a website that's at the center of the new movement calling for more and better science in fiction.
Shaun Alexander tells Steve Paulson what chess does for him and why he thinks it’s good for inner city youth.
Some of the greatest trips give us that feeling of traveling back in time. Last summer, Aubrey Ralph did nearly that, when he spent nine days sailing aboard a 200 year old tall ship, across two Great Lakes. He was with the reconstructed U.S. Brig Niagara as she shoved off from her home port in Erie, PA.
Tyler Boudreau is a twelve year veteran on the Marine Corps. He resigned his commission over reservations about the legitimacy of the Iraq War.
Did you know that 7 Up was originally called Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda? Good thing they changed the name. That's one of the fascinating facts from Tristan Donovan's book, "Fizz: How Soda Shook Up the World." Donovan takes us on a guided tour of the secret history of fizzy water.
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