Other than getting angry, is there a better way to respond to people who’ve treated you badly? A smarter way to deal with injustice? Richard Davidson thinks so. He says what we need is to learn how to love.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
Science
Why is filmmaker Errol Morris is still outraged by the famous philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn?
For centuries, people have considered mathematics the purest form of knowledge — and our best bet for deciphering the universe's hidden order. Steve spoke with two people who love math: physicist James Gates and science writer Margaret Wertheim.
Science writer Deborah Blum on the government scientists who made the case for food regulation by "eating dangerously."
Covert spies painting nerve agents on doorknobs? It's not the only way to poison someone. We hear stories of radioactive paint, formaldehyde-spiked baby formula, and a beautiful garden full of plants that could kill you.
If you think of your life as a series of births, what changes? Why does the birth metaphor matter?
There are the female scientists you can name, and the ones forgotten by history. Like Mileva Marić-Einstein. She might just have been more brilliant than Albert was — but we'll never know.
From our narrow vantage point on Earth, how can we see what's out there, beyond our skies?
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