This hour, Siddhartha Mukherjee takes us from Gregor Mendel’s 19th Century experiments with pea plants to current methods of gene editing with CRISPR/Cas9, which he writes about in his latest effort, “The Gene: An Intimate History.”
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Lessons From Buzz Aldrin
This hour, we’ll talk with Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, about perseverance and other wisdom he’s gained in his 86 years, which he’s collected in “No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon.”
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The Art Of Living
This hour, we’ll talk with Krista Tippett about the lessons she’s learned from hosting the podcast “On Being,” which she writes about in “Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living”
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Building More Livable Cities
This hour, we’ll talk about how redesigned crosswalks, bike lanes and parks are making urban centers more livable with the author of “Street-Fight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution.”
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What Makes An Expert?
This hour, we’ll talk about what it takes to make it from average to excellent with the author of “Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise.”
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Tweet It, Delete It
This hour, we’ll talk about the damage our online history can cause our future selves – and about efforts to recapture our privacy – with Meg Leta Jones, author of “Ctrl + Z: The Right to Be Forgotten.”
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A Girl’s Double Life: In Person And Online
This hour, we’ll talk about how social media has forced teenage girls to grow up at an accelerated pace with Nancy Jo Sales, author of “American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers.”
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Research Before Wikipedia
This hour, we’ll talk about the history of human’s desire to compile knowledge with Rutgers University English professor Jack Lynch, author of “You Could Look It Up: The Reference Shelf From Ancient Babylon to Wikipedia”
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Our Data, Ourselves
This hour, we’ll talk about how researchers are using big data to better understand how we live – and about the potential harm in collecting all of this information.
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Rebuilding Our Roads
This hour, we’ll talk with Duke University civil engineering professor Henry Petroski about how our economic future is tied to our willingness to shore up our infrastructure.
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Inside Our Memories
This hour, we’ll learn about how scientists are developing a better understanding of how memories work – and how they can sometimes be manipulated – with Anna Lee Strachan, director of an upcoming “NOVA” episode on the topic.
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Brain-To-Brain Communication
This hour, we’ll talk with neuroscientist Dr. Miguel Nicolelis about the future of brain-machine interfacing.
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