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Ingenious: Vijay Iyer

On the science and talent of music.

October 30, 2014

Einstein Among the Daffodils

A science historian and English professor discuss how physics and poetry mix.

How a Zebra Mussel Convinced Me To Get a Vasectomy

“It’s amazing what we let our teachers teach us.”

Ingenious: Paul J. Steinhardt

The Princeton physicist on what’s wrong with inflation theory and his view of the Big Bang.

September 2, 2014

The Woods That Time Forgot

In the Mist, a film about a Canary Island forest, opens the archives of Earth’s history.

August 20, 2014

Ingenious: Alan Lightman

The physicist on writing, the writer on physics.

July 31, 2014

Ingenious: Robert Sapolsky

The primatologist and neurologist talks turbulence—teens, stress, and the information age.

July 24, 2014

When We Were Fish

Paleontologist Neil Shubin explains how he charts evolution in the human body.

June 26, 2014

The Man Who Delayed D-Day

The eminent oceanographer Walter Munk reflects on science and war.

June 25, 2014

The Astronomer Royal

Lord Martin Rees tells us about black holes and existential risks.

June 9, 2014

Ingenious: Cornelia Hesse-Honegger

A life of science and art.

June 2, 2014

Michio Kaku Explains Consciousness for You

The gregarious physicist gets inside our brains.