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The Man Who Used Facebook to Find an Extinct Human Species
Lee Berger has a knack for finding fossils his own way.
Through Fortitude or Stupidity, Lee Berger Is Rewriting Human History
The paleoanthropologist makes no apologies for going his own way.
How I Tried to Transplant the Musical Heart of Apocalypse Now
Oscar-winning editor Walter Murch describes the surprising idiosyncrasies of film scoring.
Drums, Lies, and Audiotape
When I was invited to drum in Ghana, I gladly accepted. Then something went wrong.
The Strange Persistence of First Languages
After my father died, my journey of rediscovery began with the Czech language.
Why Virtual Classes Can Be Better Than Real Ones
An engineering professor takes online-course critics to school.
Why the Russians Decapitated Major Tom
The story of the genetically engineered mouse cosmonaut.