Arts, Culture & Media Playing Against the Virus Studio 360 September 08, 2016 When a pandemic spreads through “World of Warcraft,” epidemiologists study the game to learn real-world lessons.
Arts, Culture & Media The Flame Alphabet Studio 360 September 08, 2016 In his novel “The Flame Alphabet,” Ben Marcus imagines what would happen if children’s speech made their parents sick.
Arts, Culture & Media Our Computers, Our Viruses, Our Selves Studio 360 September 08, 2016 We’ve been living with computer viruses since the earliest networks. But how similar are they to biological ones?
Arts, Culture & Media Museum of God Studio 360 July 28, 2016 An amateur paleontologist in Texas doesn’t see any conflict between the fossil record and his religious faith.
Arts, Culture & Media The Art Instinct Studio 360 July 28, 2016 Is taste in the arts just a social construction, or is it determined by evolution?
Arts, Culture & Media Where Do We Come From? Studio 360 July 28, 2016 Geneticist Spencer Wells is tracking the human race back to its origin, and coming up with some surprises in our backstory.
Arts, Culture & Media You’re a Good Man, Charlie Darwin Studio 360 July 28, 2016 Indie band The Low Anthem finds something deeply moving about Charles Darwin’s lonesome quest.
Arts, Culture & Media Darwin’s Life in Verse Studio 360 July 28, 2016 Charles Darwin’s great-great-granddaughter Ruth Padel writes poetry inspired by the life and contradictions of her famous ancestor.
Arts, Culture & Media "Alpha" Studio 360 July 28, 2016 A science-fiction radio play by the author Lydia Millet imagines a future in which humans have wiped out the world’s plants.
Arts, Culture & Media Homo-Thespian Studio 360 July 28, 2016 A play about chimpanzees can make actors go bananas.
