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Jon Ronson: A journalist interviews a robot Mar 10, 2013

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Journalist Jon Ronson is excited when he hears about some 'sentient' robots, but when he goes to interview them he finds both less and more than he ever expected.

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Andre Fenton: The twisting road from basic brain research to helping malaria patients Mar 03, 2013

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André Fenton always wanted to do research at the most fundamental level -- to uncover basic truths about memory and how it works, never mind how useful. But a friend's accident unexpectedly leads to him inventing a spectacularly useful, and lifesaving, device.

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Robin & Samantha Henig: The rules of writing with your daughter Feb 24, 2013

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Robin Marantz Henig and her daughter, Samantha, decided to write a book together about life as a twentysomthing. There was just one problem -- how to handle the bits you don't want to talk about with your mother?

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Colin Jerolmack: How a sociologist became The Pigeon Guy Feb 17, 2013

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Colin Jerolmack was floundering in grad school until he found deep insights into human nature... from pigeons.

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Kelly & Zach Weinersmith: Two nerds fall in love Feb 10, 2013

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Biologist Kelly Smith and comic artist Zach Weiner were having trouble dating, until they met online and realized what they each needed was another nerd.

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Anica Rissi: Confessions of a fourth-grade science fraud Feb 03, 2013

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Anica Rissi realizes the true purpose of her science project: to increase her popularity. But how far is she willing to go?

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Tara Clancy: A bartender from Queens learns theoretical physics Jan 27, 2013

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Tara Clancy's worry over making bad life choices leads her to think about all the things she doesn't know -- and from there, obviously, to theoretical physics.

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Heather Berlin: Can a scientist believe in life after death? Jan 20, 2013

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Her grandmother's death forces neuroscientist Heather Berlin to think hard about what she believes, and why.

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Anna Rothschild: Feeling love in your gut Jan 06, 2013

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Anna Rothschild tells the most adorably gross love story you'll ever hear.

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Robin Abrahams: A rabbit's personality Dec 16, 2012

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A neighbor's gift of two baby rabbits leads Robin Abrahams to a new view of, and fascination with, personality. "Do you not understand that I am a nine year old girl? ... Of course I want the bunnies!"

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