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  • Carbon's New Math

    Are there solutions to the effects of global warming? Environment author Bill McKibben thinks so – but only if we act fast. His article “Carbon’s New Math” appears in the October issue of National Geographic magazine. He’ll be our guest this hour.

  • From the Archives: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Science

    Is the brain capable of change? According to psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Dr. Norman Doidge, using the brain actually changes its structure allowing it to become more proficient. He joined us last month to discuss his research and his book “The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Science” (Viking, 2007).