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  • The Neuroscience of Connecting Brains with Machines

    Is there a better brain in your future? What if it involves a machine augmentation? We’ll explore the possibilities this hour with Miguel Nicolelis, the Anne W. Deane Professor of Neuroscience at Duke University and founder of Duke’s Center for Neuroengineering. His new book is “Beyond Boundaries: The New Neuroscience of Connecting Brains with Machines—and […]

  • From the Archives: The Bitter Rivalry Between Edwin & John Wilkes Booth

    From the archives: How did family jealousy culminate in the assassination of one of America’s greatest presidents? We’ll find out this hour with historian Nora Titone, whose new book is “My Thoughts Be Bloody: The Bitter Rivalry Between Edwin and John Wilkes Booth That Led to an American Tragedy” (Free Press, 2010).