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What It’s Like to Teach a<br> Magpie How to Fly

What It’s Like to Teach a
Magpie How to Fly

"We are not, I have to admit, necessarily raising this magpie in the most natural way."

By Charlie Gilmour | January 5, 2021

What Wave Patterns Can Tell Us About Our Personalities

What Wave Patterns Can Tell Us About Our Personalities

Camilla Pang on High- and Low-Amplitude People

By Camilla Pang | January 4, 2021

Can We Bring Extinct Species Back? Should We?

Can We Bring Extinct Species Back? Should We?

Beth Shapiro on the Princeton University Press Ideas Podcast

By New Books Network | January 4, 2021

The Obvious Truth About Drinking with Colleagues

The Obvious Truth About Drinking with Colleagues

David Nutt on Alcohol and Regret

By David Nutt | December 22, 2020

What Does an Animal Communicator Really Do?

What Does an Animal Communicator Really Do?

Kelly Conaboy on Intuition-Based Communication

By Kelly Conaboy | December 21, 2020

Barry Lopez on the Life of a True Naturalist

Barry Lopez on the Life of a True Naturalist

How Richard K. Nelson Went Above and Beyond
His Calling As an Anthropologist

By Barry Lopez | December 18, 2020

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On Artificial Intelligence, White Supremacy, and the Military-Industrial Complex

By Yarden Katz | December 18, 2020

Interpreter of Maladies: On Virginia Woolf's Writings About Illness
and Disability

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By Anuradha Roy | December 15, 2020

Botany and Revolution: How 18th-Century Naturalists Discouraged Ideas of Liberty

Botany and Revolution: How 18th-Century Naturalists Discouraged Ideas of Liberty

From the Time to Eat the Dogs Podcast with Michael Robinson

By Time to Eat the Dogs | December 15, 2020

Barry Lopez on the Wolf Biologist Who Changed His Life as an Environmentalist

Barry Lopez on the Wolf Biologist Who Changed His Life as an Environmentalist

How Bob Stephenson Incorporated Indigenous Knowledge Systems in His Work

By Barry Lopez | December 11, 2020

The Perils of the Hype Machine When It Comes to Science and Tech

The Perils of the Hype Machine When It Comes to Science and Tech

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By New Books Network | December 10, 2020

WATCH: Helen Macdonald, James Rebanks, and Andy Fryers in Conversation

WATCH: Helen Macdonald, James Rebanks, and Andy Fryers in Conversation

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The Painter and the Scientist: <br>Unraveling the Myths About Leonardo Da Vinci

The Painter and the Scientist:
Unraveling the Myths About Leonardo Da Vinci

Francesca Fiorani Charts the Creative and Intellectual Life of the Great Renaissance Polymath

By Francesca Fiorani | December 2, 2020

Can We Bridge the Divide Between Science and Religion?

Can We Bridge the Divide Between Science and Religion?

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

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How Social Medicine Can Help Us Understand Pandemics

How Social Medicine Can Help Us Understand Pandemics

Paul Farmer on the Interplay of a Virus and Its Environment

By Paul Farmer | December 1, 2020

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