May 17, 2012
Welcome to the beginnings of a purely digital society. Will this brave new world of ours be heavenly or hellish? That's the question blogger and novelist Harkaway is here to answer.
May 9, 2012
Mark Kurlansky wrote a book-within-a-book when he put together Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man. The author of Salt and Cod could not resist penning a new history of a ubiquitous consumable: ice.
November 29, 2011
Who knew that whenever we use our cell phones, we have silver-screen legend Hedy Lamarr to thank? Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes reveals the unexpected path taken by a Hollywood legend.