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In his final years, Richard Feynman's curiosity took him to some surprising places. We hear from his companions on the trips he took — and one he wasn’t able to. (Part three of a three-part series originally published in 2024.) SOURCES: Alan Alda, actor and screenwriter. Barbara ...  Show more

What happens when an existentially depressed and recently widowed young physicist from Queens gets a fresh start in California? We follow Richard Feynman out west, to explore his long and extremely fruitful second act. (Part two of a three-part series originally published in 2024 ...  Show more

Steve Levitt has spent decades as an academic economist, “studying strange phenomena and human behavior in weird circumstances.” Now he’s turning his curiosity to something new: interviewing some of the most interesting, unorthodox people around — from actresses to athletes, a ...

Frank Schätzing ist Bestsellerautor mit Hang zu Katastrophenszenarien und bekannt für Thriller-Romane. Sein neuestes Buch ist allerdings ein Sachbuch und es handelt von einer ganz realen Katastrophe: dem Klimawandel. Wissenschaftlich fundiert und eben spannend wie ein Thriller en ...  Show more

He’s a Harvard physician and economist who just started a third job: host of the new podcast Freakonomics, M.D. He’s also Steve’s former student. The two discuss why medicine should embrace econ-style research, the ethics of human-challenge trials, and Bapu’s role in ...

Interview dʹOlivier Lascar, rédacteur en chef du pôle digital des magazines "Sciences et Avenir" et "La Recherche". Ingénieur, journaliste scientifique, il a publié en juin un livre intitulé "Enquête sur Elon Musk, lʹhomme qui défie la science" (éditions Alisio) et sous-titré "El ...  Show more