Religious historian Reza Aslan calls for a return to Islam's tradition of tolerance
Studying ancient botanical drawings, Daniela Bleichmar is rewriting the history of the Spanish conquest of the Americas
Taking up the family business, Philippe Cousteau campaigns to save our oceans and rivers
Guerilla artist James De La Vega leverages his street smarts to a fashion career
Spoken-word artist Mayda del Valle brings to life "democracy writ large in poetry"
Software engineer Matt Flannery pioneers Internet microloans to the world's poor
Christina Galitsky's energy-efficient cookstove makes life a little easier for Darfur's refugees
Documentary filmmaker Rachel Grady opens our eyes to the complexities of overlooked places and people
The classically trained dance star Alicia Graf showed true grit overcoming a career-threatening ailment
In drawings and paintings, Trenton Doyle Hancock pits archetypes against each other
Primatologist Brian Hare investigates the social behavior of chimpanzees and bonobos in Africa. But dogs and foxes showed him the way
Playwright and performer Sarah Jones displays a genius for climbing into other people's skin
Paleobiologist Aaron O'Dea has made his name by sweating the small stuff
Novelist ZZ Packer uses humor to point up some disconcerting signposts along America's racial divide
Astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger analyzes light from distant stars for evidence we're not alone
Where are your friends in cyberspace? Closer than you might think, says Internet researcher Jon Kleinberg
In a painstaking study of 1960s Atlanta, Kevin Kruse takes suburban whites to task
Pianist Jason Moran laces his strikingly original music with the soulful sounds of jazz greats
Composer Nico Muhly wowed them at Carnegie Hall and the New York Public Library
How does prejudice affect people? Psychologist Jennifer Richeson is on the case
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