The Origin of the FDA Mandate
Novelist Jennifer Vanderbes discusses the secret history of thalidomide in America.
On this episode of The Open Mind, we're delighted to welcome Maura O'Connor, a journalist who writes about the politics and ethics of science, technology and conservation. A former Knight Science MIT journalism fellow, O'Connor's work has appeared online in Slate and Foreign Policy in the New Yorker, Harpers, Undark,with investigations covering the disappearances and Sri Lanka's civil war, global agriculture trade in Haiti and American development enterprises in Afghanistan.
Now her new book is “Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World.” It's an exploration of navigation traditions, neuroscience, and the diversity of human relationships to space, time and memory, and the distinction between our species and other species and how they collectively and respectively navigate our earth and world.
Novelist Jennifer Vanderbes discusses the secret history of thalidomide in America.
Mathematician Coco Krumme discusses her book "Optimal Illusions: The False Promise of Optimization"
Science writer Benjamin Ehrlich discusses his new book "The Brain in Search of Itself.”
Author Chris Miller talks about the intersection of chipmakers and geopolitical crises.
Mycologist Keith Seifert discusses what could be responsible for the next pandemic.
Tech journalist Robert Buderi discusses his new book "Where Futures Converge: Kendall Square and the Making of a Global Innovation Hub."
Undark magazine editor Ashley Smart discusses the intersection of science and society.
Science journalist Chelsea Conaboy discusses how parenthood evolves the brain.
Author Rachel Gross discusses her new book Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage.
Science journalist Richard Conniff discusses public health policies.
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