Starts With A Bang — June 29, 2016

New Starts With A Bang Podcast: Interstellar Travel

And the wisdom from an exclusive interview with Larry Niven.

Ever since humanity had the thought that the distant, twinkling stars might be Suns like our own, with their own planetary systems and chances at life, we’ve dreamed of extending humanity’s reach to the galaxy and beyond. What are our actual chances of doing so, technologically, scientifically and practically? This podcast — based on an exclusive interview with Larry Niven — explores what’s possible.

The new Starts With A Bang Podcast, on interstellar travel, is now live and free to listen-and-download for all!

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Thinking

The great free will debate featuring Michio Kaku and Steven Pinker

Who — or what — really controls your mind?

Building destroyed by the Halifax Explosion. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

The Past

The largest accidental explosion of all time

More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

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High Culture

6 great books with wildly unreliable narrators

Dive into the twisted truths and concealed realities told by literature’s most unreliable narrators.

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The Well

Signs you’re burned out — and how to bounce back

If you don’t feel better after the weekend, the “burnout paradox” could explain why.

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Laurie Santos

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