At a KSJ seminar, the MIT physicist and historian David Kaiser uses dessert, conspiracy theory, and the occasional particle detector to explain how scientists are trying to close the loopholes in quantum theory.
This Is Your Brain on Placebos
Erik Vance, author of the acclaimed new book “Suggestible You,” visited the KSJ program to talk about the ways the brain can fool the body into healing.
Talking Climate With Andrew Revkin
The writer tells a KSJ seminar about two decades of climate coverage for The New York Times and his recent move to ProPublica.
Climate Change: The View From 35,000 Feet
Steven Barrett of MIT tells the KSJ fellows that jets and their contrails could dash hopes of reversing global warming.
‘Whole Truth’? Ayanna Thomas Has Her Doubts
At KSJ, a leading cognitive psychologist says ageist stereotypes can affect eyewitness testimony — sometimes for the better.
He Saw It Coming: A Visit With Noam Chomsky
A three-minute video interview with the renowned linguist and political philosopher, who years ago predicted the rise of a candidate like Donald Trump.