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Ari Handel, a neurobiologist by training, co-wrote the story for Darren Aronofsky’s latest film, The Fountain. Ari recently agreed to let me record a conversation about this unusually poetic and meditative work of cinema…
First of all, congratulations on the achievement of the film.
Thank you.
How long was it in the works?
We started talking about it in […]

In The Root of All Evil: The God Delusion, British documentarian Richard Dawkins pursues his own misison with religious zeal — to prove that faith is not only irrational, but extremely harmful to humanity, creating “would be murderers over the world.” He’s a hardcore scientist challenging fundamentalists of any faith — Islam, Christianity, Judaism. […]

It is thought to be the only work of art ever constructed which is meant to be “viewed” with your eyes closed, and for practically no money, you can build one yourself — a device that will induce a drug-free trance state, complete with top-notch psychedelic visions, using nothing but flickering light.
In 1958, a poet […]

This brilliant, dead-on accurate satire of corporate medical research will have you in hysterics. Using the premise of researching and monetizing vampirism, science fiction author (and marine scientist) Peter Watts crafted a disturbingly detailed and well-researched PowerPoint-style presentation that skewers the prison system, right-wing fundamentalism and, of course, corporate America.
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Tackling over-stuffed landfills and peak oil in the same afternoon
A new technology pioneered in the 1980’s by microbiologist Paul Baskis, and commercially carried out by Changing World Technologies claims to efficiently convert any organic waste into usable energy and minerals. The process is called Thermal Depolymerization and if the success of the first two commercial […]

ASK THE DOC: This week a reader writes in regarding a discomfort in his sides that has persisted despite various holistic attempts to relieve it. I’ll discuss what may be causing the discomfort; and then, together with input from Reiki Master Simon Deacon, will recommend some treatment options.

In the wake of the recent elections, I find myself elated but mostly relieved that a sufficient number of Americans were reasonable enough to vote a Democratic majority into Congress.  As positive a development as this is in our current situation, it immediately makes me realize how low my political hopes have sunk after nearly […]

I want kids one day. I really do. Despite the fact that I’m twenty-five and the mere idea of marriage and motherhood scares me almost senseless, I know that’s where I’m headed. Or at least I hope that’s where I’m headed.
What do I mean by hope? Well, I mean that I hope that the genetic concoction that I […]

I love listening to The Positive Mind With Armand DiMele on WBAI. Armand sounds like Columbo, only instead of busting rich denizens of Orange County he runs a psychology institute and wants to help you feel happy. Last week he interviewed Dr. Candace Pert of What The BLEEP fame about her new book, Everything You […]