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Dan Clem

Zoology

Unlikely Story: The Swordfish With a Nose Ring

Rose Eveleth

Communication

Tell Us Your Astonishingly Unlikely Story

Steve Paulson is the executive producer of Wisconsin Public Radio’s nationally syndicated show <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/">To the Best of Our Knowledge</a>. He’s the author of Atoms and Eden: Conversations on Religion and Science. You can find his podcast about psychedelics, Luminous, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/series/luminous">here</a>.

Steve Paulson

History

Monsters, Marvels, and the Birth of Science

Lina Zeldovich grew up in a family of Russian scientists, listening to bedtime stories about volcanoes, black holes, and intrepid explorers. She has written for the Smithsonian, National Geographic, Reader’s Digest, the New York Times and other publications. Her most recent book, <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250283382/thelivingmedicine">The Living Medicine</a>: How a Lifesaving Cure was Nearly Lost and Why it Will Rescue Us When Antibiotics Fail, chronicled the history of phage therapy and was longlisted for the PEN America Literary Awards.

Lina Zeldovich

Health

Mind-Control Helicopters and the Healing Power of Poop

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