Luis von Ahn's secret for making computers smarter? Get thousands of people to take part in his cunning online games
Anthropologist Amber VanDerwarker is unraveling the mysteries of the ancient Olmec by figuring out what they ate
Terence Tao is regarded as first among equals among young mathematicians, but who's counting
Faced with the Internet's overwhelming clutter, Joshua Schachter invented a deceptively simple tool that helps us all cut to the chase
How does prejudice affect people? Psychologist Jennifer Richeson is on the case
Composer Nico Muhly wowed them at Carnegie Hall and the New York Public Library
Pianist Jason Moran laces his strikingly original music with the soulful sounds of jazz greats
In a painstaking study of 1960s Atlanta, Kevin Kruse takes suburban whites to task
Where are your friends in cyberspace? Closer than you might think, says Internet researcher Jon Kleinberg
Astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger analyzes light from distant stars for evidence we're not alone
Novelist ZZ Packer uses humor to point up some disconcerting signposts along America's racial divide
Paleobiologist Aaron O'Dea has made his name by sweating the small stuff
Playwright and performer Sarah Jones displays a genius for climbing into other people's skin
Primatologist Brian Hare investigates the social behavior of chimpanzees and bonobos in Africa. But dogs and foxes showed him the way
In drawings and paintings, Trenton Doyle Hancock pits archetypes against each other
The classically trained dance star Alicia Graf showed true grit overcoming a career-threatening ailment
Documentary filmmaker Rachel Grady opens our eyes to the complexities of overlooked places and people
Christina Galitsky's energy-efficient cookstove makes life a little easier for Darfur's refugees
Software engineer Matt Flannery pioneers Internet microloans to the world's poor
Spoken-word artist Mayda del Valle brings to life "democracy writ large in poetry"
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