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The Well-Dressed Ape by Hannah Holmes

The Well-Dressed Ape by Hannah Holmes

by Nancy Chaplin

Hannah Holmes is the author of Suburban Safari and The Secret Life of Dust. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Discover, Outside, and many more. She lives with her husband and dog in Portland, Maine.

13 Things that Don't Make Sense by Michael Brooks

13 Things that Don't Make Sense by Michael Brooks

by Nola Theiss

Fri, Mar 27, 2009

Michael Brooks, who holds a PhD in quantum physics, is an editor at New Scientist. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, Independent, Observer, Times Higher Educational Supplement, and even Playboy. He is a regular speaker and debate chair at the Science Festival in Brighton, UK.

Proust was a Neuroscientist by Jonas Lehrer

Proust was a Neuroscientist by Jonas Lehrer

by Shirley Fetherolf

Fri, Mar 27, 2009

JONAH LEHRER is editor at large for Seed magazine and the author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist. A graduate of Columbia University and a Rhodes Scholar, Lehrer has worked in the lab of Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel and has written for The New Yorker, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe. He edits the "Mind Matters" blog for Scientific American, and writes his own highly regarded blog, "The Frontal Cortex."