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What would you do with a trillion dollars? The ultimate thought experiment opens our eyes to ten world-changing ideas within our grasp If we can come up with a trillion dollars to bail out banks, imagine what else we could do. Science journalist Rowan Hooper decided to find out, speaking with expert... Read More about How to Save the World for Just a Trillion Dollars: The Ten Biggest Problems We Can Actually Fix

From evolutionary biologist Rowan Hooper, an awe-inspiring look into the extremes of human ability-and what they tell us about our own potential. In 1997, Yiannis Kouros ran 188 miles in twenty-four hours. In 1984, at age forty-two, Maria Moreira gave birth to her tenth set of twins. In 1973, Terry ... Read More about Superhuman: Life at the Extremes of Our Capacity