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1. A jazz opera's tragic inspiration |
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Erich Rosenthal, AM'42, PhD'48, escaped Nazi Germany to attend UChicago. His parents remained and perished. Decades later, his son, Ted Rosenthal, has memorialized their tragic family history in music. More » |
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Read an essay by political science professor John Mark Hansen about a case of blood libel that presaged the 1919 Chicago race riots. |
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2. What will Libra unleash? |
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Money, like information, wants to be free. But Facebook's new cryptocurrency may run wild, cautions law professor Eric Posner. More » |
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Get three views on other potential uses of cryptocurrency tech. |
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3. John Paul Stevens (1920-2019) |
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John Paul Stevens, LAB'37, AB'41, one of the Supreme Court's longest-serving justices, died July 16. More » |
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See Geoffrey R. Stone, JD'71, talk about Stevens's legacy. |
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Read about the former justice's vision of the court and the Constitution. |
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Watch a 2011 conversation with Stevens and judicial scholar Dennis Hutchinson. |
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4. Bronze Age climate change |
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How did people respond to climate change three and five millennia ago? A cuneiform expert and an archaeologist want to know the deep context of our own anxieties about Earth's future. More » |
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Meet a scientist who listens to glaciers for sounds of climate change. |
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5. To dream the impossible meat |
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Impossible Foods founder Pat Brown, AB'76, PhD'80, MD'82, tells Freakonomics Radio about his goal to remake the world's food supply with animal-free meat by 2035. More » |
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Learn more about Brown and his company's history. |
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