Oct 24th, 2008 · The Personal Genome Project is attempting to find 100,000 volunteers to publish their entire genetic makeup — including their physical traits — online. So far, ten individuals have chosen to share their DNA sequences, medical records, and other personal information with the research community and the general public.
Oct 23rd, 2008 · Hatfield has worked with Blake Babies, The Lemonheads and the trio that shares her name, and she's been a prominent player in projects such as TV's My So-Called Life and The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Here, she shares new music and her thoughts on publishing in a session from WFUV.
Oct 23rd, 2008 · Steve Forbes, the publisher of Forbes magazine, has the cover story in this week's issue. Forbes — who ran twice for the Republican presidential nomination — is now a special economic adviser to John McCain. Forbes tells Renee Montagne that the government must take emergency steps to save the economy, like buying up troubled mortgages and purchasing stock in financial firms.
Oct 22nd, 2008 · As the Treasury moves ahead with plans to shore up the country's troubled banks, there are increasing calls for the government to do more to help troubled mortgage holders. Guy Cecala publishes an industry newsletter called Inside Mortgage Finance. He tells Renee Montagne that all the proposals have one goal in mind: keep the borrow in their home.
Oct 15th, 2008 · Only about 3 percent of all books published in the United States are works that have been translated. Even for a Nobel Prize winner, it's not easy to keep a book deal with a major American publisher. In an attempt to reverse the trend, David Kipen of the NEA offers a list of his favorite foreign authors.
Sep 29th, 2008 · A small publisher in suburban Seattle has hit the big time with a biography of Sarah Palin. Epicenter Press published Sarah: How A Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down months before Palin hit the national spotlight.
Sep 22nd, 2008 · A lack of confidence is at the core of the current economic financial crisis. David Smick, publisher of the quarterly newsletter International Economy discusses with Steve Inskeep how international banks and financial institutions are intertwined in the crisis.
Sep 20th, 2008 · A new Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book will be published next year — but it won't be by Douglas Adams, who passed away in 2001. Book publisher Hyperion has tapped Eoin Colfer, author of the popular teen sci-fi fantasy series Artemis Fowl, to continue the Adams legacy.