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UnDisciplined: Why you should become a 'student of seed'

A man Planting Seeds
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A man Planting Seeds

Most people haven't spent much time contemplating the personal ecological and cultural significance of plant seeds. But just for a moment here, consider what our world would look like without them.

Jennifer Jewell is the creator and host of the weekly public radio program Cultivating Place, which is syndicated on NPR affiliate stations across the nation. She is the author of the recent book What We Sow.

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Matthew LaPlante has reported on ritual infanticide in Northern Africa, insurgent warfare in the Middle East, the legacy of genocide in Southeast Asia, and gang violence in Central America. But a few years back, something donned on him: Maybe the news doesn't have to be brutally depressing all the time. Today, he balances his continuing work on more heartbreaking subjects by writing books about the intersection of science, human health and society, including the New York Times best-selling <i>Lifespan</i> with geneticist David Sinclair and the Nautilus Award-winning <i>Longevity Plan</i> with cardiologist John Day. His first solo book, <i>Superlative</i>, looks at what scientists are learning by studying organisms that have evolved in record-setting ways, and his is currently at work on another book about embracing the inevitability of human-caused climate change with an optimistic outlook on the future.<br/>