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Dr. Francis Collins will speak at the 2010 American Scientific Affiliation annual meeting at the Catholic University of Washington, July 30-August 2, 2010. Click here for more information.

. . . And After Hours this week, Milton can’t stop talking about the power represented in this formula; Alissa really doesn’t want us to miss This American Life; and Christina revisits G.K. Chesterton‘s 1908 condenscension of “success.”