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The True, The Real And The Beautiful: 7 Years Of 'Cosmos And Culture'

Through science commentary, we created a place for exploration of deep, complex issues. There's a hunger in all of us for more than just facts — we hunger for meaning, says astrophysicist Adam Frank.
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took this image of southern Scandinavia, showing the northern lights aurora, just before midnight under a full moon on April 3, 2015.

On a Fall day more than 8 years ago, physicist Marcelo Gleiser and I sat in a coffee shop in Dartmouth and dreamed a little dream.

What if there were a place in the popular media where scientists could talk about science and culture in the broadest terms?

Instead of just focusing on the latest results, we imagined a forum where practicing scientists could address the deepest and most potent issues facing humanity. We wanted to talk about how science informed questions

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