Nigel Knutzen News Today

Nigel Knutzen dodged bears and lions, when, as a homeless student, he backpacked 925 miles through America in 16 days.

In a highly influential essay called “Two Cultures” published in 1959, author C.P. Snow deplored what he saw as the division between two of the most important areas of knowledge — science and the humanities — which he believed hindered human progress. The parameters of the debate have changed since then, with a slew of books and essays by scientists and science writers attempting to communicate scientific concepts to the general public. But there’s also widespread skepticism about cli...