Fresh perspectives at PINC talks in Sarasota
A breathless British author told the story of the Earth — from Big Bang to hip-hop — in 20 minutes by pulling spaghetti, balloons, trilobite fossils and other seemingly random objects from colorful pockets sewn into his black magician’s cloak. A tall, gay, African-American journalist with dreadlocks explained his love for country music, and an internationally renowned orthopedic surgeon showed how salamanders can regrow their limbs and asked: Why can’t we? And that was before lunch.