by Laura Conaway

The lovely and talented Kelefa Sanneh, music critic for the New York Times, showed us the production magic behind Britney Spears' new hit record, Blackout.

Other highlights include a talk with Dr. J. Craig Venter, who wrestles with the question of his ego being a tad outsized, the return of protests in Myanmar and some very serious shrieking— but that's only right at the top.