16K views · 483 reactions | Thomas Hunt Morgan believed in the transformative power of eugenics until he made a startling discovery: the mechanism of heredity was more complex than previously thought. Discover more in THE EUGENICS CRUSADE on PBS → https://to.pbs.org/2Otnq2J | American Experience | PBS | Facebook

Throwback to 10 December when 2025 literature laureate László Krasznahorkai delivered his banquet speech. Krasznahorkai was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.” Krasznahorkai is a great epic writer in the Central European tradition that extends through Kafka to Thomas Bernhard, and is characterised by absurdism and grotesque excess. | Nobel Prize