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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Three physicists just won the Nobel Prize for their discovery that the universe is rapidly expanding.  

 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Many people don't know that the voice of Bart Simpson is really Nancy Cartwright.  She started doing voices in her early teens, and credits Daws Butler with teaching her to be an actor with her voice.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Robert Fuller is the author of "Wonder" - the first in-depth look at one of humanity's most important emotions.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Some of the country's leading neuro-biologists are collaborating with Buddhist monks in an effort to understand the effects of meditation on the mind and the brain.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Judith Thurman tells Steve Paulson that Colette was a great writer who personified “the new woman” and led exactly the life she wanted, despite society’s outrage over her career choices and sexual behavior.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

So, what is gender anyhow? Philosopher Judith Butler has been unpacking our notions of "he," "she" and "we" for the past 20 years. She stopped in to help us take stock of the state of gender in the North America.

Hear the extended interview, here.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Lupe Fiasco is a devout Muslim whose album "Food and Liquor" went to number one of the rap album charts and won three Grammy Nominations.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Plant biologist Nicholas Harberd took a year off to study a common weed - the thalecress - that  he found growing in a country churchyard.

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