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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ray Kurzweil believes we'll soon have tiny computers embedded in our brains.  He says we're on the verge of a new era in evolution - a fusion of biology and machine technology.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Do you need an advanced degree in math or physics to make discoveries about the cosmos?  Science writer Margaret Wertheim says thousands of amateur scientists have proposed their own theories about the universe.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

British writer and playwright Michael Frayn talks with  Steve Paulson about “Headlong."  The book is about the painter Brueghel and the mania afflicting art collectors.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Is your marriage passionate? Can we feel thrilled by the same person we look to for intimacy and security?

Esther Perel says, "Yes." She's the author of Mating in Captivity.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

NPR Cultural Critic Neda Ulaby helps Jim Fleming unravel the complications of the 2006 film "Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Joshua Wolf Shenk talks about his book, "Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

When we think of slavery, many of us think of it as an historic trauma—something in the past that the nation"overcame" to become what it is today. But according to Edward Baptist, the instution of slavery drove the economic development and modernization of the United States, and laid the groundwork for American capitalism as we know it today.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Evolutionary biologist and outspoken atheist Richard Dawkins attempts to redefine "magic" as rational and non-supernatural.

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