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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What will extraterrestrial life look like? Paul Davies thinks it might be stranger than you can imagine.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Leslie Marmon Silko writes and paints to help understanding of her native Laguna Pueblo tribe.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Pir Zubair Shah is a Pakistani journalist who risked his life reporting for the New York Times from his homeland -- Waziristan, in the heart of Taliban-controlled Pashtun area.   He won a Pulitzer Prize for his work, but had to leave his country.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Micah Sifry tells Jim Fleming how the United States became largely a two party state, and what benefits a third party can provide.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jonathan Kozol tells Jim Fleming about the children in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx and why he’s hopeful about them in spite of the terrible problems in their community.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Milwaukee computer programmer Mohan Embar describes competing for -- and winning -- the 2012 Loebner Prize for Artificial Intelligence. His chat bot, Chip Vivant, was the most "human computer" of the year. But it still couldn't pass the Turing Test.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

John Polkinghorne is a former physicist at Cambridge University who now devotes himself to reconciling science and religion.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Lynda Barry reminisces about her favorite monsters.

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