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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Christine Kenneally tells Steve Paulson that Noam Chomsky thought language was hard-wired in the human brain, but later researchers have shown that its development is even more complex.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

From the tiniest microscopic particles to some of the biggest structures on earth, the new science of astrobiology is leading the way to the discovery of life elsewhere in the universe.  Dimitar Sasselov explains why the creation of the world's first artificial cells will revolutionize lifeon our planet.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Bob Alper is a rabbi; Ahmed Ahmed is an actor and comedian. The two comics decided to perform together making use of their ethnicity to make people laugh.

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Craig Venter, who's come as close as anyone has to creating life in a test tube, tells Steve Paulson what drives him.

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Cary Sudler returns to his ancestral home to apologize to the black members of his family for the injustice of slavery.

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Azhar Usman is a comedian who's appearing on the "Allah Made Me Funny! Official Muslim Comedy Tour."

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Codebreaker, a new film by Patrick Sammon, tells the story of the brilliant life and tragic death of Alan Turing.  He died at age 41, having revolutionized our world by inventing the first computer programs -- and then computers themselves. 

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Drew Gilpin Faust's latest book, This Republic of Suffering, explores one of the most sobering aspects of the Civil War: its colossal death toll.

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