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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Steve Paulson always dreamed of seeing ancient cave art.   He finally got his wish - and tells the story of visiting two French caves with anthropologist Christine Desdemaines-Hugon.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Filmmaker Albert Nerenberg's Dangerous Idea? Laugh more. 

You can also watch his laughter hack video.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Clyde Roper tells Jim Fleming what giant squid look like and what else biologists are learning about the deep ocean while the hunt for giant squid goes on.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Comic novelist David Lodge takes on the old battle between science and the humanities in his latest book, “Thinks.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Bennett Alan Weinberg talks with Anne Strainchamps about how little we actually know about the vegetable alkaloid we know as caffeine.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Carrie Rickey is the film critic for "The Philadelphia Inquirer." She talks to Steve Paulson about how Marshall McLuhan's ideas influenced David Cronenberg's 1983 sci-fi/horror film, as chronicled in her essay, "Videodrome; Make Mine Cronenberg."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Entomologist Deborah Gordon tells Steve Paulson that ant colonies run with no one in charge.  She’s spent years figuring out how they do it.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Eula Biss recommends "The Argonauts" by Maggie Nelson.

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