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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

A cancer patient took some psilocybin to help with the fear and panic about dying. A single dose created a life-changing experience in her final months.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Is there anything science won't tackle? The lastest question, "What is beauty?" We talk with two neuroscientists and an art historian about the new field of neuroaesthetics.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Chris Rodriguez is a felon serving time at Green Haven Correctional Facility in Stormville, NY. Some of his writing is included in the anthology “Undoing Time."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Photographer Sarah Sudhoff has made art out of death.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Assman is a German film-maker who spent time with the Iranian women's National Football Team as they played their first game in decades.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Flash mobs: seemingly random gatherings of complete strangers doing something completely out of the ordinary. Bill Wasik started this craze.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Claire Tomalin has written a biography of nineteenth century novelist Thomas Hardy which reveals that he thought of himself as primarily a poet.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

So your future self’s woken up at home on this weekday in 2055. Time for work, right?

But what kind of work? With America’s old industries sagging, what kind of jobs will we do?

To tackle that question, Steve Paulson sat down with MIT management professor, Erik Brynjolfsson.

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