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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Nicholas Felton transforms data into something beautiful. As a self-described "information designer" and extremely dedicated life logger, he tracks aspects of his life over the course of the year and then publishes them as "annual reports."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

E.O. Wilson may know more about ants than anyone else on the planet...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Benjamin Reiss tells Steve Paulson how P.T. Barnum got his start: exhibiting an elderly Black woman who claimed to be 161 years old and George Washington’s nanny.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Breaking Bad actor Bob Odenkirk talks about the differences between writing comedy and performing it, his favorite moment as a writer, and comedy as an act of destruction.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Danielle Ofri is a practicing physician today.   It’s a life she owes in part to mentors like "Joseph Sitkin", who taught her as a resident..  In her essay “Intensive Care” from the book “Writer, MD” – she describes her time as a young doctor and the emotional price that can come with a license to practice medicine.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Recently 6 of the top 10 best- sellers in Iceland were his novels about a gloomy Inspector.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Borges' "The Library of Babel" has inspired generations of writers and now, many scientists.  Here, we read several excerpts from the story. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

When Nikka Costa was ten, she was a pop sensation in Europe. Later, she was Britney Spear’s opening act. But she’s left pop music behind and now she’s performing songs by some of the musicians she’s known, including Prince and Frank Sinatra.

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