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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Actor Tracy Arnold reads excerpts from the email of Rachel Corrie, the young American peace activist who was recently killed by an Israeli Army bulldozer in the Gaza Strip.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

As far as questions of neurology, perhaps no creature is more mysterious and amazing than the octopus. In this EXTENDED interview, science writer Sy Montgomery talks about what she discovered when she met Athena, an octopus at the New England Aquarium.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

S.T. Joshi says Lovecraft was always interested in pure science and has many imitators among contemporary writers.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Everyone's afraid of something. Here's a small sampling of fears from Question Bridge: Black Males, a transmedia project that fosters dialogue between African American men of diverse backgrounds.

Question Bridge: Black Males was created by Chris Johnson and Hank WIllis Thomas, with Bayeté Ross Smith and Kamal Sinclair.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Harvard psychologist Shelley Carson explores new research on how to amplify creativity.

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Vikram Chandra writes in English, the language of the colonizer, and faces accusations that he's not really an Indian writer.

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Steve Paulson talks with some leading Darwin experts and goes to see Darwin's letters at Cambridge University in England to try to get at Darwin's views on God.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In collaboration with David Lynch, Mark Frost co-created one of the most enduring fictional universes of all time — Twin Peaks. Now Frost has written an innovative novel that takes a deep dive into the history of the surreal logging town.

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