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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Neuroscientist David Eagleman says most of the brain's real action happens below the level of the conscious mind.  He calls the brain "a team of rivals," since different parts of the brain compete against each other.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Anthropologist Alia Gurtov was one of the first people to crawl into the Dinaledi Chamber to see the Homo naledi fossils. She describes the harrowing climb into the cave, where she had to crawl through tiny passages to retrieve the bones.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

It’s 2055, a regular weekday morning… Where do you wake up? With a booming population and more people moving into urban areas, chances are you’d be living in a city. But what might that city look like?
Mitchell Joaquim is an architect, and one of the founders of the innovative design group, TerreForm1.

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Sam Kriss' Dangerous Idea?  Pleasantness is evil.

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Historian Erik Durschmied tells Steve Paulson about some of the significant battles throughout history that turned on a change in the weather.

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Pianist Christopher O'Riley performs the classics but also covers the rock music of his own time.

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Don Foster tells Anne Strainchamps how he uses computer-assisted textual analysis to prove or disprove authorship of literary texts.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Of course, After the Romance can also come break-ups. The silver-lining to any break-up? The soundtrack.

Robin Linn and Jason Saldanha of Sound Opinions join producer Sara Nics to talk about songs of rage, revenge and moving on.

Looking for the full list of suggested break-up song? Here it is.

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