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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Over the last several years, new developments in personal health tracking products have multiplied exponentially. But human interest in measuring and tracking elements of our bodily needs stretches back hundreds of years. Professor Natasha Schüll discusses these current trends and their history, based on research she's done for a forthcoming book called "Keeping Track."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Anne talks with Chinese superstar Cui Jian about his new album.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In the days of tall ships and explorers, people collected exotic wonders in cabinets of curiosities, wunderkameren. Writer and teacher Heather McDougal has long loved those early days of science. Her blog's called "Cabinet of Wonders."

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As water becomes a scare resource, how about taxing everyone for the water they use? That's Michal Charles Moore's dangerous idea.

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We’re all looking for something. All of us. Some of us are seeking God. Others, we’re seeking fame and fortune. But Hmong teenager Dao Chang was looking for something that you can usually find close to home - her mother.

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Writer and film-maker Arthur Bradford tells Steve Paulson about some of the stories in his collection “Dogwalker."

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Celia Brooks Brown tells Anne Strainchamps vegetarian food is gaining in popularity because it is healthy and delicious.

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Dominique Lapierre talks about “Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World’s Deadliest Industrial Disaster.” He says thousands of people died because they fled in the wrong direction.

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