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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Chris Hardman decided to redesign the calendar, representing time and the seasons the way we experience them in the natural world.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Why do we sleep? No-one really knows, but neuro-scientist Bob Stickgold tells Jim Fleming about his ideas concerning sleep and why it’s important.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Coral reefs and many of the oceans' marvels may disappear before this century ends, according to a new scientific study. Science writer Elizabeth Kolbert says we're facing the sixth great extinction. She tells stories from the front lines of the fight against extinction, from Panama to Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Eddie Lenihan tells a story told to him by the foreman of a road construction crew in Ireland.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Gilmour decided to let his son, Jesse, drop out of school, provided that he agree to watch three movies a week with his father. He talks about this experience.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Derick Burleson won the Felix Pollack Prize for his collection of poems about Rwanda, called "Ejo."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

As part of the series on death and dying Dan Pierotti and his wife Judy invited us in to the last months of Dan's life. Here's the 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Edmund White recommends Henry Green's 1950 novel, "Nothing."

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