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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Daniel Matt tells Steve Paulson that the Big Bang Theory is science's creation myth...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

We've turned our hearts over to software; 30 million Americans have online dating profiles. About one-fifth of all new relationships in North America start with people meeting online. 

So far, the algorithms don't seem to know much more than we do, about what we're looking for.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

For eight years Anu Garg has been sending e-mail to a half million people in two hundred countries around the world, but it's not spam. It's "A Word a Day," a message with a definition, the word's etymology and an example of how to use it.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Composer Philip Glass says he was transported by "The Wayfinders" - Wade Davis' celebration of indigenous cultures.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Dalton and his sister were assistants on Warhol's early Pop Art paintings when they were in their teens...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Dr. Ted Kaptchuk tells Steve Paulson about the work of some Danish researchers who have concluded that “the Placebo effect” is a myth.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Azby Brown is an American architect who lives in Tokyo.  He tells Jim Fleming how a Japanese family of four can live comfortably in a house under 1000 square feet in size.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Bruce Watson tells Steve Paulson why Erector Sets were so huge. They reflected the spirit of America’s Industrial Age, and A.C. Gilbert marketed them directly to boys.

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