The Best Of Our Knowledge

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. On this episode, we’ll learn about how one artist views and creates visual art through the use of artificial intelligence – and discuss the importance of AI literacy. And American cities are sinking. We’ll learn how satellites are used to track shifting population centers.

  The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. On this program, we’ll learn about curious orcas. The Supreme Court has issued a decision could affect religious freedom in schools. And we’ll speak with an artist whose medium of choice is Lego.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. It’s summertime and people are flocking to the beach. On today’s program we will talk about sharks! We will uncover why they are misunderstood and all the important information about the “perceived ultra-predator.”

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. Researchers have revealed how an otherwise ordinary moth in Australia uses the stars to make an annual voyage. And a coalition of teachers’ unions is suing the Trump administration over billions of dollars in frozen education aid.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. On this episode, we’ll speak with investigative journalist Mariah Blake. Blake’s new book “They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals” chronicles the decade-long fight for clean drinking water in the small community of Hoosick Falls, New York.

On this episode, we’ll learn how an introduced fish population in the Adirondacks has evolved to avoid capture. New research has revealed neurons tied to binge drinking. And we’ll spend time with historians working to bring back a centuries-old barn in the Berkshires.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. Unlocking a genetic mystery, scientists studying an unusual jellyfish-like creature have determined the animal to have multiple lineages. A new report examines an adolescent literacy gap. And we’ll visit a new museum dedicated to all things pinball.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. On this episode, we’ll learn how artificial intelligence is allowing scientists to understand brain function. A new algorithm illuminates the brain’s internal wiring. Researchers are gaining new insight into the brain’s reward system.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. We’ll speak with one of a handful of winners of this year’s Dan David Prize. Hamilton College professor Mackenzie Cooley received the world’s largest history prize for her study of “bioprospecting.” And we’ll speak with school administrators in New York about the state’s new ban on cell phones in schools.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. New research offers a glimpse at the evolutionary link between prehistoric creatures and contemporary fowl. And fossilized amber is sought after for jewelry. A new study demonstrates the substance that takes Mother Nature millions of years to create can be synthesized in the lab.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are predicting an active 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. We’ll speak with an atmospheric scientist about this year’s forecast. The president of Vassar College discusses executive orders directed at colleges and universities. And we’ll speak to a super spe...

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. Humans aren’t the only animals able to keep a beat. And we may not be the best at it either. A new study examines the time-keeping abilities of a special sea lion.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. The East African Savannah is known to be the cradle of humanity. Now, researchers are presenting a different history of homo sapiens, theorizing they evolved all across the continent including in rainforests as early as 150,000 years ago.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. Scientists have discovered a new color. Only a handful of people on Earth have seen “olo” – a greenish-blue hue that can only be seen by using special equipment. And we’ll learn how scientists are aging stars – not by the light they emit, but by their “sound.”

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. In recognition of Mother’s Day, we’ll learn how Affectionate Mothering impacts children as they grow up. It’s graduation season, and students are showcasing their research and preparing for life after college. And new research provides a deeper look at what’s underneath Yellowstone National Park.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. Scientists say recent publications by the MICrONS project are a watershed moment for neuroscience. We’ll speak with Dr. David Markowitz, who coordinated the effort to the develop the most advanced 3D map of neuronal circuitry ever.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. We may not remember our earliest days, but that doesn’t mean that infants aren’t making memories. And in a challenging time for higher education, we’ll speak with the college presidents of two merging institutions.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. As the Trump administration continues to take actions against colleges and universities, we’ll speak with Dr. Havidán Rodríguez, President of the University at Albany, about how the public institution is planning for changing federal policy. And new research examines how stress affects the body at the cellular level.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. Einstein theorized that at the center of a black hole, the laws of time and space break down. But quantum theory might allow researchers to further our understanding of the unknown. And an underground water source that feeds rivers in the Pacific Northwest could be much larger than previously thought.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. Shape-shifting, fluid-like robotic materials may one day no longer exist only in science fiction. We’ll learn about how microplastics could contribute to antibiotic resistance. And students and faculty at UVM ask questions about cuts to federal funding for college campuses.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. New research on aging finds lifestyle and environmental factors may contribute more to aging and health than genetics. We’ll speak with outgoing Hampshire College President Ed Wingenbach about his efforts to stabilize the private Massachusetts institution. And filmmaker Jay Craven tells us about how he involves students...

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. Black students in America are more likely to be disciplined with out-of-school suspension than their white counterparts. Author Aaron Kupchik explores the legacy of racism and segregation in schools. And we’ll cheer on a robotics competition in Massachusetts.  

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research. New research gives a more accurate picture of the lifespan of whales. And some whales may live longer than previously thought. And scientists have located a mysterious, repeating source of radio waves from far across space.

Scientists may have discovered the genetic key that allowed humans to develop complex language. And new research looks deeper into what causes allergic reactions and intolerances to common foods like nuts, milk, and eggs.

Union College in Schenectady, New York has selected its next president. Elizabeth Kiss will become the private institution’s first female president in its 230-year history. And new research reveals new details about the nervous system of octopuses.