Best of Our Knowledge
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The Best Of Our Knowledge # 1126
It's not often that a children's book stands out...but that's what the people at National Geographic set out to do. Today on The Best Of Our Knowledge, we'll talk to the book's author. Then we'll check in on a collage in Massachusetts which just received nearly a million dollars to establish an early education resource center. We'll also spend an academic minute trying to figure out if you'd rather be happy or rich.
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The Best Of Our Knowledge # 1125
Astronomers have discovered the darkest known exoplanet - a distant, Jupiter-sized gas giant known as TrES-2b. And the most amazing thing about this discovery is that, apparently, you can find one too if you know where to look. Today on The Best Of Our Knowledge, our astrobiology series takes us hundreds of light years away, beyond our galaxy...right in our back yard. We'll also spend an academic minute finding out how we actually know what orbiting distant stars.
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The Best Of Our Knowledge # 1124
This is the time of year when many high school seniors really start revving up their preparations for the SAT. Today on The Best Of Our Knowledge, a student who aced his SAT will tell us how he upped his score. Then we'll visit a school in San Francisco that has grade schools writing novels, playing songs...and learning to weld. And we'll spend an academic minute in the expanding world of wireless networks.
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The Best Of Our Knowledge # 1123
Kyle Baumgartner was a high school athlete with a promising professional future when, in the blink of an eye...a concussion and brain injury ended his dreams of a professional career in sports...and almost ended his life. Today on The Best Of Our Knowledge, we'll hear his story of living with a brain injury. We'll also visit a center where music therapy is trying reach the most injured minds. And we'll spend an academic minute looking at the merits of disability studies.
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The Best Of Our Knowledge # 1122
Today on The Best Of Our Knowledge, we'll talk to a journalist about her book exploring the way we deal with learning disabilities in the US. We'll also visit with the puzzle master, Wil Shortz...the editor of the New York Times crossword puzzle. And we'll spend an academic minute playing some video games.
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The Best Of Our Knowledge # 1121
Today on The Best Of Our Knowledge, we'll talk to a math professor about the state of math education in the US. Then we'll hear a story about teachers in the mid-west...and how they are getting beaten up in a politically charged climate. And we'll spend an academic minute with words and numbers and see how it all turns out.
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The Best Of Our Knowledge # 1120
Working in Chicago in the 1950s, a scientist named Stanley Miller conducted a now classic experiment that changed the way researchers have investigated the origins of life ever since. Today on The Best Of Our Knowledge, we'll be joined by a researcher who is building upon Dr. Miller's work. Then we'll find out how society reaps an almost ten fold return on money spend on early education programs. And we'll spend an academic minute with the most famous blue haired lady in the world.
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