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 speller who participated in the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee.