Episodios

  • Migratory Bison revive the environment
    Sep 29 2025

    The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.

    At Yellowstone National Park about 5,000 Migratory Bison roam and graze the grasslands.

    In new research it hints that these Bison are actually helping the environment with their grazing habits.

    This means that there are potential benefits to restoring Bison to an ecosystem.

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    29 m
  • Nation’s Report Card and “Plan to Reinvent the Liberal Arts”
    Sep 22 2025

    The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.

    The Nation’s Report Card shows a drop in average scores for eighth graders in science and for 12th graders in math and reading.

    And liberal arts colleges are going through a challenging time, but one private college in Massachusetts is "reimagining" education.

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  • Artificial intelligence, campus nutrition, and dragonflies
    Sep 15 2025

    A common dragon fly has an ability to not only survive in polluted water, but thrive.

    We’ll explore how one private college is developing a strategy to safely integrate artificial intelligence into instruction.

    And a public college in Massachusetts is taking a big step to combat food insecurity on campus.

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    29 m
  • Zebrafish and decoding knots
    Sep 8 2025

    The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research.

    Scientists are studying how the small, seemingly ordinary Zebrafish could one day help people restore their hearing.

    And why knot? We’ll speak with a researcher who says knots and string tell stories of human history.

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    29 m
  • Immigration and back-to-school
    Sep 1 2025

    The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research.

    Under President Donald Trump’s push to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School is providing advice to families who are concerned about their children during back-to-school season.

    And an organization representing public school districts in New York has published a report to assist districts attract teachers during a national shortage.

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  • AI art and sinking cities
    Aug 25 2025

    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.

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  • Curious orcas and Lego art
    Aug 11 2025

    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.

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    29 m
  • All about sharks
    Aug 4 2025

    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.”

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    29 m