The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.We’ll learn how researchers are using a video game to identify people experiencing depression.And a new study reveals human DNA can survive for thousands of years in underground caves.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.As prospective students weigh the cost and demands of achieving a college degree, the first three-year bachelor’s degree programs in Massachusetts are preparing for launch. We’ll speak with the state’s Commissioner of Higher Education about the effort to reimagine the college experience.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.A very common houseplant is revealing the secret math of plants.And scientists estimate an underground network of tiny fungal filaments would, if placed end-to-end, span 10 percent of our Milky Way galaxy.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.A new study finds that fish are similar to humans in how they sleep.And researchers used a drone to track honey bees. They found the insects have surprisingly precise flight patterns.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.Scientists have analyzed the fossilized poop of prehistoric ground squirrels. The findings tell us a lot about life in North America 700,000 years ago.And an ancient gravesite found in modern-day Germany offers a new glimpse into the Bronze Age.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.Not all answers given by artificial intelligence-powered chatbots are equal. It can be that, based on what language users might ask their question, a chatbot may give a different response.We’ll speak with a researcher who was part of a time that examined how government media control affects AI.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.The commencement address has become a way for colleges and universities to make headlines – and maybe a viral moment – but, in the information age, some speakers carry a risk.And a recent study on remoras – the suckerfish that attached to large sea animals – has scientists rethinking the fish’s relationship with manta rays.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.A new scientific breakthrough is changing the way research think about our sense of smell.And we’ll learn about a particular species of ant that spends its days cleaning ants of a separate species.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.On this episode, we’ll the explore the phenomenon of musical daydreams.Our guest is Elizabeth Margulis, Director of the Music Cognition Lab at Princeton University. She writes about the ability of music to bring the listener to another time and place in her book, ‘TRANSPORTED: The Everyday Magic of Musical Daydreams.’

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.On this episode, we’ll learn how an unusual fossil offered scientists a new glimpse into the evolutionary history of some of Earth’s earliest animals.And we’ll learn how pirate gold helped dispel a centuries-old rumor among seafaring European traders.