From our earliest days, the pursuit of knowledge in this country was never just about learning—it was a civic act.

True to its nature, Impromptus today brings up a variety of issues, including populism, immigration, and baseball. It ends with a note on two of my most cherished Frenchmen, Raymond Aron and Jean-F… ...

The notion of 'really useful knowledge' was originated from the workers' awareness of the need for self-education in the early 19th century. In the 1820s and 1830s, workers' organizations in ...

About halfway through his new book “Knowing What We Know,” Simon Winchester devotes several pages to a British organization, founded in 1826, called the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ...

Why Useless Knowledge Can Be So Useful. Season 12 Episode 17 | 14m 35s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Our lizard friend the Gila monster probably has no idea that a chemical in its spit inspired ...

Imagine you had some useful knowledge — maybe a secret recipe, or the key to a cipher. Could you prove to a friend that you had that knowledge, without revealing anything about it? Computer scientists ...