The Chicago Humanities Festival is rolling out a Spring 2026 slate that scatters big-name conversations across neighborhood stages and Northwestern’s campus. Running March 24 through June 28, the ...

It’s the first St. Patrick’s Day since one of the Triad’s most popular Irish restaurants shut its doors, but there are still plenty of places where you ...

A jury will decide whether the man accused of shooting and killing a Greensboro police officer should face the death penalty.

What makes us who we are? In Radio 4's discussion programme to start off the week, Tom Sutcliffe and guests explore consciousness and identity, and whether the face reveals our inner thoughts and ...

Not surprisingly, Pollan’s journey goes toward artifical intelligence (AI) and scientists who are attempting to create a machine with true feelings, as well as ones with subjective experience. The AI ...

Looking for some perspective in the kitchen? Here are 6 stellar food documentaries that will change how you see what’s on your plate.

Michael Pollan explores theories of consciousness in animals, plants and machines, examining the “hard problem” of subjective experience in his new book “A World Appears”.

Chefs are artists, burying themselves in a canvas of porcelain painting with ingredients and showing us not only how to make the classics with needlepoint precision but also what food can actually ...

Of all of the top contenders for the hardest problem in science, perhaps the most important to our lived experience is this: What, exactly, is consciousness? Humans have a highly complex brain and, ...

Louise Pearl’s one-woman show “Pass the Nails and Shame The Devil” will be playing on Saturdays from March 7 to April 18 at The Marsh. Credit: David Allen Never miss local events! Sign up for ...

PBS NC helps your community explore new worlds and ideas through programs that educate, inform and inspire. Your ...