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A lemon-shaped planet and a curious cloud

A lemon-shaped planet and a curious cloud

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research. Scientists have discovered a distant planet that resembles a lemon. And while studying a mysterious cloud of hot dust 70 light-years away, researchers have found an unusual star.

Quiara Alegría Hudes on “The White Hot”

Quiara Alegría Hudes on “The White Hot”

On this week's 51%, we speak with author and playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes about her debut novel, The White Hot. Hudes is the Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright of Water by the Spoonful and the musical In the Heights, which she also adapted for the screen....

The Book Show | Patrick Ryan – Buckeye

The Book Show | Patrick Ryan – Buckeye

In his newest novel, "Buckeye," Patrick Ryan explores the ways families hold together even as the past threatens to pull them apart. Moving between generations, Ryan explores how we inherit not just our parents’ habits and hopes, but their unfinished business.