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What Do Stem Cells Mean For The Future Of Parkinson's?
Episode 1344
Parkinson’s Disease affects around a million people in the United States. And that number is on the rise, in part because our population is getting o…
1 year ago
The Surprisingly Long History Of Nose Jobs
Episode 1343
Rhinoplasty is one of the most common facial plastic surgeries performed today. And it turns out, the ability to reconstruct a nose with living tissu…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Most Convincing Evidence Yet Of Life On Mars
Was there ever life on Mars? Planetary scientists think there could have been but there hasn’t been any direct evidence. After years of roaming Mars,…
1 year, 1 month ago
Brain Implants Are Here — And Getting Better
Episode 1341
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are surgically implanted devices that link the brain to a computer. They can be helpful for people who’ve lost the a…
1 year, 1 month ago
'Interstellar': Time Dilation And Wormholes Explained
Episode 1340
Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar was a phenomenon in 2014. Set in the future, Earth has been struck by a global crop blight. Former NASA pilot Cooper…
1 year, 1 month ago
Sip or Skip? The Truth About Electrolytes
Episode 1339
U.S. consumers spend more than $10 billion a year on sports drinks, according to Beverage Industry, a trade publication. And we can’t lie that someti…
1 year, 1 month ago
What Marsquakes Reveal About The Planet's Habitability
Mars is known for its barren desert landscape and dry climate. But two recent studies in the journals Nature and Science go beneath the surface, expl…
1 year, 1 month ago
Have a Stutter? It Could Be Inherited
Episode 1337
For a long time, scientists have suspected that stuttering — a common speech condition that affects an estimated 1 in every 100 people — could be her…
1 year, 1 month ago
Stopping SSRIs Can Be Hard. Researchers Are Unsure Why
Episode 1336
More than 1 in 10 people in the United States take an antidepressant. And the most commonly prescribed type of antidepressant are SSRIs — or selectiv…
1 year, 1 month ago
A (Monday Night) Football Mystery
Monday night football is back! What better way to celebrate than a close look at some of the physics powering the sport? Specifically, the spiral pas…
1 year, 1 month ago