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What The Heck Is A Rock Glacier?
Episode 1148
Even though there are more than 10,000 rock glaciers in the western United States, most people would look at one without knowing it. Unlike the snowy glaciers we're more familiar with, rock glaciers …
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Anxious? Try Watching A Scary Movie
Episode 1147
In human history, fear kept us safe when running from predators and anxiety kept us from going back to that lion-infested area. But what happens when these feelings get out of hand in humans today? A…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
How Do You Spot A Liar?
Episode 1146
For over a century, we've been inventing technology to catch liars in the act. To this end, the polygraph was invented and became wildly popular in the mid-20th century. Then, there was an era of "mi…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Mapping The Entire Fruit Fly Brain
Episode 1145
Fruit fly brains are smaller than a poppy seed, but that doesn't mean they aren't complex. For the first time, researchers have published a complete diagram of 50 million connections in an adult frui…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
What Lightning And Black Holes Have In Common
Episode 1144
Lightning: It happens all the time, and yet the exact details of how it's made has long eluded scientists. That is, until now. New research out this week in the journal Nature holds new insights into…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Why Astronomers Are Teaching Climate Change
Episode 1143
Years ago, astronomy professors started noticing something that troubled them: Many of their students didn't understand climate change and the science supporting it. So a small group of professors de…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
If Fungi Win, Will We Be Ready?
Episode 1142
Over six million fungal species are believed to inhabit planet Earth. Outsmarting them is the work of Arturo Casadevall's lifetime. What If Fungi Win? is the question at the heart of Arturo's new boo…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Do NYC Birds Hold The Clues To The Next Pandemic?
Episode 1141
Most viruses that become epidemics in humans begin in other animals. It's how scientists suspect COVID-19 emerged. And now, less than five years after the start of the pandemic, some scientists are c…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Hurricane Helene Is Here And Powerful
Episode 1140
Governors across the southeastern United States have declared statewide states of emergency as Hurricane Helene continues its ascent. After forming in the northwestern Caribbean Sea Tuesday, Helene e…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
The Reality Of OCD
Episode 1139
Around 2% of the global population struggles with obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD. That's roughly 163 million people who go through cycles of obsessions – unwanted intrusive thoughts, images or…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago