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Stopping A Deadly Disease On Apache Lands
Episode 1221
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is one of the deadliest tickborne diseases in the United States, often killing people within about a week if left untrea…
1 year, 2 months ago
What Happens Inside A Top-Secret U.S. Nuclear Facility?
Episode 1220
The U.S. tested nuclear weapons until the early 1990s. Since then, scientists have been using supercomputers and experiments to simulate nuclear test…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Dangers Of Mirror Cell Research
Episode 1219
For people with two hands, one is usually dominant. On a molecular level, life takes this to the extreme. All of the DNA in earthly living things twi…
1 year, 2 months ago
How Physics Could Make Big Crowds Safer
Episode 1218
What do large crowds of people and water have in common? They both act like fluids. When crowds cheer, sway and clump together, the movements look li…
1 year, 2 months ago
Microbes: It's Complicated
Episode 1217
For a long time, microbes like the ones in Yellowstone's hot springs were studied in isolation. Molecular ecologist Devaki Bhaya says we should be st…
1 year, 3 months ago
Why Black Holes Are More Than They Seem
Episode 1216
Black holes are notorious for gobbling up, well, everything. They're icons of destruction, ruthless voids, ambivalent abysses from which nothing can …
1 year, 3 months ago
Not All Nature Comebacks Are Equal
Episode 1215
Ecologist Gergana Daskalova moved back to the small Bulgarian town of her childhood. It's a place many people have abandoned — and that's the very r…
1 year, 3 months ago
10 Technologies To Watch
Episode 1214
In a world brimming with innovation and limited time, it can be hard to tell what technology has the potential to really shift life. Yet, every year,…
1 year, 3 months ago
Farts To The Rescue
Episode 1213
Farts are funny and sometimes smelly. But are they a legitimate topic of research?
More than 40% of people worldwide are estimated to suffer from som…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Latest On Bird Flu
Episode 1212
Bird flu, or avian influenza, is spreading among livestock and other mammals in the United States, raising concerns that another pandemic may be loom…
1 year, 3 months ago