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Don't Call It Dirt: The Science Of Soil
Episode 796
It's easy to overlook the soil beneath our feet, or to think of it as just dirt to be cleaned up. But soil wraps the world in an envelope of life: It…
3 years, 6 months ago
Arts Week: Physics Meets The Circus
Episode 795
Julia Ruth's job takes a lot of strength, a lot of balance, and a surprising amount of physics. She's a circus artist — and has performed her acrobat…
3 years, 7 months ago
Arts Week: The Life Cycle Of A Neuron
Episode 794
An exhibit that blended science and technology for an immersive art experience went on display in Washington, DC and New York City in 2021 and 2022. …
3 years, 7 months ago
Arts Week: The Literary Magazine Dissecting Health And Healing
Episode 793
New York's Bellevue Hospital is the oldest public hospital in the country, serving patients from all walks of life. It's also the home of a literary …
3 years, 7 months ago
Arts Week: How Art Can Heal The Brain
Episode 792
Arts therapies appear to ease a host of brain disorders from Parkinson's to PTSD. But these treatments that rely on music, poetry or visual arts have…
3 years, 7 months ago
Arts Week: Harnessing Bacteria For Art
Episode 791
Pull out your art supplies because it's time to get crafty—with agar! We're beginning Arts Week at the intersection of biology and art. Therein lies …
3 years, 7 months ago
Happy Thanksgiving, All!
Episode 790
Emily and Aaron wish you a Happy Thanksgiving, and explain how you can help the show. Hint: It's giving us feedback about what you love and think we …
3 years, 7 months ago
Three Takeaways From The COP27 Climate Conference
Episode 789
The climate meeting known as COP27 has wrapped. Representatives from almost 200 countries attended to talk about how to tackle climate change and how…
3 years, 7 months ago
A Taste Of Lab-Grown Meat
Episode 788
The idea came to Uma Valeti while he was working on regrowing human tissue to help heart attack patients: If we can grow tissue from cells in a lab, …
3 years, 7 months ago
A Deeply Personal Race Against A Fatal Brain Disease
Episode 787
In the mornings, Sonia Vallabh and Eric Minikel's first job is to get their two garrulous kids awake, fed and out the door to daycare and kindergarte…
3 years, 7 months ago