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Massive Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica, Revealing Wonders Below
Episode 999
In January, an iceberg the size of Chicago splintered off from the Antarctic Peninsula and drifted away in the Bellingshausen Sea.
As luck would have …
9 months, 1 week ago
TikTok Is Shaping How We Think About ADHD
Episode 998
Mental health information on social media can be both revelatory and misleading. How do clinicians and their patients make sense of it?
TikTok and oth…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Engineering Lessons One Year After The Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Episode 997
Engineers take an in-depth look at why the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed and how to prevent future tragedies.
In the early morning o…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
23andMe Bankruptcy | A Coating That Can Slow A Golf Ball’s Roll
Episode 996
The company has genetic data of 15 million people, which could be shared with a future buyer. Here’s how to delete it. Plus, an experimental coating …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
AI Word Choice | When Dwarf Lemurs Hibernate, Their Chromosomes Do Something Odd
Episode 995
Certain words are overrepresented in text written by AI language models. A study investigates why such patterns develop. Also, the ends of chromosome…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Developing Faster, Simpler Tools To Treat Tuberculosis
Episode 994
TB kills more than a million people each year. Dr. Mireille Kamariza has spent her career developing better detection and treatment tools.
As the Unit…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Author John Green On The Many Ways Tuberculosis Shaped Human Life
Episode 993
In a new book, author John Green traces how the disease has impacted culture, geography, and even fashion over the centuries.
Tuberculosis (TB) has ha…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
DESI Data Strengthens Evidence Of Change In Dark Energy
Episode 992
Researchers built the largest 3D map of our universe yet. What they found supports the idea that dark energy could have evolved over time.
One of the …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
NASA Astronauts Return To Earth After Extended Stay On The ISS | Bottle "Pop" Physics
Episode 991
After nine months aboard the International Space Station, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have finally landed back on Earth. Also, a Germa…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Evolving Science Of How Childhood Trauma Shapes Adults | Butterfly Memories
Episode 990
The framework of Adverse Childhood Experiences started with an unexpected finding over 30 years ago. How is our approach changing?
We know that exper…
9 months, 3 weeks ago