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Trump’s Nominee For NASA Administrator Meets Congress
Episode 1007
On Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation heard testimony from Jared Isaacman, President Trump’s nominee to lead NAS…
11 months ago
How Real Doctors Brought ‘The Pitt’ To Life
Episode 1006
We go inside the scientifically accurate ER world created for the TV show with one of its medical consultants.
What is it actually like to work in an …
11 months ago
What Will Replace The International Space Station?
Episode 1005
NASA is planning to decommission the International Space Station by the end of 2030. The ISS, which began operations in 2000, is reaching the end of …
11 months, 1 week ago
What Artificial General Intelligence Could Mean For Our Future
Episode 1004
What happens when AI moves beyond convincing chatbots and custom image generators to something that matches—or outperforms—humans?
Each week, tech com…
11 months, 1 week ago
Climate Change Has Made Allergy Season Worse. How Do We Cope?
Episode 1003
In many parts of the United States, spring has sprung. There’s nothing quite like those first few beautiful days of spring. They’re delightful—until …
11 months, 1 week ago
Microdosing Peanut Butter Could Alleviate Some Peanut Allergies
Episode 1002
Over the past two decades, rates of peanut allergies in children have more than tripled. A variety of theories has been proposed to explain this, fro…
11 months, 1 week ago
The Department Of Health And Human Services Cuts 10,000 Jobs
Episode 1001
The cuts hit multiple agencies, affecting work on HIV, gun violence prevention, vaccines, minority health research, and more.
On April 1, thousands of…
11 months, 1 week ago
Forecasting Cuts Spark Worries About Hurricane Season | Soothing Babies With Music
Episode 1000
Emergency response experts say that funding and staff cuts at the National Weather Service could mean less reliable weather forecast. And, babies lik…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
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 …
11 months, 2 weeks 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…
11 months, 2 weeks ago