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Which Feathered Dinosaurs Could Fly? | Some French Cheeses At Risk Of Extinction
Episode 711
How Do You Know If A Feathered Dinosaur Could Fly?
Not all birds can fly. Penguins, ostriches, and kiwis are some famous examples.
It’s pretty easy to …
1 year, 10 months ago
Climate Scientist Michael Mann Wins Defamation Case
Episode 710
Climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann won a defamation lawsuit against two conservative writers last week.
The verdict was 12 years in the making. In 201…
1 year, 10 months ago
Odysseus Lander Heads To The Moon | Ohio Chemical Spill, One Year Later
Episode 709
If successful, Odysseus will be the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon since the Apollo mission. And, in East Palestine, Ohio, the stream that…
1 year, 11 months ago
One Crisis After Another: Designing Cities For Resiliency
Episode 708
Over the past few years, many cities around the world have changed dramatically as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with shifts in office use and c…
1 year, 11 months ago
Using Sound To Unpack The History Of Astronomy
Episode 707
Looking into space can be pretty daunting. How do we make sense of the vast expanse above our heads, the millions of stars we might be able to see, a…
1 year, 11 months ago
Colorectal Cancer Rates Rising In Young People | What An AI Learns From A Baby
Episode 706
Colorectal Cancer Rates Are Rising In Young People
Gastrointestinal medicine practitioners have noticed something strange in recent years: More and mo…
1 year, 11 months ago
A Black Physician’s Analysis Of The Legacy Of Racism In Medicine
Episode 705
Uché Blackstock always knew she wanted to be a doctor. Her mother was a physician at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. Uché and her twin s…
1 year, 11 months ago
Faraway Planets With Oceans Of Magma | The Art And Science Of Trash Talk
Episode 704
Hycean planets were thought to be covered by oceans of water, but a new study suggests it could be magma instead. And, author Rafi Kohan explains the…
1 year, 11 months ago
Is Each Fingerprint On Your Hand Unique? | In This Computer Component, Data Slides Through Honey
Episode 701
A new study uses artificial intelligence to show that each of our ten fingerprints are remarkably similar to one another. Plus, honey could be the se…
1 year, 11 months ago
The FDA Approved The First CRISPR-Based Therapy. What’s Next?
Episode 700
Last month the FDA approved a new treatment for sickle cell disease, the first medical therapy to use CRISPR gene editing technology. It works by ide…
1 year, 11 months ago