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NASA Opens Canister With Asteroid Sample | ADHD Prescription Rates Spiked During The Pandemic
Episode 697
Engineers had to design bespoke tools to open the OSIRIS-REx capsule nearly four months after it arrived back on Earth. Also, prescription rates for …
2 years, 5 months ago
AI Helps Find Ancient Artifacts In The Great Lakes | An Artist Combines Indigenous Textiles With Modern Tech
Episode 693
Researchers in Michigan modeled a prehistoric land bridge and used AI to predict where caribou–and humans–might have traveled along it. Also, artist …
2 years, 5 months ago
When The ‘Personal’ Computer Turned 30
Episode 691
When Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple Macintosh in January of 1984, the visual user interface, all-in-one design, and mouse-controlled navigation were r…
2 years, 5 months ago
How The Moon Transformed Life On Earth, From Climate to Timekeeping
Episode 690
For almost their entire 4.5 billion-year existence, Earth and its moon have been galactic neighbors. And the moon isn’t just Earth’s tiny sidekick—th…
2 years, 5 months ago
From Scans To Office Visits: How Will AI Shape Medicine?
Episode 692
Researchers continue to test out new ways to use artificial intelligence in medicine.
Some research shows that AI is better at reading mammograms than…
2 years, 5 months ago
Rhesus Monkey Cloned With Modified Approach Has Survived Into Adulthood
Episode 689
This week, a research team in China reported that it had successfully cloned a rhesus monkey, which has lived normally for over two years and reached…
2 years, 5 months ago
3,000 Types Of Brain Cells Categorized In Massive Brain Cell Atlas
Episode 688
In October 2023, an international group of scientists released an impressively detailed cell atlas of the human brain, published in 21 papers in the …
2 years, 5 months ago
Brain ‘Organoids’: Lab-Grown Cell Clusters Model Brain Functions
Episode 685
Brain organoids are grown in a lab using stem cells, and can mimic the functions of different regions of the brain like the cortex, retina, and cereb…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Lasting Allure Of Shackleton’s ‘Endurance’
Episode 687
In a conversation from March 2023, the maritime archeologist who found the storied wreck discusses the mission and his new book.
There are few stories…
2 years, 5 months ago
How Close Are We To Answers About Aliens?
Episode 684
The idea of creatures from another planet is part of our culture, from the warnings of the alien in “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” to the plaintive…
2 years, 5 months ago