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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…
2 years, 6 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…
2 years, 6 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…
2 years, 6 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…
2 years, 6 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…
2 years, 6 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…
2 years, 6 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…
2 years, 6 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…
2 years, 6 months ago
Protecting The ‘Satan’ Tarantula | If Termites Wore Stripes, Would Spiders Still Eat Them?
Episode 703
A team of scientists in Ecuador is on a mission to describe new-to-science tarantula species to help secure conservation protections. And, undergradu…
2 years, 6 months ago
Scientists Are Uncovering A World Of ‘Dark Matter’ Carcinogens
Episode 699
Cancer, at its core, is a genetic disease: the result of DNA mutations that cause cells to grow out of control and develop tumors. And over the years…
2 years, 6 months ago