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An Exoplanet Where It Rains Sand
Episode 651
Scientists observing the exoplanet WASP-107b with the James Webb Space Telescope say that the planet has clouds of sand high in its atmosphere. The s…
2 years, 7 months ago
Ask A Chef: How Can I Use Science To Make Thanksgiving Tastier?
Episode 648
Do you ever wonder about the science behind making that perfect holiday meal? A lot of factors determine if a turkey gets golden, mashed potatoes tur…
2 years, 7 months ago
Monumental And Invisible: How Infrastructure Works
Episode 645
Perhaps you’ve marveled at the engineering feats of the Golden Gate Bridge or the Hoover Dam. Maybe you’ve thought about how many train tracks run in…
2 years, 7 months ago
Everything You Never Knew About Squash And Pumpkins
Episode 647
It’s a wonderful time of the year: squash, pumpkin, and gourd season. But how do those giant, award-winning pumpkins grow so big? And what’s the diff…
2 years, 7 months ago
How A University Is Adjusting One Year After ChatGPT
Episode 644
One year ago, OpenAI released ChatGPT, a generative AI chatbot that can generate shockingly convincing text. Since then, it has become a center of gr…
2 years, 7 months ago
Euclid Telescope’s First Images | A Black Hole That Came From Gas
Episode 646
A new ESA telescope could help us understand how dark matter and dark energy influence the structure of the universe. Also, using both JWST and the C…
2 years, 7 months ago
How Five Elements Define Life On Earth
Episode 642
Over 99% of a human cell is made up of just five elements: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus. That same elemental mix exists, with m…
2 years, 7 months ago
Climate Future Exhibit | Oregon's Proposed Fish Vacuum
Episode 639
A Climate Change Exhibit Asks ‘What If We Get It Right?’
Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, a marine biologist and co-founder of the nonprofit Urban Ocean L…
2 years, 7 months ago
How A Deaf Advisory Group Is Changing Healthcare
Episode 641
When Tamiko Rafeek admitted herself to the hospital a few years ago, she asked for an interpreter. “I was feeling very, very sick that day,” she reca…
2 years, 7 months ago
40 Years Of Sounding The Alarm On Nuclear Winter
Episode 643
This week holds anniversaries for two important milestones in nuclear warfare. On November 1, 1952, the United States detonated a massive hydrogen bo…
2 years, 7 months ago