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Episode 449
An Abrupt Departure For Biden’s Science Adviser
This week, Eric Lander, the Presidential science advisor and head of the Office of Science and Techno…
3 years, 11 months ago
Phasing Out “Problematic” Plastics, Sticky Surface Science, Monarch Boom. Feb 4, 2022, Part 2
Episode 448
Phasing Out “Problematic” Plastics
Plastic packaging is just about impossible to avoid. Getting takeout? You’ll likely wind up with a plastic contain…
3 years, 11 months ago
Brain Donation, Meat And Human Evolution, Bird Song, Space Station Retirement. Feb 4, 2022, Part 1
Episode 447
Date Set For International Space Station’s Burial At Sea
The International Space Station was never going to last forever. And its expiration date had…
3 years, 11 months ago
Fake COVID Testing Sites, Cannabis And Exercise, Electric Aviation. Jan 28, 2022, Part 2
Episode 446
Beware Of Fake Pop-Up COVID Sites
In recent months, mobile COVID-19 testing tents and vans have sprouted on urban sidewalks and street curbs as deman…
3 years, 11 months ago
Saving Manatees, Nighttime Satellite Streaks, Webb Telescope Update. Jan 28, 2022, Part 1
Episode 445
Space-X Booster To Hit The Moon, After Years Of Hurtling Through Space
A Space-X rocket booster is on track to slam into the moon, which scientists p…
3 years, 11 months ago
Epstein-Barr Virus and MS, Agrivoltaics, Ag School Influence, Social Cues From Saliva. Jan 21, 2022, Part 1
Episode 444
Scientists Are Working On A Universal COVID Vaccine
As the Omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spike around the U.S., there are scient…
3 years, 11 months ago
Airborne eDNA, Beetle Jumps, Wordle Psychology, City Pigeons. Jan 21, 2022, Part 2
Episode 443
Identifying Animals Through Airborne DNA
In recent years, the technique of eDNA—environmental DNA, or samples taken from the environment, as opposed …
3 years, 11 months ago
Historic Big Bang Debate, Black Hole Sounds, Plant DNA Mutations. Jan 14, 2022, Part 2
Episode 442
A Debate Over How The Universe Began
Even though it’s commonly accepted today, the Big Bang theory was not always the universally accepted scientific…
4 years ago
Omicron And Kids, Ivermectin Origins, Icefish Nests. Jan 14, 2022, Part 1
Episode 441
A Replacement Heart, From A Pig
This week, doctors reported that they had successfully transplanted a heart taken from a pig into a human being, a ty…
4 years ago
Omicron News, COVID Severity Questions, Bird Count. Jan 7 2022, Part 1
Episode 440
Omicron Variant Drives Winter COVID Surge
The United States set a global record this week, recording roughly one million new coronavirus tests in a s…
4 years ago