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Back to SearchHistoric 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months ago
Pizza Science, Remembering E.O. Wilson And Richard Leakey. Jan 7 2022, Part 2
Episode 439
How A Former Microsoft Exec Mastered The Perfect Slice—Using Science
Who doesn’t love pizza? It’s a magical combination of sauce, cheese, crust, and …
4 years, 3 months ago
Best Science Books Of 2021, Glitter Bad For Environment. December 31, 2021, Part 1
Episode 437
Glitter Gets An Eco-Friendly Glimmer
Glitter—it’s everywhere this time of year. You open up a holiday card, and out comes a sprinkle of it. And that …
4 years, 4 months ago
Celebration Of Weird Ice, Non-Melting Jelly, Former NIH Director Reflects On His Tenure. December 31, 2021, Part 2
Episode 438
From the Arctic To Enceladus: A Celebration Of Unusual Ice
With the Arctic’s annual summer ice cover hovering at record lows; and a new record low in…
4 years, 4 months ago
American Chestnut, ‘Don’t Look Up’ Movie, Aurora Electrons. December 24, 2021, Part 1
Episode 436
The Resurrection Of The American Chestnut
At the turn of the 20th century, the American chestnut towered over other trees in forests along the easter…
4 years, 4 months ago
Looking Back On A Century Of Science, Holiday Math. December 24, 2021, Part 2
Episode 435
Looking Back On A Century of Science
In 1921, the discovery of radium was just over 20 years in the past. And the double helix of DNA was still over …
4 years, 4 months ago
Big Trees, Masks And Singing, Capturing Holiday Scents, Unseen Body. Dec 17, 2021, Part 2
Episode 434
Big Trees, Big Benefits
When you think about big trees, likely what comes to mind are some of the Earth’s biggest trees, like giant sequoias or redwo…
4 years, 4 months ago
James Webb Space Telescope, Vaccination And Church, Maine Puffins. Dec 17, 2021, Part 1
Episode 433
A Spike In Winter COVID Cases Begins
The United States reached a grim milestone this week: 800,000 total deaths from COVID-19.
A winter spike in COVI…
4 years, 4 months ago