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1077: Why Is The Scopes Trial Still Relevant 100 Years Later?
Episode 1077
In July 1925, the Scopes “Monkey” Trial captivated the nation. On its face, the case was relatively straightforward: A Tennessee biology teacher name…
1 year, 2 months ago
1076: Why Don’t We Have A Vaccine For Lyme Disease?
Episode 1076
It’s shaping up to be one of the worst tick years yet, and concerns about Lyme disease—which is transmitted through the bites of some species—are hig…
1 year, 3 months ago
1080: Is This PTSD Treatment Too Good To Be True?
Episode 1080
About 7% of veterans experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and that number can be closer to 30% for those who have served in a war zone. …
1 year, 3 months ago
1078: Is It Time For A New Model Of The Universe?
Episode 1078
For decades, astronomers have been trying to nail down the value of the Hubble constant—a measure of how fast the universe is expanding. But some cos…
1 year, 3 months ago
1073: How PFAS From A Military Base Has Sickened Nearby Residents
Episode 1073
For decades, residents of the small city of Newburgh, New York, were unknowingly drinking water contaminated with toxic PFAS—also known as forever ch…
1 year, 3 months ago
1047: The Leap: And Then The Sub Went Silent
Episode 1047
Oceanographer Victoria Orphan’s dream was coming true. She was sitting in the Alvin submersible, on one of its deepest science dives ever. But the tr…
1 year, 3 months ago
1072: How These Spiders At The Bottom Of The Sea Eat Methane
Episode 1072
Researchers found a new sea spider with a giant nose, leg cannons, and—most remarkably—a novel way of surviving in the lightless, freezing environmen…
1 year, 3 months ago
1071: As Disasters Escalate, What’s The Future Of FEMA?
Episode 1071
President Trump has said that he wants to phase out FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and move responsibility for dealing with major dis…
1 year, 3 months ago
1070: Spaghetti Science And Mouth Taping Myths
Episode 1070
Most pasta is made from just two ingredients—flour and water. For decades this humble food has prompted physicists around the world to try to underst…
1 year, 3 months ago
1069: The Goo In Your Home Could Help Science Address Climate Change
Episode 1069
We live in a world filled with microbes—they’re inside our bodies, in soil, in deep sea hydrothermal vents, and in your window AC unit. Some microbio…
1 year, 3 months ago