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998: TikTok Is Shaping How We Think About ADHD
Episode 998
Mental health information on social media can be both revelatory and misleading. How do clinicians and their patients make sense of it? TikTok and ot…
1 year, 6 months ago
997: Engineering Lessons One Year After The Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Episode 997
Engineers take an in-depth look at why the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed and how to prevent future tragedies.In the early morning o…
1 year, 6 months ago
996: 23andMe Bankruptcy | A Coating That Can Slow A Golf Ball’s Roll
Episode 996
The company has genetic data of 15 million people, which could be shared with a future buyer. Here’s how to delete it. Plus, an experimental coating …
1 year, 6 months ago
995: AI Word Choice | When Dwarf Lemurs Hibernate, Their Chromosomes Do Something Odd
Episode 995
Certain words are overrepresented in text written by AI language models. A study investigates why such patterns develop. Also, the ends of chromosome…
1 year, 6 months ago
994: Developing Faster, Simpler Tools To Treat Tuberculosis
Episode 994
TB kills more than a million people each year. Dr. Mireille Kamariza has spent her career developing better detection and treatment tools.As the Unit…
1 year, 6 months ago
993: Author John Green On The Many Ways Tuberculosis Shaped Human Life
Episode 993
In a new book, author John Green traces how the disease has impacted culture, geography, and even fashion over the centuries. Tuberculosis (TB) has h…
1 year, 6 months ago
992: DESI Data Strengthens Evidence Of Change In Dark Energy
Episode 992
Researchers built the largest 3D map of our universe yet. What they found supports the idea that dark energy could have evolved over time.One of the …
1 year, 6 months ago
991: NASA Astronauts Return To Earth After Extended Stay On The ISS | Bottle "Pop" Physics
Episode 991
After nine months aboard the International Space Station, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have finally landed back on Earth. Also, a Germa…
1 year, 6 months ago
990: The Evolving Science Of How Childhood Trauma Shapes Adults | Butterfly Memories
Episode 990
The framework of Adverse Childhood Experiences started with an unexpected finding over 30 years ago. How is our approach changing? We know that expe…
1 year, 7 months ago
989: How NIH Cuts Could Affect U.S. Biomedical Research
Episode 989
Former NIH director Dr. Harold Varmus speaks out about what recent budget cuts and policy changes could mean for science.One of the areas targeted by…
1 year, 7 months ago