Hawaii Eruption, Antibiotic Resistance, Florida Sea Rise. May 11, 2018, Part 1
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano—located on the Big Island—has been continuously erupting for the past 30...
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Hawaii Eruption, Antibiotic Resistance, Florida Sea Rise. May 11, 2018, Part 1
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano—located on the Big Island—has been continuously erupting for the past 30...
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DNA Privacy, Dog Cognition. May 4, 2018, Part 2
Genetic testing sites are nothing new. They’ve grown enough in popularity over the past decade...
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Chasing Pluto, Space Warps. May 4, 2018, Part 1
In July of 2015, the world was stunned to learn that Pluto, a tiny, distant dot that some didn’t...
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Does Time Exist, Elephant Seismology, Produce Safety. May 11, 2018, Part 2
How do you think about time? Most people experience it as Newton described it—as something that...
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Consciousness In 'Westworld,' Heart Cells On Graphene, Bike Safety App. May 18, 2018, Part 1
In HBO’s series Westworld, human-like robots populate a theme park where human guests can have...
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Psychedelics With Michael Pollan And Intel Student Science Fair. May 18, 2018, Part 2
In his latest book, How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan writes of his own...
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Sleep Questions, Portable Museums, Digital Health Records. May 25, 2018, Part 1
What’s the difference between being fatigued and sleepy? Do melatonin and other sleeping aids...
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AI Conversation, Robot Trust, AI Music. May 18, 2018, Part 2
Should autonomy be the holy grail of artificial intelligence? Computer scientist Justine Cassell...
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Scientist Politicians, Microbiome, Wildlife Car Accidents. June 1, 2018, Part 1
This year’s midterm elections have seen an upswing in the number of scientists running for...
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Sea Floor Mapping, Hurricane Season Forecast. June 1, 2018, Part 2
The deep sea is the largest habitat on Earth, but it’s also one of the least understood. As...
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Ocean Conservation, Dark Matter Hunt. June 8, 2018, Part 1
Planets, stars, and physical “stuff” make up a tiny fraction of the universe. Most of the...
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Mars Organics, Museum Collections, Kelp Farming. June 8, 2018, Part 2
In 1832, less than a year into the first voyage of the Beagle, Charles Darwin found a beetle in...
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CRISPR, Colors, Narwhals. June 15, 2018, Part 2
Over less than a decade, the gene-editing technique known as CRISPR-Cas9 has taken the biology...
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Dinosaurs, Celebrating Cephalopods. June 15, 2018, Part 1
Like a kraken rising from the depths (or a cuttlefish emerging from the sand), Cephalopod Week is...
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Math And Social Justice, Chicago Coyotes, Meteorites. June 22, 2018, Part 2
Math isn’t often thought of as a tool for social justice. But mathematical thinking can help us...
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Alcohol Study, Cephalopod Week, Coral Oasis. June 22 2018, Part 1
Last week, the National Institutes of Health cancelled a $100 million study of alcohol and health...
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Beef Genetic Testing, Chasing Whales, Radiolab Gonads. June 29, 2018, Part 1
Whales are majestic, awe-inspiring animals. Some species can reach up to 150 tons and take in a...
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Bee News, Summer Science Reading. June 29, 2018, Part 2
Bumblebees and honeybees are two species of bees that form colonies. The colonies of bumblebees...
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19th-Century Surveyor, Hawaii Volcano, Eagles' Nests. July 6, 2018, Part 1
In the 19th century, the American West was an arid climate yet to be fully explored. But...
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Jurassic World, Rhino Comeback, Uranus Collision. July 6, 2018, Part 2
It’s the 25th anniversary of the debut of Jurassic Park. And with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom...
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