Early Spring, Mumps On The Rise, Gulf Of Maine, Supermassive Black Hole. March 31, 2023, Part 1
A Supermassive Black Hole The Mass Of 30 Billion Suns This week, astronomers reported that they may have found signs of one of the largest black holes ever detected–a space behemoth the mass of some 3...
31 Mar 202347min
New NASA Science Head, Climate and Fungus, Whiskey Fungus, Animal Testing Alternatives. March 24, 2023, Part 2
Can Medicine Move To Animal-Free Testing? Before a new drug can begin clinical trials in humans, it gets tested on animals. But things are changing. Late last year, Congress passed the FDA Modernizati...
24 Mar 202347min
March Mammal Madness, Underwater Volcano, Listening to Space. March 24th, 2023, Part 1
The Latest IPCC Report Is Full Of Warnings—And Hope It’s that time of year: another IPCC report has hit the presses. These reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are like a check u...
24 Mar 202347min
Smart Toilet, Soft Robotics, Naked Mole Rats. March 17, 2023, Part 2
Stop Flushing Your Health Data Down The Toilet You could be flushing important information about your health right down the toilet—quite literally. Pee and poop can tell you a lot about your health, s...
17 Mar 202346min
Drugs Designed By AI, The Phosphorus Paradox, Regulating PFAS Chemicals. March 17, 2023, Part 1
At Long Last, More Regulations For Forever Chemicals This week, the EPA proposed the first national standards for drinking water that would set limits on the amount of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl s...
17 Mar 202347min
Tips And Tricks To Grow Your Garden In A Changing Climate. March 10, 2023, Part 2
Tips And Tricks To Grow Your Garden In A Changing Climate For many of us, spring is right around the corner—or already here—which means it’s time to start thinking about what is going into your garden...
10 Mar 202347min
A New Controversial Black Hole Theory, Saving The Great Salt Lake. March 10, 2023, Part 1
Despite Superconductor Breakthrough, Some Scientists Remain Skeptical This week, researchers unveiled a new superconductor which they say works at room temperature. Scientists have been working on ide...
10 Mar 202348min
Science At The Oscars, Finding Shackleton’s “Endurance” Ship. March 3, 2023, Part 1
Insulin Maker Eli Lilly Finally Caps The Drug’s Cost In 1923, drug manufacturer Eli Lilly became the first company to commercialize insulin. Since then, its cost has skyrocketed. But this week, the co...
3 Mar 202346min
