‘Orbital’ Imagines The Inner Lives Of Astronauts On The ISS
From down here on Earth, life on the International Space Station seems magnificent: floating through the day, enjoying stunning views out your window, having an experience only a handful of other peop...
21 Jan 202521min
Fire Risk To Homes Where Cities And Wildlands Meet
Since January 7, wildfires have been devastating the Los Angeles area. In the span of 10 days, several different fires, including the Palisades and Eaton fires, have burned more than 40,000 acres and ...
20 Jan 202518min
2 Private Lunar Landers | Cervical Cancer Deaths Plummet, Experts Credit HPV Vaccine
The SpaceX rocket carries lunar landers from companies based in Texas and Japan. They could arrive at the moon in the coming months. HPV can cause a variety of cancers, including cervical. New mortali...
17 Jan 202524min
‘Artificial General Intelligence’ Is Apparently Coming. What Is It?
For years, artificial intelligence companies have heralded the coming of artificial general intelligence, or AGI. OpenAI, which makes the chatbot ChatGPT, has said that their founding goal was to buil...
16 Jan 202517min
NASA Considers Cheaper Ways To Retrieve Mars Samples | How Does A Hula Hoop Stay Up?
Scientists investigated how the shape of the human body makes hula hooping possible—and what hips and a waist have to do with it. And, the decision for how to proceed with NASA's Mars Sample Return Mi...
15 Jan 202517min
Surgeon General Highlights Link Between Alcohol And Cancer
Alcohol poses many risks to our health, including liver damage and driving under the influence.Now, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has highlighted another risk of drinking alcohol: cancer. In h...
14 Jan 202518min
First U.S. Bird Flu Death Raises Concerns About Preparedness
On January 6, the U.S. reported its first human death from the bird flu. According to the CDC, more than 60 people were diagnosed with bird flu in the US last year, up from just one case in 2022.If yo...
13 Jan 202519min
Meet Flora Lichtman | Los Angeles Wildfires Stoked By Santa Ana Winds
After her SciFri internship 20 years ago, Flora went on to become a beloved science journalist, video producer, and podcaster. Now she’s back! Also, several different fires are causing extreme damage ...
10 Jan 202523min
