The Brain’s Glial Cells Might Be As Important As Neurons
Half of the cells in the brain are neurons, the other half are glial cells.When scientists first discovered glia over a century ago, they thought that they simply held the neurons together. Their name...
15 Apr 202415min
Limits On ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water | An Important Winter Home For Bugs | Eclipse Drumroll
A long-awaited rule from the EPA limits the amounts of six PFAS chemicals allowed in public drinking water supplies. Also, some spiders, beetles, and centipedes spend winter under snow in a layer call...
12 Apr 202425min
Investigating Animal Deaths At The National Zoo
When a critter meets its end at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, it ends up on a necropsy table—where one of the zoo’s veterinary pathologists will take a very close look at it, in what is the animal v...
11 Apr 202417min
Eating More Oysters Helps Us—And The Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Bay produces around 500 million pounds of seafood every year, providing delicious blue crabs, striped bass, oysters, and more to folks up and down the coast. It’s one of the most produc...
10 Apr 202418min
How Trees Keep D.C. And Baltimore Cool
Springtime is a great reminder of just how beautiful trees can be. Cherry blossoms and magnolias put on a gorgeous show, but trees aren’t just there to look good. They play an important role in absorb...
9 Apr 202412min
Predicting Heart Disease From Chest X-Rays With AI | Storing New Memories During Sleep
Dr. Eric Topol discusses the promise of “opportunistic” AI, using medical scans for unintended diagnostic purposes. Also, a study in mice found that the brain tags new memories through a “sharp wave r...
8 Apr 202418min
Recipient Of Pig Kidney Transplant Recovering | Answering Your Questions About April 8 Eclipse
A Massachusetts man who received a kidney from a genetically modified pig is recovering well. Also, on April 8, a total solar eclipse will plunge parts of North America into darkness. Scientists answe...
5 Apr 202430min
Our Inevitable Cosmic Apocalypse
When it comes to the eventual end of our universe, cosmologists have a few classic theories: the Big Crunch, where the universe reverses its expansion and contracts again, setting the stars themselves...
4 Apr 202418min
