Climate Future Exhibit | Oregon's Proposed Fish Vacuum
A Climate Change Exhibit Asks ‘What If We Get It Right?’Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, a marine biologist and co-founder of the nonprofit Urban Ocean Lab, thinks a lot about the possible futures of our ...
8 Nov 202317min
How A Deaf Advisory Group Is Changing Healthcare
When Tamiko Rafeek admitted herself to the hospital a few years ago, she asked for an interpreter. “I was feeling very, very sick that day,” she recalled. Rafeek is deaf, and the Americans with Disabi...
7 Nov 202317min
40 Years Of Sounding The Alarm On Nuclear Winter
This week holds anniversaries for two important milestones in nuclear warfare. On November 1, 1952, the United States detonated a massive hydrogen bomb in the Marshall Islands. The new weapon vaporize...
6 Nov 202318min
CRISPR-Based Sickle Cell Treatment | Pain Tolerance From Neanderthals
If given final approval by the FDA, this sickle-cell treatment would be the first to use gene-editing CRISPR technology on humans. Also, gene variants inherited from Neanderthals can impact pain toler...
3 Nov 202324min
How Poisons Have Shaped Life On Earth
When you think of poisons, you might think of chemicals like cyanide, arsenic, or the deadly concoction left out for rats. But have you thought of acorns? What about the cup of coffee you had this mor...
2 Nov 202317min
Placenta Research May Help Explain Pregnancy Loss
Content warning: This interview includes discussion of miscarriage and pregnancy loss, and may be triggering for some listeners.The placenta is an incredible body part. It’s the only organ grown tempo...
1 Nov 202317min
A Common Cold Medicine Ingredient Doesn’t Work. What Now?
Twenty years ago, scientists found that phenylephrine, listed as a decongestant in many cold medicines, didn’t work. What can you use instead? In September, an advisory committee for the Food and Drug...
31 Okt 202312min
Diving Into Elon Musk’s Mind
There’s a name that’s hard to escape these days, particularly if you’re in the technology world—Elon Musk. He’s involved with Tesla electric cars, home solar and battery installations, SpaceX rockets,...
30 Okt 202330min
