Engineering A Cure For Cancer With Melody Swartz & Jeffrey Hubbell
The race to cure cancer has been running a long time, but two University of Chicago scientists are working to bring it closer to the finish line. Thinking like engineers rather than doctors, Profs. Je...
23 Dec 202126min
Confronting Gun Violence With Data, With Jens Ludwig
There’s something strange happening with violent crime in America. Incidents are reaching levels they haven’t hit in decades, and nobody seems to know why. But, to go even deeper, what causes violent ...
9 Dec 202139min
Best Of: Why Talking to Strangers Will Make You Happier With Nicholas Epley
If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Most people say they’d want to read minds. But Prof. Nicholas Epley of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business says you already have that...
2 Dec 202125min
Unlocking The Secrets Of Black Holes, With Andrea Ghez
If you know anything about black holes, it may come as a surprise to learn that there’s actually one lurking at the center of our galaxy. It was uncovered by UCLA astrophysicist Andrea Ghez, and in 20...
18 Nov 202128min
Do Your Genes Determine Your Success In Life? With Kathryn Paige Harden
Experts say we’re living through a renaissance in genetics research. The Human Genome project has explained our most fundamental genetics, CRISPR gene editing can be used to shape genetic code, and co...
4 Nov 202129min
How The UN Aims To Save Humanity, With Chris Williams And Luis Bettencourt
It feels like our world has never faced so many crisis all at the same time, and trying to solve them at once seems impossible. But, in 2015, the United Nations came together to develop a list of 17 S...
21 Okt 202125min
Combating Our Global Water Crisis Using AI, with Junhong Chen
There are a lot of problems in our world today, but if our water systems aren’t working, everything else takes a backseat. From a lack of freshwater to droughts on the West Coast to contaminants like ...
7 Okt 202125min
Revolutionizing Technology at the Nanoscale, with Paul Alivisatos
Sometimes, the biggest discoveries have to do with the smallest things. In this case, we’re talking nano. Specifically, nanocrystals. World-renowned chemist Paul Alivisatos has changed the field of na...
23 Sep 202126min
