Euclid Telescope’s First Images | A Black Hole That Came From Gas
A new ESA telescope could help us understand how dark matter and dark energy influence the structure of the universe. Also, using both JWST and the Chandra Observatory, astronomers discover the oldest...
10 Nov 202318min
How Five Elements Define Life On Earth
Over 99% of a human cell is made up of just five elements: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus. That same elemental mix exists, with minor variations, in every other living thing on Ear...
9 Nov 202317min
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
