Science Friday
Episodes
Smart Toilet, Soft Robotics, Naked Mole Rats. March 17, 2023, Part 2
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stop Flushing Your Health Data Down The Toilet You could be flushing important information about your health right down the toilet—quite literally. ...
Drugs Designed By AI, The Phosphorus Paradox, Regulating PFAS Chemicals. March 17, 2023, Part 1
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At Long Last, More Regulations For Forever Chemicals This week, the EPA proposed the first national standards for drinking water that would set limits...
Tips And Tricks To Grow Your Garden In A Changing Climate. March 10, 2023, Part 2
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tips And Tricks To Grow Your Garden In A Changing Climate For many of us, spring is right around the corner—or already here—which means it’s tim...
A New Controversial Black Hole Theory, Saving The Great Salt Lake. March 10, 2023, Part 1
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Despite Superconductor Breakthrough, Some Scientists Remain Skeptical This week, researchers unveiled a new superconductor which they say works at roo...
Science At The Oscars, Finding Shackleton’s “Endurance” Ship. March 3, 2023, Part 1
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Insulin Maker Eli Lilly Finally Caps The Drug’s Cost In 1923, drug manufacturer Eli Lilly became the first company to commercialize insulin. Since t...
Social Media’s ‘Chaos Machine,’ Whale Vocal Fry, Distant Galaxies. March 3, 2023, Part 2
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Inside The ‘Chaos Machine’ Of Social Media Despite social media’s early promises to build a more just and democratic society, over the past seve...
AI And Hip Hop, Self-Planting Seeds, Abortion Pill Facing Restrictions. Feb 24, 2023, Part 1
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A Medication Abortion Drug Faces Potential Nationwide Restriction A federal court case underway in Texas this week could have big implications for med...
“All That Breathes’ Film, Repatriating Native American Remains, Benjamin Banneker. Feb 24, 2023, Part 2
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
‘All That Breathes:’ A Story Of Two Brothers Saving New Delhi’s Raptors The Oscars are right around the corner, and one of the nominees in the d...
Spy Balloons, Cost of Cancer Care, Seaweed, Chocolate Mouthfeel. Feb 17, 2023, Part 2
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eyes In The Sky: The Science Behind Modern Balloons This month, the news cycle has been dominated by updates about suspicious objects being detected i...
Ohio Train Spill, Mushroom And Memory, Water Infrastructure. Feb 17, 2023, Part 1
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
UFOs? Balloons? Spy Cams? Here’s What’s Going On This week, the saga over UFOs, balloons, and spyware continues. The drama all started with a Chin...
Rethinking Dementia Care. February 10, 2023, Part 2
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rethinking The Future Of Dementia Care Scientists estimate that the number of people living with dementia will triple within the next 30 years, but he...
ChatGPT And The Future Of AI, Turkey Earthquakes. February 10, 2023, Part 1
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How Scientists Predict Where Earthquakes Will Strike Next The pair of earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria this week left the region grappling with d...
Climate Change Music, Industrial Animal Husbandry, Grief Book. Feb 3, 2023, Part 2
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How Grief Rewires The Brain Being a human can be a wonderful thing. We’re social creatures, craving strong bonds with family and friends. Those rela...
Science Of ‘The Last Of Us’ Fungi, New U.S. Nuclear Power. Feb 3, 2023, Part 1
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Wind And Solar Were Europe’s Top Energy Sources In 2022 The European Union reached a major renewable energy milestone in 2022. For the first time, w...
Accessible Birding, Human Water Consumption, Road Salt Impacts, Terraformers Book. Jan 27, 2023, Part 2
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Meet The Blind Birder Reimagining Accessibility In The Outdoors For many blind and low vision people, accessing outdoor spaces like parks can be chall...
Art Crime Science, Long Covid Update, Earth's Slowing Core. Jan 27, 2023, Part 1
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What’s Behind The Strange Slowing Of The Earth’s Core? Even though some days feel more chaotic than others, the rotation of the surface of the pla...
Gas Stoves, Next Gen Vaccines, Printed Violins. January 20, 2023, Part 2
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why Are Gas Stoves Under Fire? If you were online at all last week, you probably encountered conversations about gas stoves. The sudden stove discours...
Children’s Antibiotics Shortage, Bat Vocalizations, Life’s Biggest Questions. January 20, 2023, Part 1
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why Are Children’s Antibiotics So Hard To Find Right Now? Mary Warlo has been extremely worried lately. Her baby Calieb, who is six months old, has ...
Tech To Watch, Pests. January 13, 2023, Part 2
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Technology Trends to Watch in 2023 The start of a new year is often a time to contemplate the future and what might lie ahead on the horizon. This wee...
Lab-Grown Meat Progress, Early Human Migration Updates. January 13, 2023, Part 1
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Early Migration To North America Likely Wasn’t A One-Way Road The story of how early humans migrated to North America might not be as simple as we o...
Science Comedy, Shifting Rules For Abortion Pills. Jan 6, 2023, Part 1
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
FDA Expands Pharmacy Options for Abortion Pills This week, the FDA finalized rules that would allow more retail pharmacies to stock and fill prescript...
Redlining and Baltimore Trees, The Root Of A Gopher Mystery, Cold and the Nose, Glass Frogs. Jan 6, 2023, Part 2
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How Redlining Shaped Baltimore’s Tree Canopy Redlining was pervasive in American cities from the 1930s through the late 1960s. Maps were drawn speci...
Champagne Fizzics, Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Vole Girl. Dec 30, 2022, Part 1
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Keeping The Bubbly In Your Holidays, With Fizzical Science As the year winds to a close, you may be attending gatherings where a festive flute of cham...
Astronaut Food, Nope Creature, Nature Soundscapes. Dec 30, 2022, Part 2
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This Soundscape Artist Has Been Listening To The Planet For Decades Jim Metzner is one of the pioneers of science radio—he’s been making field rec...
Top Science Stories Of 2022, Beavers, Christmas Tree Care. Dec 23, 2022, Part 1
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Look Back At The Top Science Stories of 2022 2022 was chock full of big science news. Scientists announced an important milestone toward the feasibi...
Glitter, Chestnuts, DNA Data Art, Mistletoe. Dec 23, 2022, Part 2
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Glitter Gets An Eco-Friendly Glimmer Glitter—it’s everywhere this time of year. You open up a holiday card, and out comes a sprinkle of it. And th...
Fusion Advance, Cancer Clinical Trial, Christmas Trees And Climate, Best Video Games. December 16, 2022, Part 1
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists Reach Breakthrough In Nuclear Fusion This week, researchers announced a big breakthrough in the field of nuclear fusion. Scientists have be...
Improving Care For Disabled Patients, Transistor Anniversary, Whale Strikes. December 16, 2022, Part 2
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Medicine Is Failing Disabled Patients. Meet The Doctors Pushing For Change “More than sixty-one million Americans have disabilities, and increasing ...
Medicinal Psychedelics Study, AI Art. December 9, 2022, Part 2
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Science Behind The Psychedelics Boom There’s been an explosion of new research into therapeutic uses for psychedelics. This includes drugs like ...
The Future Of Birds In North America, 190th Birthday For Tortoise. December 9, 2022, Part 1
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wish A Happy 190th Birthday To Jonathan The Tortoise A birthday should always be celebrated. For Jonathan the tortoise, who turned 190 this week, that...
Hawai'i's Volcanic Eruption, Science Of Chemistry Nobel, What Is ‘Swing’ In Jazz? Dec 2, 2022, Part 1
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hawai’i’s Mauna Loa Volcanic Eruption Sparing Homes For Now Hawai’i’s famed Mauna Loa volcano began to erupt this past weekend, after weeks of...
Xenotransplantation, Internet of Things, Sea Life Essays, Water Taste-Testing. Dec 2, 2022, Part 2
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Consider Empathy For The Yeti Crab (And Other Sea Creatures, Too) It’s easy to empathize with certain animals: soft fur, big eyes, and family units ...
Best Science Books For Kids, Indigenous Science, Ignobel Prizes. November 25, 2022, Part 1
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From Tiny Krill To Concrete Jungles: 2022’s Best Science Books For Kids The holidays are right around the corner, which means for those who give gif...
Largest Animal Crossing, First Complete Human Genome, Exoplanet Discoveries. November 25, 2022, Part 2
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Building The World’s Largest Animal Crossing Outside of LA There’s a spot on Highway 101 in Agoura Hills, it’s pretty inconspicuous. There’s b...
NASA Artemis Mission Launches To The Moon, Science Behind Thanksgiving Meals. November 18, 2022, Part 2
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Science Behind Your Favorite Thanksgiving Dishes Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and for many people, that means it’s time to start thi...
What Is The Metaverse, Missouri Groundwater Contamination, Eight Billion People On Earth. November 18, 2022, Part 1
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There Are Now Eight Billion People On Earth. What’s Next? Humankind just hit a big milestone this week: a world population of eight billion people. ...
Dr. Fauci’s Exit Interview, Goodnight Oppy Mars Film, Science On The Ballot. Nov 11, 2022, Part 1
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Science Was Big On The Ballot This Week. Here’s What Went Down Another chaotic election week has come and gone. Across the U.S., science was on the ...
The US Battles RSV, Neural Connections, La Brea Tar Pits. Nov 11, 2022, Part 2
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How Past Extinctions At The La Brea Tar Pit Can Teach Us About Our Climate Future If you drive through Los Angeles, you’ll pass by some of Californi...
Contraceptive Failures, Future Of Combating Covid, Rapid Evolution In The Anthropocene. Nov 4, 2022, Part 1
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why Contraceptive Failure Rates Matter In A Post-Roe America Birth control options have improved over the decades. Oral contraceptives are now safer, ...
Fall Foliage Research, Voyager Scientist Retires, Flaws in Human Judgement, Milky Way Tell-All. Nov 4, 2022, Part 2
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Using Family Photos Of Fall Foliage To Track Climate Change Leaf-peeping, or tourism based on observing the colors of fall foliage, is a big industry ...
Cat Purrs, AI Darth Vader Voice, Deathcaps, Eating Jellyfish. Oct 28, 2022, Part 2
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why Do Cats Purr? An Investigation Into A Purr-fect Mystery Science Friday recently received a voicemail from a listener named Violet from Maui, Hawai...
SciFri Book Club Returns, Upcoming Winter Illnesses. Oct 28, 2022, Part 1
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Don’t Trust What You See On TikTok This Election Season Midterm elections in the United States are just under two weeks away. And new research sugge...
Asking For Help, PFAS Chemicals, Plastics Recycling, Depression Book. October 21, 2022. Part 2
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Science Behind Why You Should Ask For Help Sometimes asking for help—even for the smallest of favors—can feel awkward, or like you’re inconv...
Societal Climate Impacts, Alaskan Crab Shortage, Protected Fisheries Surprise. October 21, 2022, Part 1
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Boost For U.S. Electric Vehicle Battery Production This week, the Biden administration announced it would issue grants totaling some $2.8 billion to...
Eco-Death Care, Brain Memory Prosthetic, Space Food. Oct 14, 2022, Part 2
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Burying Green: Eco-Friendly Death Care On The Rise Dying, it turns out, isn’t carbon neutral. Like many of the choices we make in our lifetimes, the...
How Gamification Has Taken Over, Brewing An Ancient Beer Again. Oct 14, 2022, Part 1
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists Are Trying To Study Human Neurons… In Rat Brains? Scientists have a tricky time studying neurons, partially because they are remarkably d...
Science Issues In the Election, Diabetes and Hibernating Bears, Medicine Nobel. Oct 7, 2022, Part 2
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Politics Of Science: Voters Have An Important Voice This November’s general election season covers every level of government, from Congress at t...
Planning To Power The Electric Vehicle Boom, Hurricane Ian Aftermath. October 7, 2022, Part 1
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hurricane Ian Destroys Iconic Florida House Meant To Survive Hurricanes The Cape Romano Dome House, built in 1982, was an iconic—if more recently un...
New Alzheimer’s Drug, Bangladeshi Water Machine, Recording Earth’s Sounds. Sept 30, 2022, Part 1
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
New Alzheimer’s Drug Reduces Cognitive Decline, Say Biotech Firms This week, the biotech firms Biogen and Eisai released preliminary data from the c...
DART Asteroid Mission, Rescue Robots, Raccoon Vaccination, Medical Marijuana and Workplace Rules, Lanternfly Signals. Sept 30, 2022, Part 2
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After Hurricane Ian, Robots To The Rescue Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida Wednesday, with winds over 150 miles per hour, high storm s...
Undersea Rovers, Swimming Sperm, Teen Inventor, Soil Judging. Sep 23, 2022, Part 2
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sperm Swim Together To Help Each Other Reach The Egg New research is complicating our understanding of how, exactly, sperm are able to reach eggs. The...
Big Ideas In Physics, Saturn’s Rings, Soylent Green. Sep 23, 2022, Part 1
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Biden Declares The COVID-19 Pandemic Over. Is It? During an interview with 60 minutes last weekend, President Joe Biden said “the pandemic is over.”...
Artemis Update, Stellar Art, AI for Mammography, Smoky Grapes, Harvesting Water From Air. Sept 16, 2022, Part 2
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pulling Water From Thin Air? It’s Materials Science, Not Magic. You’ve probably seen a magic trick in which a performer makes a playing card, coin...
How Do Antidepressants Work, Genetic Testing For Depression. Sept 16, 2022, Part 1
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why The Owner of Patagonia Gave Away The Whole Company Earlier this week, the founder and owner of Patagonia Yvon Chouinard—the company known for th...
Fish Kills, Potential Sulfuric Acid Shortage, Goats for Invasives Control. Sep 9, 2022, Part 1
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
COVID-19’s Lingering Toll On The Heart As new omicron-specific boosters against COVID-19 unroll in cities around the US, research is revealing more ...
Remembering Frank Drake, History of Air Conditioning. Sep 9, 2022, Part 2
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Hot And Cold Past Of The Air Conditioner In the Northeast, the leaves have started changing colors, heralding the season of pumpkins, sweaters, an...
New COVID Vaccines, “Nope” Creature, NJ Toxic Site, Germicidal Coating. Sep 2, 2022, Part 1
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
New, Extra Protective COVID Vaccines Are On The Way Earlier this week, the FDA approved brand new COVID-19 vaccines from both Moderna and Pfizer-BioNT...
When Life Begins, Open Access Research, Wasps. Sep 2, 2022, Part 2
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why Is It So Hard To Agree On When Human Life Starts? After decades of deliberations involving physicians, bioethicists, attorneys, and theologians, a...
Autistic Researchers Studying Autism, Canned Salmon Insights, Medieval Friars’ Parasites. August 26, 2022, Part 1
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
California Accelerates Its Push For Electric Cars This week, air pollution regulators in California voted to phase out sales of new gasoline-powered v...
Endangered Birds, Urban Wildlife, Lyme Disease Test, Rodent Social Behavior. August 26, 2022, Part 2
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Attracting Birds To Prime Habitat By Playing Recordings Of Their Calls How do you know a restaurant is good? If the parking lot is full of cars, that’...
Back-To-School Health Concerns, Artemis Moon Mission, Designing A Better Lanternfly Trap. August 19, 2022, Part 2
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Teen Innovator’s New AI Tool Helps Create Affordable Drugs The U.S. has some of the highest prescription drug prices in the world, which can push pa...
How Viruses Shaped Our World, A Seagrass Oasis For Manatees. Aug 19, 2022, Part 1
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Will A Colorado River Drought Dry Up Energy Supplies? This week, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, a federal agency that manages water in the Western U....
New Prosthetic Arm, CAR T Cell Therapy, Climate Games. August 12, 2022, Part 2
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Some Grasses Can Stop Lead From Spreading In Soil Lead left behind in soil from mining and smelting poses a major health risk to people who live nearb...
Insulin Price Plan, Monkeypox Facts, Milky Way Memoir. August 12, 2022, Part 1
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Plan to Cap Insulin Prices May Not Be Helpful 30 million people in the U.S. live with diabetes, and access to insulin can be expensive. More than 1 ...
Clean Energy Bill, Heatwave Infrastructure, Etana Teen Innovator. August 5th, 2022, Part 2
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What’s Inside A Sudden, Second Chance At A Climate Bill Last week, climate activists received a surprise gift from Democratic Senators Chuck Schumer...
Cancer Vaccines, Planting Wildflowers, Eating Copi Fish. August 5th, 2022, Part 1
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
White House Declares Monkeypox Outbreak A Public Health Emergency The Biden administration declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency o...
Alzheimer’s Research Fraud, Extreme Heat Health, Piping Plovers, Octaglove. July 29, 2022, Part 1
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Decades Of Alzheimer’s Research Could Be Based On Fraudulent Data Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating brain disorder that slowly affects memory a...
Fire Of Love Film, Accessible Tech, Vagina Book. July 29, 2022, Part 2
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For The Love Of Volcanoes A new documentary, “Fire of Love,” tells the story of French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft. The married couple...
Kahneman on ‘Noise,’ CHIPS Act, Great Salt Lake Dryness, Hybrid Toads. July 22, 2022, Part 2
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Times Get Tough, These Toads Make Hybrid Babies Scientists have long thought that when two animals from two different species mate, it’s a colo...
Global Heat Wave, Indigenous Peoples Genetic History, Heat-Adaptive Plants. July 22, 2022, Part 1
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Earth Faces A Global Heat Wave Temperatures are higher than normal for much of the planet this week—and while the heat wave in Europe has had much o...
JWST Images, Solar System Exploration, Monkeypox. July 15, 2022, Part 2
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stunning JWST Images Show New Details Of The Universe After many delays, a Christmas launch, and a months-long period of travel and testing, the first...
A Land Return, A COVID Update, Texas’ Power Grid, and A Gene-Editing Thriller. July 15, 2022, Part 1
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
1,000 Acres Of Ancestral Land Returned To Onondaga Nation Earlier this month, more than 1,000 acres of land in central New York were returned to the O...
Big Bang Debate History, Black Hole Sounds, Maggot Healthcare, Forest Lichens. July 8, 2022, Part 2
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Debate Over How The Universe Began Even though it’s commonly accepted today, the Big Bang theory was not always the universally accepted scientifi...
Bird Poop Importance, The Wonders Of Sweat, Invertebrate Butts. July 8, 2022, Part 1
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We Need To Talk About Bird Poop Seabird poop—sometimes called guano—was the “white gold” of fertilizers for humans for millennia. Rich in nitr...
Summer Science Books, Effect of Roe on Obstetric Care, Female Athletic Injuries. July 1, 2022, Part 2
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How Will Doctors Train For A Post-Roe World? It’s been one week since Roe v Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court. Many people are still wrapping...
SCOTUS Restricts EPA, Scientist Rebellion Protests, Kansas Wheat Problems, Early Science Films. July 1, 2022, Part 1
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Regulating Ability This week, in its final round of opinions for the term, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled th...
HIPAA Explained, Trans Research, Queer Scientists. June 24, 2022, Part 2
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What Does HIPAA Actually Do? HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is name dropped a lot, but frequently misunderstood. Many...
Roe V. Wade Overturned, Animals’ Amazing Sensory Abilities. June 24, 2022, Part 1
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Roe V. Wade The U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday to overturn Roe v Wade. While there have been rumblings that this decis...
The Rise Of Mammals And A Cephalopod Celebration. June 17, 2022, Part 2
18 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Wild and Wonderful World of Mammals Mammals may be the most diverse group of vertebrates that have ever lived. (Don’t tell the mollusk enthusias...
COVID Vaccines For Kids Under 5, IVF Status After Roe V. Wade. June 17, 2022, Part 1
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
FDA Approves COVID Vaccines For Kids Under Five Parents of young kids may finally breathe a big sigh of relief. On Friday the FDA granted emergency us...
Race And Medicine, Salmon Recovery, Emergency Mushroom ID. June 10, 2022, Part 1
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Americans’ Knowledge Of Reproductive Health Is Limited As the nation awaits a momentous Supreme Court decision that could overturn or severely limit...
Cephalopod Wonders, Jumping Worms, Early Plastic Surgery. June 10, 2022, Part 2
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are Invasive Jumping Worms Taking Over? Most gardeners are thrilled when they find earthworms tunneling through their gardens. Normally, they’re a s...
Medical And Recreational Cannabis, Ocean Viruses, The Sound of Wi-Fi. June 3, 2022, Part 2
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
20,000 Viruses Under The Sea: Mapping The Ocean’s Viral Ecosystem The ocean is the largest region of the planet and remains a source of newly discov...
History Of Sex, Plastic Battery, Mosquito Smell, Postpartum Art. June 3, 2022, Part 1
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists Found The Biggest Known Plant On Earth This week, an underwater seagrass meadow claimed the title for the world’s largest plant. This org...
SIDS Research, Period Tracking Apps, Women And Girls In Science. May 27, 2022, Part 2
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
‘Breakthrough’ In Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Research Is Misleading Last week, headlines made the rounds in online publications and social media...
Gun Violence, Baby Formula, Monkeypox, Milk Banking, Wondrous Sharks. May 27, 2022, Part 1
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gun Violence Is A Public Health Issue As illustrated by the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas this week, gun violence is a pervasive issue in the Unite...
Seabird Poop, ‘Prehistoric Planet’ TV Show, Dry Great Plains, Six Foods For A Changing Climate. May 20, 2022, Part 2
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We Need To Talk About Bird Poop Seabird poop—sometimes called guano—was the “white gold” of fertilizers for humans for millennia. Rich in nitr...
Miscarriage Care, End of Astronauts, COVID Deaths Milestone. May 20, 2022, Part 1
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Grim Milestone, As Cases Continue This week, COVID-19 case trackers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hit a grim milestone, loggin...
Abortion Medication, Rat Island, Access To Parks, Climate And Seafood. May 13, 2022, Part 2
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Abortion Pills Are Used For Most U.S. Abortions. What Are They? The draft Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade means abortion access is once...
Second Black Hole Image, Last Days Of The Dinosaurs, Rising COVID Cases. May 13, 2022, Part 1
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As COVID Cases Rises, Effectiveness Of Vaccines Lessens In Kids As parts of the country continue to see waves of infection from the omicron variant of...
Revisiting The Titanic, STEM Drag Performers As Science Ambassadors. May 6, 2022, Part 2
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Seafaring Life Of ‘Modern-Day Captain Nemo,’ Robert Ballard In 1985, oceanographer Robert Ballard was sent on a secret deep-sea search operati...
How The Brain Deals With Grief, Listening To Noisy Fish Sounds. May 6, 2022, Part 1
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How Grief Rewires The Brain Being a human can be a wonderful thing. We’re social creatures, craving strong bonds with family and friends. Those rela...
Covid Court Cases, Sharing Viruses for Research, Hepatitis Spike. April 29, 2022, Part 1
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What’s Up With The Spike In Hepatitis Among Young Kids? This spring, there’s been a strange spike in hepatitis cases among young children. Hepatit...
Dog Breeds And Dog Behavior, Polar Science Update, Decarbonizing Transportation. April 29, 2022, Part 2
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your Dog’s Breed Doesn’t Always Determine How They’ll Behave The dog world abounds with stereotypes about the personalities of different breeds....
Plastics And Ocean Life, Building An Animal Crossing, Indigenous Restoration. April 22, 2022, Part 2
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Building The World’s Largest Animal Crossing Outside of LA There’s a spot on Highway 101 in Agoura Hills, it’s pretty inconspicuous. There’s b...
Carbon Removal Technology, IPCC And Policy, Sustainability News, Listening To A River. April 22, 2022, Part 1
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating Earth Day With Sustainable Action Today is Earth Day, when many people around the world are taking time to think about their relationship ...
Inaccurate COVID Case Numbers, Spending A Trillion Dollars To Solve Problems. April 15, 2022, Part 1
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
FDA Approves First Breathalyzer COVID Test The FDA approved a new COVID breathalyzer test, which gives results in just three minutes. It’s the first...
NSF Director, Soylent Green In 2022, Colorado Snowpack, Springtime On Neptune. April 15, 2022, Part 2
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Did ‘Soylent Green’s’ Predictions About 2022 Hold Up? In the spring of 1973, the movie Soylent Green premiered. The film drops us into a New Yor...
Why Cold Plasma Could Help Sustainable Farming, How To Get Teens The Sleep They Need. April 8, 2022, Part 2
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Future of Sustainable Farming Could Be Cold Plasma Plasma is a fascinating medium. It’s considered the fourth state of matter—alongside solid,...
FDA To Analyze COVID Boosters Efficacy, Dig Into Spring With Gardening Science. April 8, 2022, Part 1
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
FDA Convenes Panel On COVID Boosters And New Vaccines This week, the FDA convened a panel of independent experts to discuss COVID-19 boosters and poss...