Science
This Philadelphia doctor wants you to consider eating animal organs
Eating organ meat is not mainstream in the U.S., leading to waste in the food supply. A doctor wants to change that.
5 months ago
Listen 4:27Scientists looked at nearly every known amphibian type. They’re not doing great.
A new global assessment finds that more than 2 of every 5 known species is at risk of extinction. Habitat loss, disease and climate change are the main drivers.
6 months ago
Decades of ‘resilience’ led to Penn Medicine researchers’ Nobel Prize
Katalin Karikó Ph.D. and Dr. Drew Weisman Ph.D. won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine and their colleagues raised a glass to toast it in the hospital lobby.
6 months ago
Listen 1:30Karikó and Weissman met by chance in the 1990s while photocopying research papers.
6 months ago
We talk with Loren Grush about her new book, “The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts,” which retraces the history of the first American women in space.
Air Date: September 29, 2023
Listen 49:07Pennsylvania to increase PFAS monitoring in rivers and streams
The announcement comes a month after the USGS found 76% of waterways in the state contain PFAS.
6 months ago
Listen 5:56NASA’s 1st asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft
Scientists expect to get at least a cup of rubble from Bennu. The pristine samples are believed to be leftover building blocks from the dawn of our solar system.
6 months ago
Vaccines are still tested with horseshoe crab blood. The industry is finally changing
One biomedical company agreed to more oversight, and a regulatory group is paving the way for drug companies to use animal-free alternatives.
6 months ago
Boredom in the Age of Information Overload
Boredom is good for your brain. At least that’s what we’ve been told. But how do we achieve boredom in a world of constant stimulation? And is it as valuable as we think?
Air Date: September 22, 2023
Listen 52:12New Jersey professor participates in NASA mission of analyzing asteroid sample
Dr. Harold Connolly Jr. of Rowan University is a mission sample scientist for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return.
6 months ago
Listen 1:18Face Recognition and What it Means for Our Privacy
Inside the company that could ‘end privacy as we know it’
Air Date: September 20, 2023
Listen 41:11Poison ivy is poised to be one of the big winners of a warming world
Scientists expect the dreaded three-leafed vine will take full advantage of warmer temperatures and rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to grow faster and bigger
6 months ago
We explore the hidden architecture of science that often underlies music, literature, and more.
Air Date: September 15, 2023
Listen 49:19How to see a newly-discovered green comet this week, before it vanishes for 400 years
A newly-discovered green comet is zipping by Earth and is now visible for the first time since before Galileo invented his telescope.
7 months ago
The New Jersey Clean Energy Act requires the largest building owners to report energy and water usage for the first time, and there are incentives to conserve power.
7 months ago
Listen 2:13