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Animal cognition researchers are discovering how dogs learn to recognize their owners while ignoring strangers.

Episode 182: How Does Your Dog Recognize You?

Your dog perceives the social world in much the same way that people do.

A colony of embryonic stem cells, from the H9 cell line (NIH code: WA09). Viewed at 10X with Carl Zeiss Axiovert scope. (The cells in the background are mouse fibroblast cells. Only the colony in the centre are human embryonic stem cells)

Episode 181: The Potential of Embryonic Stem Cells

Examining how stem cells could potentially protect against lifetime health issues.

OSIRIS-REx captured pictures of particles around Bennu earlier this year.

Episode 180: A Plume of Particles on Bennu

New photographs from the asteroid Bennu reveal a rare find.

Smartphones can connect people, or create a distance.

Episode 179: Why Are We So Attached to Our Phones?

UA researcher David Sbarra thinks our evolutionary history may help explain our modern addiction.

UA ecosystem professor Laura Meredith discusses her research at Biosphere 2.

Episode 178: Studying Micro-Organisms at Biosphere 2

A University of Arizona professor is using Biosphere 2 to better understand micro-organisms help create our landscapes.

A lone saguaro silhouetted against the sunset on Tumamoc Hill.

Episode 177: Science on Tumamoc Hill

Tumamoc Hill in Tucson, Arizona is rich in both history and science.

A University of Arizona professor is researching the relationship between neural activity and blood oxygen level.

Episode 176: Blood and the Brain

Mathematical models can help reveal the relationship between brain activity and oxygen levels in the blood.

Ruins at Chaco Canyon, Nageezi, New Mexico.

Episode 175: A New Understanding of Chaco Canyon

New archaeological data from Chaco Canyon is helping us get a better understanding of its ancient civilization.

This image shows a PiB-PET scan of a patient with Alzheimer's disease on the left and an elderly person with normal memory on the right. Areas of red and yellow show high concentrations of PiB in the brain and suggest high amounts of amyloid deposits in these areas.

Episode 174: Unlocking the Answers to Questions Behind Alzheimer's Disease

When will it be possible to detect Alzheimer's before the onset of symptoms?

University of Arizona Entomologist Bruce Tabashnik has worked to eliminate the pink bollworm.

Episode 173: Using Science to Eliminate a Stubborn Agricultural Pest

A group led by a UA entomologist has worked to successfully eradicate the pink bollworm.

A display inside the Bryant Bannister Tree-Ring Building on the University of Arizona campus.

Episode 172: Tree Rings and Climate Change

What tree rings can tell us about changes in the Earth's climate.

UA Professor John Szivek wants to make bones better.

Episode 171: The Science Behind Bones

A UA professor is investigating the science behind bones.

The 2019 UA Science Lecture Series, Searching for Certainty, explores the debates and discoveries, from scientists across disciplines, that are shaping science today.

Episode 170: Can Intelligence Be Measured?

Is 'intelligence' a set of decentralized, independent problem-solving modules, or a singular, generalized skill of innovation?

Episode 169: Investigating the Mind-Body Dialogue

Everyone knows our brain controls our body, but how does our body influence our brain?

Episode 168: The Microbes Shaping Our Lives

Microbes are traditionally seen as dangerous to human health, but is that always the case?

This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 PolyCam images collected on Dec. 2 by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a range of 15 miles (24 km).

Episode 166: OSIRIS-REx and the Search for a Sample Site on Bennu

Scientists on the OSIRIS-REx mission are facing an unexpected challenge searching for an area to collect a soil sample from Bennu.

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