Episode 364: Solving the mysteries of Easter Island
The huge stone heads on Easter Island in the Pacific have fascinated historians for centuries.
Episode 363: Checking for ticks in Arizona
Cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever are on the rise in Arizona.
Episode 362: How the body’s immune system defends us against disease
The immune system is similar to a microscopic security force with commanders that order cells to find and kill infectious intruders.
Episode 361: How asteroids can help us understand the history of our Solar System
The OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return its sample of dust and rocks from the asteroid Bennu in September.
Episode 360: Looking at lemur behavior in Madagascar
Researchers are spending time in Madagascar off the southeast coast of Africa studying family behavior in lemurs.
Episode 359: Tracking climate change in pre-industrial society
Researchers are trying to reconcile conflicting data on global temperature changes prior to the Industrial Revolution.
Episode 358: How dark is deep space?
Scientists are using NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft to measure light that exists beyond the solar system
Episode 357: Investigating methods for heat management in Arizona.
Researchers are advising city managers planning for the continued effects of changing summer climate.
Episode 356: Updating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic
More than three years after the emergence of COVID-19, debate continues about how and where it originated.
Episode 355: Forecasting weather effects in Earth orbit
The sun’s interaction with the Earth’s atmosphere creates weather on the ground and in space.
Episode 354: How evidence from the past helps us understand climate change in the present.
Researchers have discovered Earth's oceans were warmer 66 million years ago than they are now.
Episode 353: Why computers might not be as smart as we think
Computers are such a part of our everyday lives that we take for granted that they are thinking machines.
Episode 352: Solving misconceptions about the aging brain
Researchers are finding more about what happens to our brains as we get older.
Episode 351: How University of Arizona students are preparing for careers guiding space missions
University of Arizona students are getting their own unmanned satellite ready for launch.
Episode 350: Simulating residency on another world
Scientists predict people might spend years living off-world in the coming decades.
