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When Scientists Dabbled In Clairvoyance

January 25, 2021 Health, History, Science and Technology

Alicia Puglionesi holds a Ph.D. in the History of Science, Medicine and Technology from Johns Hopkins University, and she joins host Krys Boyd to discuss a field of study that tried to make a science of the unexplained.

Nature’s Greatest Building Material: Your Bones

December 1, 2020 Health, Science and Technology

Roy Meals, clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at UCLA, joins us to talk about the science and wonder of our skeletal framework and explains why bones are invaluable—and have been so since the dawn of recorded time.

Inventing The Wheel (The First Time)

October 22, 2020 History, Science and Technology

Science writer Cody Cassidy joins us to tell the stories of people who changed how we live in ways big and small.

How Food Affects Our Mood

September 10, 2020 Culture, Science and Technology

Dr. Uma Naidoo is founder and director of the Nutritional Psychiatry Service at Massachusetts General Hospital and on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. She joins us to talk about how science shows foods like blueberries –-and sadly, not cookies — are keys to mental health and cogitative function.

Here’s How The Universe Might End

September 8, 2020 Science and Technology

North Carolina State University theoretical astrophysicist Katie Mack joins us to talk about the math, science and mystery that allows space to predict our demise back here on Earth.

For The Dying, Dreams Offer Comfort

July 8, 2020 Health, Science and Technology

Dr. Christopher Kerr, CEO and chief medical officer at Hospice Buffalo, joins us to talk about observing end-of-life patients and how their dreams and visions provide moments of beauty and affirmation.

The Inner Lives Of Butterflies

July 2, 2020 Environment, Science and Technology

Journalist Wendy Williams joins us to talk about the colorful, weird and beautiful ways butterflies survive — and how they help humans live.

The Trial And Error Of Evolution

June 8, 2020 History, Science and Technology

Biologist Neil Shubin joins us to talk about the evolution of, well … evolution.

Science Denial Is Nothing New (Ask Galileo)

May 19, 2020 Culture, History, Science and Technology

Mario Livio, astrophysicist and author, joins us to talk about Galileo Galilei, who revolutionized science and, because of it, endured condemnation and accusations of heresy.