Lauren F. Friedman, an editor at Consumer Reports, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss CR’s rigorous testing of fast foods and supermarket products to find the harmful chemicals that enter our bodies.
Read moreThe mysteries of the moon
Science journalist Rebecca Boyle joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why the partnership between the Earth and the Moon is so critical for life on our planet.
Read moreConservation is about people, too
Adam Hart, professor of science communication at the University of Gloucestershire, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the realities of people who live among predators.
Read moreThe gift of buying less
Chip Colwell, lecturer at the University of Colorado, Denver, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the pact he made with his family that they buy no more than five items in a year and what it taught him about consumption.
Read moreAn update on the search for alien life
Adam Frank, professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester, joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss the many ways scientists are searching for life in space.
Read moreFor farmers, climate change is complicated
Laura Reiley, who covers the business of food for The Washington Post, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the ways U.S. farmers are approaching modern problems of output and how the industry is working to do more with less.
Read moreGetting around your community is a right not a privilege
Veronica O. Davis, a civil engineer and community activist, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how we might take a more human-centric approach to urban planning.
Read moreWe have trashed innerspace
Jaime Green, editor of “The Best American Science and Nature Writing,” joins host Krys Boyd to discuss space trash and what can be done about it.
Read moreWhere avocados are illegal
Harper’s contributor Alexander Sammon joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how drug cartels are getting into the avocado business – and how one town is fighting back to protect both its safety and natural resources.
Read moreYou don’t want to live on Mars
Kelly Weinersmith, adjunct faculty member in the BioSciences department at Rice University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the impracticalities of space colonization and the conflicts it could create back on Earth.
Read moreRedwoods and Sequoias: Relocating natures giants
Moises Velasquez-Manoff, contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how Sequoias and Giant Redwoods are falling victim to hotter and drier climates.
Read moreOctopuses: The aliens of the ocean
Marine biologist Danna Staaf joins host Krys Boyd to discuss these intelligent and charismatic creatures and the amazing things they can do that no one else in the animal kingdom can.
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