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965 - Facing a literal loss for words

From astronomy to cancer research and beyond, explore the latest scientific and technological innovations taking place in Arizona.

965 - Facing a literal loss for words

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From astronomy to cancer research and beyond, explore the latest scientific and technological innovations taking place in Arizona.

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Episodes

Facing a literal loss for words

Examining the mysteries of gut health

Privately funded space exploration planned for Earth orbit

Studying solar flares on faraway suns

Imagining the next phase in lunar exploration

Understanding the genetic causes for ALS

Continuing research on Long COVID

A decade of discovery from the orbit of Jupiter

Charting the molecular signaling inside our cells

Using artificial intelligence to create Biosphere 3

Uncovering the mystery of a shrouded exoplanet

Looking at hard choices for water use in Arizona

Studying plasma and why it matters in physics

Why fruit flies are essential for biological research

How the science of aging fits into preventing disease

Helping an endangered desert fish survive

Investigating the health of California firefighters

The importance of gut health

Selling the importance of climate science

Updating the samples from asteroid Bennu

Connecting indigenous communities with the science of water use

Examining the science behind how we make choices

Tracking drought patterns via the jet stream using tree rings

Using machine learning to study natural language processing

Learning from squirrels about microbial health

Investigating the imaginative part of the human brain

Investigating coral reefs for signs of climate change

Turning to wildlife to stop the spread of wildfires

Feeding plants and animals using solar energy

Using dryland farming techniques to grow crops in the Southwest

Investigating dark matter in the universe

Coping with federal funding cutbacks for research grants

An operations update on the new Vera Rubin Observatory

Scanning the skies for a new ninth planet

Tracking the first human footprints in the Southwest

Updating strategies for planetary defense

The impact of childhood trauma on adult behavior

How southern Arizona could hold clues to Mars' past

How magic tricks can help us understand how our brains work

Seeing the tiniest objects in the human body

Exploring the lives of the earliest humans

Building the next generation of 3-dimensional imaging

Tracking solar storms through tree ring research

Exploring the mystery of dark energy

Tracking advances in endoscopic technology

Studying the natural partnerships occurring among and between plant and animal species

Discovering the most distant galaxies

Fueling airborne transportation with transmitted electricity

Studying medical science at Biosphere 2

Examining the health benefits of copper

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