Cool Science Radio
Thursday, 9-10AM
From the discovery of new dinosaurs to the science of an avalanche, from the secret technology behind Facebook, to the latest developments in nanotechnology — Cool Science Radio hosts Lynn Ware Peek and Katie Mullaly decipher science and technology discoveries in an entertaining, amusing and accessible way. If they can understand it, so can you.
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Carrie Bearden, a professor of psychiatry, biobehavioral sciences, and psychology at UCLA, explores the mounting evidence that regular cannabis use predicts an increased risk of schizophrenia and psychotic symptoms among teens. -
Surgeon Gabriel Weston takes a scientific look at the wonder, mystery and misconceptions of our anatomy, from guts to genitals, from brain to reproductive organs. -
As data expands and changes it is making it harder for businesses to make meaningful progress at a time when doing so is more urgent than ever. Author Steve Lucas highlights these challenges and his new book "Digital Impact: The Human Element of AI-Driven Transformation." -
One-time local, Peter Rizzo, talks about his time as the station doctor for the 77th Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition and what it’s like to live and work in Antarctica. -
Michele Rehbein discusses the City Nature Challenge, which will take place April 25-28, 2025. This four-day annual event encourages people to find and photograph plants and wildlife in their own cities and towns using iNaturalist. -
Izzy Vogel and Naomi O’Connor, two members of Team Minerva, a robotics team from Park City High School, tell us about their competition at the Premier event in Springfield, Massachusetts, the great experiences they had and what it took to get there. -
Author Timothy Morton draws on philosophers Kant and Heidegger to reframe what it means to be ecological and what sorts of actions count as we head into an age of mass extinction in his book, "Being Ecological." -
Neuroscientist and doctor Kieran Fox explores Albert Einstein's little-discussed spirituality and it how it both informed and complemented his science in Fox's new book "I Am Part of Infinity." It draws on little-known conversations, recently published letters and new archival research on what Einstein really believed and why his perspective still matters today. -
Co-founders of HIRO diapers, Miki Agrawal and Tero Isokauppila, talk about the world’s first digestible diapers — that is, digested by fungi and designed to break down in a landfill thanks to new fungi-powered decomposition technology. -
Theoretical physicist and science writer Kathryn Zurek from the California Institute of Technology talks about the mysteries of dark matter.
