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April 26, 2024
For her new book, Aarathi Prasad spent years researching the past and future of silk—and even grew her own silkworms. Plus, an array of new products monitors users’ brain waves using caps or headbands. That neural data has few privacy protections. And, bonobo males may not live up to their reputation as calmer, more peaceful great apes.
5:50
Baseball Postseason Predictions
Math professor Bruce Bukiet uses “simple addition, subtraction, and multiplication” to predict the World Series bracket.
32:24
Health Reform and Healthier Outcomes?
Wider insurance coverage and coordinated care—will these add up to healthier patients?
8:35
A Trade-off Between Skin Protection and Testicular Cancer Risk?
Studying the link between genetic variations implicated in cancer may lead to more personalized treatments.
14:03
Radio Rewind: Leon Lederman
Physicist Leon Lederman discusses the Standard Model versus a Unified Theory of particle physics.
21:34
‘Countdown’ Explores the Effects of Our Overpopulated Planet
How can we sustain and balance the exploding global population?
33:31
Cracking Open Encryption Standards
How secure are the encryption systems that protect our communications?
4:15
Sifting Martian Soil and Dreaming of Future Expeditions
Recent analyses of Martian soil have found significant amounts of water.
7:33
With Government Shut Down, Science Idles
As the budgetary stalemate in Washington continues, many federally funded science projects are now on hold.
16:50
Les Paul: Inventor and Innovator
Paul was a lifelong tinkerer, building a railroad rail guitar as a teen and hearing aids in his 90s.