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This is Science Thanks
Jess highlights her favorite reasons to be thankful for science in this season of gratitude.
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What’s Science Fiction is Prologue
Jess talks with Chuck Wendig, whose writing is both wildly creative and extraordinarily prescient.
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Skin Deep
Happy Halloween! Jess talks with UCLA librarian Megan Rosenbloom about the spooky science of uncovering what makes some old books extra rare.
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Dust To Eat
Jess digs into the science of soils and farming in the century of climate change with Dr. Rick Cruse of the University of Iowa.
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Science Fiction
Science fictions are widely held dangerous beliefs that are not supported by science. Jess explores a few of these in anticipation of the continued propagation of science myths during the next US election cycle.
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Artificial Intelligence Unleashed
Jess talks with artificial intelligence experts Chris Mattmann of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Meriem Bekka of vmWare about the technological, social, and environmental aspects of our A.I. future.
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Wet Hot American Summer
Jess talks with UCLA climate scientist and Weather West blogger Dr. Daniel Swain about this summer of extremes.
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Something Strange in your Neighborhood
Jess tells the stories of three invisible threats harming residents of major US cities with help from Julie McNamara and Darya Minovi of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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The New Dark Ages
Jess speaks with Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse about the influence of fossil fuel dark money in politics today.
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Destroyer of Worlds
Jess speaks with Oppenheimer biographer Kai Bird about one of Earth's most influential humans and his scientific and political legacies.
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Under Pressure
Jess speaks from her experience conducting deep ocean research to answer questions about the recent disasters of the migrant ship sunk in Greek waters and the implosion of the Titan submersible.
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Fear in a Handful of Dust
Exciting new research allows UCS scientists to gain insight into North Korea’s shadowy nuclear weapons program.