Episodios

  • Episode 420: What data research teaches us about traffic safety

    Episode 420: What data research teaches us about traffic safety
    Jul 12 2024
    Motor vehicle crashes are preventable but accidents are still ranked as the top cause of death for Americans under the age of 40. University of Arizona civil engineering professor Alyssa Ryan studies transportation crash data. She's looking deeper into why certain populations experience higher traffic mortality rates than others.
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    5 m
  • Episode 419: A mission to detect moonquakes on the lunar surface

    Episode 419: A mission to detect moonquakes on the lunar surface
    Jun 21 2024
    Astronauts left the last seismometers on the moon's surface during the Apollo program 50 years ago.
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    6 m
  • Episode 418: Seeking evidence of a climate change turnaround

    Episode 418: Seeking evidence of a climate change turnaround
    Jun 14 2024
    Scientists studying the world's oceans are finding proof that the Earth is responding to efforts by populations fighting climate change.
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  • Episode 417: Updating an endangered species count in the Sky Islands

    Episode 417: Updating an endangered species count in the Sky Islands
    Jun 7 2024
    The pace of local extinctions is on the rise in the sky islands of the Sonoran Desert. University of Arizona evolutionary biologist John Wiens is tracking lizard populations in mountainous regions of southern Arizona and western Mexico and found some species are struggling with the changing climate.
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    5 m
  • Episode 416: Using different methods to investigate cancer

    Episode 416: Using different methods to investigate cancer
    May 31 2024
    REPEAT. Researchers studying prostate cancer have found introducing the disease in mice does not always produce accurate results.
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    5 m
  • Episode 415: Tree ring scientists take their research underwater

    Episode 415: Tree ring scientists take their research underwater
    May 24 2024
    Tree ring researchers are exploring the lives of sea creatures that document climate change just like trees do. The University of Arizona's Bryan Black reveals studies of underwater life like corals and rockfish which match a climate history also revealed in tree rings on land.
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  • Episode 414: What dogs can tell us about aging

    Episode 414: What dogs can tell us about aging
    May 17 2024
    Elderly dogs can suffer from cognitive dysfunction, similar to dementia in humans. Evan MacLean with the Arizona Canine Cognition Center in Tucson explains how games and puzzles that provide mental stimulation for dogs helps researchers understand how human brains respond at an advanced age.
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  • Episode 413: Learning more about a Sonoran Desert Icon

    Episode 413: Learning more about a Sonoran Desert Icon
    May 10 2024
    The saguaro cactus has been a source of study for southern Arizonans for decades. Saguaro National Park wildlife biologist Don Swann is among the scientists asking why saguaros are biologically fit to survive the ongoing drought, and looking deeper into its role in the desert ecosystem.
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    5 m