We Can Now Edit Our DNA. But Let's Do it Wisely
AdultsBiologyGeneticsScience...Geneticist Jennifer Doudna co-invented a groundbreaking new technology for editing genes, called CRISPR-Cas9. The tool allows scientists to make precise edits to DNA strands, which could lead to treatments for genetic diseases.
What Is Something?
AdultsPhysicsSpacePhilosophy...What is something? On the most fundamental level thinkable, what are things? Why are things? And why do things behave the way they do?
What Happens When Your Brain Is Split
AdultsHumanMental HealthNeuroscience...What Happens When Your Brain Is Split In Two - And You Survive?
Why do some people have seasonal allergies?
AdultsHealthHumanBiology...Ah, spring. Grass growing, flowers blooming, trees budding. For those with allergies, though, this explosion of new life probably inspires more dread than joy. So what's behind this annual onslaught of mucus? Eleanor Nelsen explains what happens when your immune system goes rogue.
How do we separate the inseparable?
AdultsPhysicsScienceTechnologyYour cell phone is mainly made of plastics and metals. It's easy to appreciate the process by which those elements add up to something so useful.
The threat of invasive species
AdultsEnvironmentNatureScienceMassive vines that blanket the southern United States, climbing high as they uproot trees and swallow buildings. A ravenous snake that is capable of devouring an alligator. Rabbit populations that eat themselves into starvation.
Flavored Oxygen Taste Test
AdultsHumorInternet CultureScienceCan we figure out what flavor oxygen we're breathing?
Smarter Every Day
AdultsTechnologyTransportationPhysics...Can You Land A Helicopter Without Engine Power?
James Webb Space Telescope
AdultsSpaceTechnologyScienceKnown as Hubble's successor, it uses 18 mirror segments to collect light from galaxies billions of light years away.
The Turing test: Can a computer pass for a human?
AdultsArtificial IntelligenceLanguageTechnology...What is consciousness? Can an artificial machine really think? For many, these have been vital considerations for the future of artificial intelligence.