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Episode 205: Fighting for the future of chocolate

Oct 24, 2019 How plant viruses affect the availability of the foods we eat.

University of Arizona professor Bill McCallum wants to create a world where learners know, use and enjoy mathematics

Episode 204: Helping teachers keep math interesting

Oct 17, 2019 A University of Arizona professor wants to help learners know, use and enjoy mathematics.

University of Arizona biology professor Brian Enquist is investigating how changes in global temperature will affect our forests.

Episode 203: Predicting how forests will respond to climate change

Oct 10, 2019 Investigating how changes in global temperature will affect our forest.

University of Arizona information scientist Clay Morrison is building learning machines.

Episode 202: Exploring the interaction between man and machine

Oct 3, 2019 Exploring our connection with computers

University of Arizona biomedical engineer Kaveh Laksari.

Episode 201: Detecting danger from traumatic brain injuries

Sep 26, 2019 A University of Arizona biomedical engineer is promoting the use of sensors in mouth guard to detect sports concussions.

Landscape of the Pliocene Period, from Cyclopedia Universal History by John Clark Ridpath from 1895.

Episode 200: Climate change clues from prehistoric times

Sep 19, 2019 Prehistoric temperature data can help us predict the impact of climate change.

In the photo: Assassin bug. UA researchers examined dietary habits from species ranging from insects to humans to build evolutionary family tree.

Episode 199: A history of eating

Sep 13, 2019 Looking back in time to determine what created our dietary habits.

Episode 198: Groundwater and climate change

Sep 6, 2019 Using computer models to predict the effect of climate change on groundwater in the West.

Tosi Adegbija (third from left) and his team are researching new ways to improve efficiency in smartphones.

Episode 197: Researching smartphone efficiency

Aug 30, 2019 Exploring ways to make smartphones run more efficiently.

UA professor Michael Marty, center, with two students in his biochemistry lab.

Episode 196: Molecules and the battle against bacteria

Aug 23, 2019 Discovering how anti-microbial molecules fight infectious disease

This NASA model shows carbon dioxide blanketing our atmosphere. INSET: Hoshin Gupta

Episode 195: Earth science and the art of crunching numbers

Aug 16, 2019 Meeting increasing data analysis challenges in Earth science research

PKC-delta neurons (green) are activated by the inflammatory signal in the oval region of the bed nucleus of stria terminalis (ovBNST). Activated cells are shown in red.

Episode 194: Researching eating disorders with lab mice

Aug 9, 2019 Using laboratory mice to understand eating and emotional behavior.

Farmers planting crops in a conservation agriculture project in East Africa.

Episode 193: Going global with farming methods

Aug 2, 2019 The challenges in transplanting a popular farming method around the globe.

University of Arizona astrobiologist Betül Kacar.

Episode 192: Seeking knowledge through the use of synthetic biology

Jul 25, 2019 Making new things from existing biological forms.

Hartmann from 1961 at the Lunar and Planetary Lab

Episode 191: Memories of the first moon landing

Jul 18, 2019 Memories from the first moon landing, 50 years after Apollo 11.

New University of Arizona research could help industry reduce manufacturing costs for material structures in nano-scale.

Episode 190: A better way to build small

Jul 12, 2019 Developing a new method to build tiny devices for medicine and electronics.

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