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Eureka! Celebrating Recent Scientific Achievements

There’s not a lot of great headlines in the news lately. Y’know, between a contentious election, rioting in the Capitol, a raging pandemic, and lots and lots of dangerous misinformation.

This hour, well… in every hour of Audacious, misinformation is banned, and different headlines get the attention they deserve. Today, we celebrate FIRSTS in recent scientific observation and achievement.

Hear from the researchers and scientists behind these headlines:

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GUESTS:

  • is a Professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
  • is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Rochester in New York
  • is an Associate Professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science's Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences in Israel
  • is a Senior Research Associate at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom
  • is a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University and a member of the Carl Sagan Institute
  • is the senior scientist and head of the Scientific Computing Division at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
  • is a paleontologist and Curator of Dinosaurs at the Royal Ontario Museum, and Associate Professor at the University of Toronto

Catie Talarski contributed to this show.

Chion Wolf is the host of Audacious with Chion Wolf on ϳԹ, spotlighting the stories of people whose experiences, professions, or conditions defy convention or are often misunderstood.

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If you’re reading this, you believe in trusted journalism and in learning without paywalls. You value access to educational content kids love and enriching cultural programming.

Now all of that is at risk.

Federal funding for public media is under threat and if it goes, the impact to our communities will be devastating.

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Your voice has protected public media before. Now, it’s needed again. Learn how you can protect the news and programming you depend on.

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