/tags/science Science en-US Copyright Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:15:00 GMT /show/where-we-live/2024-08-16/exploring-the-benefits-of-offshore-wind-and-why-some-new-englanders-are-fighting-against-it In an effort to curb the impacts of climate change, offshore wind turbines are popping up off the coast of New England. This hour, we unpack how this form of renewable energy works and why it’s facing opposition. Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:15:00 GMT /show/where-we-live/2024-08-16/exploring-the-benefits-of-offshore-wind-and-why-some-new-englanders-are-fighting-against-it Chloe Wynne, Catherine Shen /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2023-07-11/beauty-and-the-butt-a-look-back-at-our-complicated-relationship-with-butts This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, a look ‘back’ at the science, history, and culture of butts. Tue, 11 Jul 2023 17:00:48 GMT /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2023-07-11/beauty-and-the-butt-a-look-back-at-our-complicated-relationship-with-butts Betsy Kaplan /show/audacious-with-chion-wolf/2023-07-07/beyond-the-mask-conversations-with-psychopaths Meet two people who are psychopaths on this episode of Audacious. Learn about common misunderstandings about their inability to bond or experience long-lasting emotions. Fri, 07 Jul 2023 15:00:26 GMT /show/audacious-with-chion-wolf/2023-07-07/beyond-the-mask-conversations-with-psychopaths Jessica Severin de Martinez, Khaleel Rahman, Meg Dalton, Megan Fitzgerald, Catie Talarski, Chion Wolf /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2023-06-22/humanitys-ongoing-quest-to-end-epidemics-and-escape-contagion This hour on the Colin McEnroe Show, humanity’s ongoing quest to end epidemics and escape contagion Thu, 22 Jun 2023 09:00:00 GMT /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2023-06-22/humanitys-ongoing-quest-to-end-epidemics-and-escape-contagion Betsy Kaplan /show/audacious-with-chion-wolf/2023-06-16/laugh-and-then-think-what-its-like-to-win-the-ig-nobel-prize On this episode of Audacious, meet three Ig Nobel Prize winners! Their achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think. Fri, 16 Jun 2023 16:47:06 GMT /show/audacious-with-chion-wolf/2023-06-16/laugh-and-then-think-what-its-like-to-win-the-ig-nobel-prize Jessica Severin de Martinez, Chion Wolf /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2023-06-13/a-look-at-the-philosophy-ethics-science-and-emotion-of-time-travel This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, a look at the hold that time travel has on pop culture and the philosophy, ethics, and science of time travel. Tue, 13 Jun 2023 17:00:03 GMT /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2023-06-13/a-look-at-the-philosophy-ethics-science-and-emotion-of-time-travel Lily Tyson /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2023-06-07/why-a-show-about-fog-we-havent-the-foggiest From San Francisco’s iconic fog and COVID-related brain fog to a location-tracking program called Fog Reveal, this hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, we lift the fog on all kinds of fog. Wed, 07 Jun 2023 17:00:23 GMT /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2023-06-07/why-a-show-about-fog-we-havent-the-foggiest Jennifer LaRue /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2023-05-31/invisibility-fascinates-and-frightens-us-but-will-it-ever-become-reality This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show we learn about the science of invisibility. Plus we discuss invisibility in pop culture and science fiction and debate questions we all have about what would happen if someone could turn invisible. Wed, 31 May 2023 14:50:32 GMT /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2023-05-31/invisibility-fascinates-and-frightens-us-but-will-it-ever-become-reality Lily Tyson /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2023-05-30/how-two-connecticut-outsiders-transformed-treatment-for-traumatic-blood-loss-and-fought-army-insiders This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, how two ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø entrepreneurs discovered that a mineral called zeolite could help stop excessive bleeding, and the challenge they faced in getting the invention to take hold in trauma care. Tue, 30 May 2023 15:20:18 GMT /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2023-05-30/how-two-connecticut-outsiders-transformed-treatment-for-traumatic-blood-loss-and-fought-army-insiders Lily Tyson /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2023-05-23/why-you-like-the-music-you-like This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, we talk with Susan Rogers about the role of the listener in music and why we are drawn to some songs and not others. Tue, 23 May 2023 17:00:24 GMT /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2023-05-23/why-you-like-the-music-you-like Lily Tyson, Jonathan McNicol