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An artist rendering of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.

Episode 227: Using artificial intelligence for space exploration

Apr 10, 2020 How AI and deep learning can improve automated space-exploration.
UA Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences Assistant Professor Laura Condon

Episode 226: How groundwater can help global warming

Apr 3, 2020 Studies show groundwater adjusts to climate and stabilizes the soil which plants need to survive.
Leah Fabiano-Smith (back row center) with UA speech-language research assistants.

Episode 225: Facing the challenge of diagnosing speech disorders

Mar 27, 2020 A University of Arizona researcher is working on an issue critical for Arizona educators.
King Cobra snake

Episode 224: Tracking one of the world’s most dangerous snakes

Mar 19, 2020 The King Cobra snake possesses a fearsome reputation but is has rarely been studied.
Western and Mountain Bluebirds are being studied by UA's Renee Duckworth in Montana.

Episode 223: What birds can teach us about stress

Mar 13, 2020 What the behavior of birds can tell us about how humans respond to stress.
Coronavirus illustration.

Studying and searching for coronavirus in Tucson

Mar 6, 2020 Tracking the source of COVID-19 and looking for traces in Tucson.
CRISPR gene editing technology can help scientists fight diseases affecting plants.

Episode 221: How science can help feed the world

Feb 28, 2020 Using scientific tools to answer the challenge of feeding the world's population.
The use of large computer data sets is a fundamental part of modern research.

Episode 220: Understanding the positives and negatives of machine learning

Feb 21, 2020 The AI revolution comes with great promise, but also peril.
Little Colorado River in the White Mountains of Arizona

What the future holds for biodiversity on our planet

Feb 14, 2020 Biodiversity and ecosystems connect Earth's living and physical components.
UA psychology professor Arne Ekstrom (r.) guides student Mike Starrett on virtual reality treadmill.

Episode 219: Exploring virtual reality

Feb 7, 2020 There's more to VR than just gaming.
Photo from the Cassini spacecraft of Saturn's moon Enceladus, which scientists say could harbor extraterrestrial life.

Episode 218: How extraterrestrial life could affect us on Earth

Jan 31, 2020 How finding extraterrestrial life will change the way we live on Earth.
Representatives from UA, National Science Foundation, and the Navajo Nation with a UA-developed solar powered water purification system.

Episode 217: Problem-solving on the Navajo Nation.

Jan 23, 2020 Putting a focus on problem-solving on the Navajo Nation.
Researching the relationship between exercise, stress and the immune system.

Episode 216: Exercise, stress and the immune system

Jan 17, 2020 Researching the relationship between exercise, stress and the immune system.
UA physics professor John Rutherford is working on projects at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe

Episode 215: Conducting research on the cutting edge of particle physics.

Jan 10, 2020 The Large Hadron Collider in Europe helps scientists make discoveries basic to our understanding of the known universe.
Illustration shows collision between Earth and another body during the formation of the solar system 4-5 billion years ago.

Episode 214: The origin of our moon

Jan 3, 2020 What’s the origin story for Earth’s moon?
University of Arizona chemistry and biochemistry professor Craig Aspinwall.

Episode 213: Creating new tools to find out how cells in the human body work

Dec 20, 2019 New methods to observe important cellular functions.

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