Category: Week in Science

  • Science of 2018, most distant solar system object, declining antibiotic use in livestock: science roundup | Miles O'Brien Productions

    Science of 2018, most distant solar system object, declining antibiotic use in livestock: science roundup

    Traffic was light this morning, tumbleweeds are rolling through the hallways of WGBH, and there was no line to get a Santa Fe chicken wrap in the station café. Yes, it appears the winter holiday has already begun, but we are still hard at work here. Today, we’re focused on our upcoming NOVA entitled “Inside…

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  • Climate denial at COP24, water found on Bennu, Virgin Galactic reaches space: science roundup | Miles O'Brien Productions

    Climate denial at COP24, water found on Bennu, Virgin Galactic reaches space: science roundup

    From climate denial at COP24 meeting to water found on asteroid Bennu, here’s the best science news of the week.

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  • Successful Mars landing, OSIRIS-Rex arrives at asteroid, gene editing scandal: science roundup | Miles O'Brien Productions

    Successful Mars landing, OSIRIS-Rex arrives at asteroid, gene editing scandal: science roundup

    Here’s a look at the most interesting happenings in science, with stories you don’t want to miss. Landing on the Red Planet to study marsquakes Mars is hard. The odds of a safe landing on the surface are less than 50-50. But last Monday, the team at NASA/CalTech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory once again made it…

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  • Why wildfires are getting so big, science wins in midterms, new Chinese space station: science roundup | Miles O'Brien Productions

    Why wildfires are getting so big, science wins in midterms, new Chinese space station: science roundup

    Here’s a look back at the most interesting happenings in science, with stories you don’t want to miss. (By the way, we will be taking some time off for Thanksgiving next week–this newsletter and the Miles To Go podcast will be back after!) California is on fire–here’s why The Camp Fire in Northern California this…

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  • Jet stream accounting, natural Martian batteries, paralyzed patients walk again: this week in science | Miles O'Brien Productions

    Jet stream accounting, natural Martian batteries, paralyzed patients walk again: this week in science

    Here’s a look back at this week in science, with stories you don’t want to miss. Current climate models struggle to capture effects of weak jet stream New research published this week is refocusing attention on the polar jet stream and its impact on climate change. Renowned climate scientist [and good friend] Michael Mann co-authored…

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  • Climate change woes, Soyuz rocket mishap, ongoing pesticide ban saga: past few weeks in science

    Apologies for the hiatus–but we’ve been pretty darn busy. This summer, I’ve been flying around chasing wildfires and the people that study them for an upcoming PBS NOVA film–you can learn more about this if you sign up for my newsletter. Being busy is good, but something had to give and unfortunately this was it.…

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