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Boulder / Denver's KGNU science shows air on Tues mornings @ 88.5FM and 1390AM @ 8:32 - 9:00 MT. Podcasts at https://t.co/DfAWb8WgNy or on Apple.
Boulder/Denver, Colorado, USA
Joined July 2012
Are you ready to explore the known, unknown, and possibly unknowable with @ProfKelsey? We talk about her book Into The Unknown: The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos. Part 1 of the interview aired this week @KGNU
https://t.co/rDsqXISKEK Join us for Part 2 next week.
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Into The Unknown (starts at 7:57) What do we know about the universe, and how do we know we know it? Conversely, what do we know we don’t know, what don’t we know that we don’t know, and why not? T…
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This week we hear from Miles O'Brien about science journalism, past and current science reporting, public and political views of science, and the value of scientific research. We also look at claims about acetaminophen and autism. @KGNU
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This episode features Miles O’Brien, a science journalist who has been a correspondent for PBS News and CNN. He talks about his experience breaking in to science journalism, past and current …
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Graduation season! That means it is time for our annual Graduation Special on @KGNU, where we talk to grad students about their thesis work. Part 1 is about spacecraft trajectories, Bell tests, and Level-Set Topology Optimization. https://t.co/vkl3UXg89X
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With graduation season upon us, today’s edition of How on Earth is Part 1 of our annual “Graduation Special”. Our guests in the studio today are scientists and engineers who have or will soon recei…
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Today on How on Earth @KGNU, we talk with Dr. Simone Marchi about @NASA's @LucyMission to the Trojan asteroids. On its way, Lucy has flybys of two main-belt asteroids: Dinkinesh in November 2023 and next on April 20 it will fly by asteroid Donaldjohanson.
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Our guest today is Dr. Simone Marchi, Institute Scientist in the Solar System Science & Exploration Division at the Boulder office of Southwest Research Institute. Dr. Marchi is the Deputy Prin…
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For this week's episode of How on Earth on @KGNU, we share a little foolishness - Professor Angus Gillespie reflects on the history of April Fools' Day, and Dr. Mike Lund talks about the tradition of April Fools Astronomy papers. https://t.co/Ff2oELrMDa
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Today is April Fools’ day, when jokes and pranks are played, sometimes among friends and family, sometimes on a more public scale. But why is there such a day for culturally-accepted foolishness? …
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Our recent show is a look back at some forward-looking science stories from 2024: * Tom Cech Talks RNA - the catalyst * Avian Flu * Artificial Intelligence * Colorado, the Quantum State https://t.co/DDe9eUOZTO
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We share the How on Earth team’s picks for of science stories of 2024: Tom Cech Talks RNA (starts at 1:56) Avian Flu (starts at 9:33) Artificial Intelligence (starts at 13:13) Colorado, the …
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"I came away (from #COP16) really empowered, because now I see how scientists have a direct impact on shaping the future of #biodiversity ." ~ Chris Funk @fieldgenomics. Take a listen to our intvw w/ Funk & Liba Pejchar of @ColoradoStateU. https://t.co/S29aRjbxpK
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COP16: Hope & Hurdles (start time: 1:20) On this week’s show, host Susan Moran interviews two conservation biologists at Colorado State University — Chris Funk and Liba Pejchar. Th…
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"(...although Democrats & Republicans have different views, we (people) believe those views are far different than they actually are." Leaf Van Boven, CU Boulder prof. Hear our intrvw w/ @bovenleaf and @westen_drew on political emotions & actions. https://t.co/tiIv4NfAbW
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Beliefs, Perceptions, Decision-making (start time: 4:37) For many people if feels like our society, and our beliefs, have never been as polarized as they are now. Indeed, we are living in a politi…
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What's for dinner? And how are our meals affecting and affected by #climatechange? Tune in to this week's show, as host @susan_moran interviews ecologist Mark Easter about his new debut book, The Blue Plate (@patagonia). #soilhealth #soilmicrobes
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The Blue Plate in a Red-hot World (start time: 7:46) While adding cream to your morning cup of coffee, or digesting the hamburger that you grilled last night, you might not have been asking yoursel…
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Perhaps we should call this week's edition of How on Earth: How on The Moon? We talk with astrophysicist Dr. Jack Burns about the reasons for doing radio astronomy on the Moon, and the past and future missions to do that science. https://t.co/WZLgX6Trhl
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When people talk about going to the Moon, it is often in terms of establishing a station there, or finding water, or doing science about the Moon such as studying moon rocks. But we can do interes…
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Why do animals talk? Do they have languages or just varying "words"? Tune in to @KGNU's science show as we discuss scientific advancements, & listen to wolves, gibbons, etc., w/ zoologist @arikkershenbaum about his new book #WhyAnimals Talk.
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Animal Communication Science (start time: 2:57) Whether you own a dog or horse, or have listened to dolphins, wolves, chimpanzees or other wild animals, you’ve probably wondered what they’re…
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Why do black-capped chickadees mate w/ mountain chickadees? And how does the sharp memory of these songbirds serve them over winter? Listen to this week's @kgnu science show, with @CUBoulder ecologist @Dr_Scott_Taylor and host @susan_moran. #chickadees
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Clever Chickadees on the Front Range (start time: 4:20) Many of us wake up these days to a chorus of songbirds, including mountain and black-capped chickadees. Host Susan Moran interviews Scott Tay…
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In this week's episode, we talk with Rebecca Boyle @rboyle31 about her new book: Our Moon. We discuss how the Moon has impacted so many aspects of our lives: philosophy and religion, art and science, sense of time, and evolution of life.
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In this episode, we talk with journalist and author Rebecca Boyle about her book Our Moon – How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are. W…
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Confused by misleading "compostable" product labels? Tune in to our @kgnu science show to learn about a new truth-in-labeling CO law and other efforts to reduce landfill #methaneemissions, w/ Dan Matsch of @ecocycle & Nora Goldstein of @BioCycleMag. https://t.co/FdRgYfNDVz
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Making “Compostable” Products Truly Compostable (start time: 0:56) You’ve probably wracked your brain at some point trying to figure out whether the compostable-labelled clamshell or t…
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Want to know more of the dirt on #composting -- e.g. its climate, ecological and human health benefits-- & challenges to getting more methane out of #landfills by having cities and the U.S. compost more? Check out this week's @KGNU science show/podcast. #GHGemissions
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Wondering which songbirds are waking you up each spring morning? And how you can give birds and their dwindling habitats a leg up? Tune in to this week's @KGNU science show with host @susan_moran ; Terri Schulz of @Nature_Colorado; & naturalist Dave Sutherland. #birdwatching
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On a new deal giving endangered fish and farmers a leg up, and tensions between Upper and Lower Basin states, tune in to this week's science show and podcast, with @LukeRunyon & @awhager. @KUNC @TheWaterDesk @KGNU #climatechange
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Colorado River: Promise and Peril (start time: 6:28) For more than two decades the Colorado River has been shrinking, afflicted by climate change-induced drought, population growth, and water pol…
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On the discovery of the largest deep-sea coral reef, and the risks of seabed mining, tune in to today's @KGNU science show/podcast. Journalist @karadaniellefox interviews Kasey Cantwell @CoralReef_KC @NOAA ; & @farahyasmin of The Ocean and Us.
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This week’s How On Earth offers two features: Deep-sea coral reef discovery (start time: 0:58) Scientists recently discovered and mapped the largest known deep-sea coral reef in the world. I…
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