Category: Science

Why the US Is Racing to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

“There’s now policy certainty that we didn’t have before,” she adds. “Last but not least, the private sector is not only interested in using...

Episode 574 – Josh Gondelman

Comedian Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) joins Andy and Matt to talk about his new special Positive Reinforcement, his newsletter, his wife Maris Kreizman's new book...

mRNA vaccines for HIV trigger strong immune response in people

Two vaccine candidates using mRNA technology elicit a potent immune response against HIV, according to an early-stage clinical trial1. The trial is only...

Astronomers detect life’s building blocks around a young star

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team of astronomers led by Abubakar Fadul from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has...

Friendship & Betrayal in Communist Romania : Invisibilia : NPR

In 2007, American anthropologist Katherine Verdery found herself staring at almost 3,000...

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