Living Lab Radio on CAI
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Living Lab on WCAI is a forum for the stories behind science headlines — the people who do the research, the unexpected ways that science gets done, and how the results make their way into our everyday lives.
Latest Episodes
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By Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston UniversityGift giving is a big deal this time of year.To find the “perfect” gift, Americans will spend about 15 hours shopping.…
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The Impossible Burger has put high tech meat alternatives on people’s plates and minds. But just how big could this emerging sector become? And how soon?…
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This year’s United Nations conference on climate change is underway in Madrid, Spain, with about 25,000 people from 200 countries attending.The mood is…
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“Essentially, the cost of producing protein is going to come down fast. So, it's five times cheaper by 2030 - and ten times by 2035 - than existing…
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In July of 2014, images of an enormous crater in the Siberian tundra captivated scientists and the public, alike. Others were soon found, and a cause…
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“A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a…
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A new meta-analysis of dozens of studies finds evidence that mind-body therapies, like meditation, can reduce not only pain, but also opioid use.“There…
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Before heading home for turkey, the Supreme Court this week declined to hear a case pitting a prominent climate scientist against a conservative news…
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"I didn't expect it then and I still don't expect it now. It's not something that any Arctic scientists talk about for this to happen on land - to have…
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Stargazing and storytelling are universal, age-old past-times. For millenia, people have looked to the sky, seen shapes in the stars, and attached stories…