Living Lab Radio on CAI
Mondays at 9am and 7pm
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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The Trump administration has begun the formal process of withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement. It’s against that backdrop that more than 11,000…
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A new analysis finds that each great whale in the ocean is worth $2 million. Not only because they are the source of tourism revenue, but because they are…
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Electronic cigarettes have been widely perceived as safer than conventional combustion cigarettes. But more than two thousand cases of lung injury and…
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"If I discovered that the toothpaste you're using was causing pancreatic cancer, and I just published in a journal - I didn't say anything about it - I…
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Space exploration and space technology have led to improvements here on Earth. We wrap runners in space blankets at finish lines. Memory foam that once…
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As greenhouse gases build up in the atmosphere, the planet gets hotter, land-based ice melts, and warming ocean water expands. The result is sea level…
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Stephanie Spera, University of RichmondEvery October, when I was growing up in Massachusetts, my parents would check out the fall foliage reports and…
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The Arctic is warming faster than any other part of the planet.As the permafrost thaws and the tundra burns, it is releasing powerful greenhouse gases…
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“Leaves are green to begin with because they make chlorophyll, and what chlorophyll does is it turns CO2 into the oxygen that we love and the sugar that…
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You’ve heard the old Benjamin Franklin quote that nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.But there is actually quite a lot that’s…