Each episode highlights the work of one of the more than 200 fellows at the . Their research examines the origins of life, the universe, and the strands that connect all of science. Host Kellen McGee delivers a distillation of discoveries that touch on the mysteries of dark matter, language, gender, and evolution.
Exploradio Origins is a collaboration between WKSU and the Institute for the Science of Origins. Tune-in Thursday afternoons during WKSU鈥檚 All Things Considered.
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DAAN ROOSEGAARDE/CREATIVE COMMONSYou may know semiconductors from computers: they鈥檙e a material somewhere between an electrical conductor and an electrical insulator that can be used as鈥� -
NIH CLINICAL CENTER/CREATIVE COMMONS"There are technologies that we can use now like next generation sequencing where it allows us to take a really teeny tiny piece of DNA or RNA and鈥�
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鈥淚t's known that the universe is expanding; of course it's been known since the 1920s. The surprise we were hit with in the 1990s is that the expansion is鈥� -
The fishermen of Iceland became concerned around a decade ago. The capelin, a small fish that鈥檚 a staple catch, and a crucial link in the ocean ecosystem,鈥� -
Some of you may have heard of SETI: the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. The idea is that if there's an advanced alien civilization, they鈥檇 try鈥� -
A research group at Case Western Reserve University, led by professor of biomedical engineering Dustin Tyler, works with neural implants in people who鈥檝e鈥� -
"If we find life on another planet, it's likely going to be microbial," said Ashley Manning-Berg, assistant professor in geology at The University of鈥� -
Epilepsy is a condition that we usually think of as being in the brain. Doctors typically identify it by measuring brain activity. However, new evidence鈥� -
In the early 20th century, physicists discovered cosmic rays- energetic particles zooming through deep space. Many of these come from the sun, and can鈥� -
The schistosome worm causes schistosomiasis, which just might be the biggest parasitic disease you鈥檝e never heard of.鈥淵ou get it walking in water that's鈥� -
鈥淐ultural geology in my eye is the interface of geology and human culture,鈥� Joe Hannibal said.Joe Hannibal is curator of invertebrate paleontology at the鈥� -
When we think about it, we usually remember to breathe when we鈥檙e awake. But who鈥檚 at the controls when we鈥檙e sleeping?鈥淲e鈥檙e still continuing to鈥� -
To live and function, we know cells have to eat and reproduce. But, they also have to take out the trash. What seems like a simple chore to us is actually鈥� -
Mathematics and biology sound like pretty distant relatives, but for Wanda Strychalski, an assistant professor of mathematics at Case Western Reserve鈥�
