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This week on the show: The BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine works great on 5-to-11-year-olds — so why isn't Germany in a rush to vaccinate them? Also, if y...
- Added: Sep 26, 2021
- Length: 30:00
This week on the show: Are you the kind of person who takes the last piece of cake? Or would you leave it there for someone else instead? Also, we...
- Added: Sep 11, 2021
- Length: 30:00
This week on the show: New research from Germany suggests that letting people choose whether or not to vaccinate may ultimately improve the overal...
- Added: Sep 03, 2021
- Length: 30:00
This week on the show: Get ready to roll up that sleeve again, because early data makes a clear case for a 3rd injection of the Pfizer-BioNTech va...
- Added: Aug 30, 2021
- Length: 30:00
This week on the show: Have you ever seen a video of someone floating, just like in space, except it looks like they're inside an airplane? Well,...
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- Added: Jul 10, 2021
- Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Among those who haven't vaccinated (but also among some who have), there's a real fear that COVID-19 vaccines could have s...
- Added: Jul 02, 2021
- Length: 30:00
This week on the show: If you don't vaccinate, you will get COVID-19 at some point. That's a fact. There's also the social argument. But a lot of ...
- Added: Jun 10, 2021
- Length: 30:00
This week on the show: What is "black fungus," and how is it related to COVID-19? What are the arguments for — or against — vaccinating pregnant w...
- Added: May 27, 2021
- Length: 30:00
Art should be able to be enjoyed by all. Thanks to 3-D and audio technology, the blind are able to experience art on their own terms.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:32
A DC mother helps her son with cancer get his appetite back through the power of nutritious foods and helps others along the way.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:33
Spinal cord injuries are mostly considered irreversible. Scientists from Duke University are changing that by utilizing virtual reality technology.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:31
Leftover coffee grounds are saving lives as the main ingredient for an essential slow-burning fire source In sub-Saharan Africa.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
A start-up company in the Netherlands is looking for new solutions for renewable energy and finding them in plants.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Protecting your skin from the sun is a must. So is protecting coral reefs from toxic sunscreen.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Move over Thomas Edison! A resourceful teenager creates electricity in his South African village using mostly trash and food scraps.
- Added: May 14, 2021
- Length: 02:30
This week on the show: From a risk/reward standpoint, does it make sense to fly to another country to get vaccinated there? Also, is it OK to brea...
- Added: May 06, 2021
- Length: 30:00
The aviation industry is one of the largest users of fossil fuels. The solution could be in the middle east where A branchy-like plant is looking v...
- Added: May 03, 2021
- Length: 02:32
This week on the show: If you’ve happened to hear about an asthma medication that will ameliorate or perhaps prevent COVID-19, think twice before ...
- Added: Apr 30, 2021
- Length: 30:00
Move over Tesla, a collaborator of Swiss Companies has created a prototype dump truck that might even be able to sell electricity back to the grid!
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Bees are good for much more than stinging. With bee populations rapidly declining, Cedar Rapids is finding a way to give them a second shot.
- Added: Apr 20, 2021
- Length: 02:30
This week on the show: Can vaccines stop the mutations? According to a large-scale study out of Israel, it appears the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine can...
- Added: Apr 02, 2021
- Length: 30:00
Professors at the University of Delaware create innovative and affordable wheel chairs from kid cars, for very young children.
- Added: Apr 01, 2021
- Length: 02:49
This week on the show: After months of lockdown and a few weeks of reprieve, Germany's heading right back into what might be the hardest lockdown ...
- Added: Mar 25, 2021
- Length: 30:00
This week on the show: Have people really gained more weight during the pandemic? How did brain researchers predict stock movements (or, by extens...
- Added: Mar 19, 2021
- Length: 30:00
This week on the show: Do Germans have a good case for wanting things to reopen? Or it based more on psychological fatigue and social isolation? A...
- Added: Mar 13, 2021
- Length: 30:00
