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Episode 362: How the body’s immune system defends us against disease

The immune system is similar to a microscopic security force with commanders that order cells to find and kill infectious intruders.

Episode 361: How asteroids can help us understand the history of our Solar System

The OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return its sample of dust and rocks from the asteroid Bennu in September.

Episode 360: Looking at lemur behavior in Madagascar

Researchers are spending time in Madagascar off the southeast coast of Africa studying family behavior in lemurs.

Episode 359: Tracking climate change in pre-industrial society

Researchers are trying to reconcile conflicting data on global temperature changes prior to the Industrial Revolution.

Episode 358: How dark is deep space?

Scientists are using NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft to measure light that exists beyond the solar system

Episode 357: Investigating methods for heat management in Arizona.

Researchers are advising city managers planning for the continued effects of changing summer climate.

Episode 356: Updating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic

More than three years after the emergence of COVID-19, debate continues about how and where it originated.

Episode 355: Forecasting weather effects in Earth orbit

The sun’s interaction with the Earth’s atmosphere creates weather on the ground and in space.

Episode 354: How evidence from the past helps us understand climate change in the present.

Researchers have discovered Earth's oceans were warmer 66 million years ago than they are now.

Episode 353: Why computers might not be as smart as we think

Computers are such a part of our everyday lives that we take for granted that they are thinking machines.

Episode 352: Solving misconceptions about the aging brain

Researchers are finding more about what happens to our brains as we get older.

Episode 351: How University of Arizona students are preparing for careers guiding space missions

University of Arizona students are getting their own unmanned satellite ready for launch.

Episode 350: Simulating residency on another world

Scientists predict people might spend years living off-world in the coming decades.

Episode 349: Exploring the University of Arizona campus arboretum

Bringing the stories of cacti, shrubs, and saplings to the U of A from around the world.

Episode 348: A new type of pacemaker for the heart

New technology is helping scientists develop a gentler, less painful way to use electricity to stimulate the heart.

Episode 347: The 1-year anniversary of the James Webb Space Telescope.

The groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescope was launched in December a year ago

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