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Soft Robotic Muscles

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2018/12/18

Soft Robotic Muscles (WHOLE SHOW) Robotic Materials are going beyond gears and levers toward powerful components that are softer and more muscular. These materials may someday soon help build more human like prosthetic limbs for amputees. . . . or help a harvesting machine pluck ripe strawberries without squishing them. PhD students Nick Kellaris and Shane Mitchell are with CU Boulder’s … Continue reading "Soft Robotic Muscles"

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27:06

Titan Talk with Sarah Hörst

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2018/12/15

Headlines: Inheritance of mitochondrial DNA. Coffee and Parkinson’s disease. Sending your name and a message to the New Horizons spacecraft. Winds on Mars. Water on Asteroids. Feature: Titan (starts at 8:55) The solar system has so many different worlds that come in all shapes and sizes and histories, from boiling hot Mercury and Venus to icy Pluto and … Continue reading "Titan Talk with Sarah Hörst"

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27:33

National Assessment on Climate Change

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2018/12/05

Climate Change (starts at 6:30) Volume II of the fourth National Assessment on Climate Change was released on the day after Thanksgiving. The findings are stark. It is already too late to prevent major long term effects of climate change. The scientific community has now turned to predicting and quantifying those effects and how human civilization … Continue reading "National Assessment on Climate Change"

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25:15

Never Home Alone by Rob Dunn

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2018/11/28

Never Home Alone (starts at 4:26) In this week’s How on Earth, Beth interviews Professor Rob Dunn. In his recent book, Never Home Alone, he gives a sneak peak into the natural history of the wilderness in our homes, from the microbes in our showers to the crickets in our basements. You can find out more … Continue reading "Never Home Alone by Rob Dunn"

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27:45

Baking Soda for Autoimmune Disease // Crickets for...

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2018/11/27

Baking Soda for Autoimmune Disease (starts at 1:00) Georgia Medical College researcher Paul O’Connor reports that a small amount of baking soda in water, for two weeks, shifts the immune cell known as macrophage away from “attack” mode and more toward, “repair” mode. He says this research comes, in part, from studies involving the benefits of baking soda for people … Continue reading "Baking Soda for Autoimmune Disease // Crickets for the Gut"

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28:20

Nature and Health

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2018/11/13

Nature Rx (start time: 9:33): Nature is good for your health. Sounds obvious, but what does science tell us? A walk in the woods can help to calm your nervous system and spark novel ideas, and spending time in nature can reduce symptoms of PTSD or ADHD. Little is actually known about how nature offers healing … Continue reading "Nature and Health"

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24:28

Living in a World of Thinking Machines

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2018/10/30

It has been 50 years since the original 2001, A Space Odyssey, where movie viewers first heard Captain Powers asking, “Open the pod bay doors, HAL” and found HAL thought differently about whether that was a good idea. For most of that half-century, artificial intelligence still seemed a long way off, but in the last … Continue reading "Living in a World of Thinking Machines"

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28:00

Front Range Fracking // Planet+Human Health

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2018/10/23

Today’s show offers two features: Oil & Gas Impacts (start time: 1:05) Proposition 112, which would require oil and gas wells to be at least 2,500 feet from homes, schools, parks and other buildings, has highlighted mounting public concerns about the health, social and other impacts of extensive drilling along Colorado’s Front Range. Weld County is … Continue reading "Front Range Fracking // Planet+Human Health"

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27:10

Ketotarian & Pledge Drive Show

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2018/10/17

This week on How on Earth Beth interviews author Will Cole, functional medicine physician, about his new book, Ketotarian. He proposes a novel ketogenic diet, which has typically derived its high fat content from meat and dairy. The book describes the ketogenic approach and illustrates vegetarian, vegan, and pescatarian alternatives. Also hear Beth and Chip … Continue reading "Ketotarian & Pledge Drive Show"

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26:12

Regenerative Medicine #1: Primer

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2018/10/09

Regenerative Medicine (start time: 7:30): We begin our series on regenerative medicine with a discussion of scientific advancements, promises, caveats, regulations, and challenges of regenerative medicine therapies for orthopedic applications, such as stem cell, prolo therapy and PRP (platlet-rich plasma) therapy. Together, these therapies aim to regenerate or replace injured, diseased, or defective cells, tissues, … Continue reading "Regenerative Medicine #1: Primer"

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26:23

Eager Beavers

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2018/10/04

Beth talks with author Ben Goldfarb about his new book, amusingly titled Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter. You’ll gain a better understanding of beavers’ myriad skills, and want to restore beaver populations in our local environments. Spoiler alert, we’ll have copies of his book available during the pledge drive … Continue reading "Eager Beavers"

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26:04

How Skin Begins // Dr. Dan

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2018/09/18

Boulder researchers have discovered a key mechanism by which skin begins to develop in embryos, shedding light on the genetic roots of birth defects like cleft palate and paving the way for development of more functional skin grafts for burn victims. We bring you an interview with lead researchers, Associate Professor Rui Yi of CU … Continue reading "How Skin Begins // Dr. Dan"

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27:34

Cricket Chorus // Foliage Science

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2018/09/11

This week’s How On Earth features the following two segments: Late-summer Cricket Chorus (start time: 1:02) One of the most poetic sounds of the end of summer is …. no, not your kids kicking and screaming because summer is over. It’s the sound of crickets, katydids and other melodic insects “chirping” at night. Our focus here is Snowy … Continue reading "Cricket Chorus // Foliage Science"

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26:33

Saving Summer: The National Wildlife Federation Report

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2018/09/05

The National Wildlife Federation just released its report, Safeguarding Summer: From Climate Threats to Iconic Summer Experiences. This report chronicles the latest scientific findings on these trends and shows how we can engage on these issues to save our summers now and for future generations. This week Beth interviews the lead author, Frank Szillosi, about … Continue reading "Saving Summer: The National Wildlife Federation Report"

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27:48

Email Anxiety // Food Waste

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2018/08/28

This week’s How On Earth offers two features: Work-Email Anxiety (start time: 7:58) If you’re wondering why you often feel anxious on Monday mornings, despite having spent time with your family and friends over the weekend, you might recall the amount of time you spent glued to your smart phone or laptop, checking email because you … Continue reading "Email Anxiety // Food Waste"

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28:19

Low Carb & Lifespan//Down syndrome & Inflammation

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2018/08/22

Low Carb Diets and Lifespan (starts 3:00) Dr. Ron Rosedale, MD, gives a “second opinion” about a widely publicized report in the prominent medical journal The Lancet. The Lancet report contends that low carb diets (40% carbs or less) shorten lifespan, and moderate carb diets (roughly 55% carbs) promote longer lifespans. The study is being hailed as proof for why people should “eat carbs in moderation.” But what if the … Continue reading "Low Carb & Lifespan//Down syndrome & Inflammation"

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27:10

Aerogel as Clear as Glass//New Science Standards for...

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2018/08/15

Aerogel as Clear As Glass: (Starts 4:00) Most aerogels “windows” are kind of foggy looking. A CU-Boulder science team has created something better. It’s a liquid made from recycled plant material, a liquid that hardens into a gel that’s almost as light as air, almost as clear as glass, yet it can insulate against temperature changes. This “gel” is flexible … Continue reading "Aerogel as Clear as Glass//New Science Standards for Colorado Schools"

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28:35

Dogs for Diabetics

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2018/08/07

Dogs have an incredible sense of smell – it’s so good, people can train dogs to sniff our everything from illegal drugs and explosives to lost people and even computer “thumbnail” drives, that maybe someone is trying to sneak into a high security building so they can sneak out information. So how about dogs sniffing … Continue reading "Dogs for Diabetics"

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26:35

Vascular Disease & Aging Part 2

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2018/08/01

This week on How on Earth, Beth finishes up her interview with Professor Doug Seals, aging researcher. He explains the role of vascular damage in heart disease and how lifestyle choices such as exercise and diet can maintain healthy vasculature. In addition, he discusses some of his experiments in older humans with supplements and pharmacologic … Continue reading "Vascular Disease & Aging Part 2"

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27:10

What’s Happening Inside Your Arteries?

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2018/07/25

This week’s How on Earth guest, Dr Doug Seals, researches vascular aging. Several events occur as we age that conspire to damage blood vessels, culminating in what is popularly known as hardening of the arteries. But lifestyle modifications to exercise and diet can prevent and even reverse this trend. This week’s show gives background and … Continue reading "What’s Happening Inside Your Arteries?"

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