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Innovation Now

WHRO Public Media

Innovation Now is a daily 90-second radio series and podcast that gives listeners a front row seat to hear compelling stories of revolutionary ideas, emerging technologies and the people behind the concepts that are shaping our future.

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Breathing Easy

Innovation Now ·

2026/07/13

Throughout the 2026 World Cup, state and local organizations have used NASA air quality data to provide a clear picture of the air that players and fans are breathing.

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Heart of Health

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2026/07/10

Through the commercialization of life-preserving technologies, NASA remains at the heart of health solutions.

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Delivering Storm Data

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2026/07/09

During hurricane season, NASA delivers storm data from satellites, timely flood maps, power outage insights, landslide risk assessments, and more to many state and federal partners, including NOAA.

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Beneath the Volcano

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2026/07/08

NASA is working with the Smithsonian Institution, monitoring vegetation changes to aid in earlier eruption warnings.

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Clouds of Dust

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2026/07/07

Dust plays a role in making new molecules of interstellar space.

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Exploring in ERNEST

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2026/07/06

ERNEST trundled its way across the Colorado Desert in California to see if it has what it takes to rove on the Moon.

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A Fourth to Remember

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2026/07/03

With a continuous human presence on the International Space Station, at least one American since 2001 has spent the Fourth of July in orbit.

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Batteries Are Included

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2026/07/02

Using new spinoff batteries, robots may one day map as much of the ocean as NASA has mapped of the Moon.

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Passing By

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2026/07/01

Each month NASA releases the most recent figures on near-Earth object close approaches and other facts about comets or asteroids that could pose a threat.

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Mundane Tasks

Innovation Now ·

2026/06/30

Some of the tasks astronauts complete on the International Space Station are routine inspections.

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High Contrasts

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2026/06/29

Where the Sun shines at a low angle at the lunar South Pole, high contrasts between lit and shadowed areas are created.

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Weather Cycles

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2026/06/26

Using the infrared cameras on the Webb Space Telescope, scientists have peered through the yellowish, smoggy haze that shrouds Titan.

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Stormy World

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2026/06/25

Mount Tambora ejected so much ash and so many aerosols into the atmosphere that the sky darkened and the Sun was blocked from view.

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Halfway to Harvest

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2026/06/24

As we mark Midsummer Day, many farmers are using NASA Earth science data to help monitor their fields at this critical halfway point.

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Soccer Science

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2026/06/23

Understanding the relationship between an object’s center of mass and its geometric center is key to predicting its movement.

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Changing Seasons

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2026/06/22

Earth’s unique tilt on its axis gives us our changing seasons.

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MoonFall

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2026/06/19

MoonFall will survey the lunar South Pole ahead of the Artemis crewed landings.

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Freeform 3D

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2026/06/18

An innovative 3D printing process that advanced NASA’s approach to outfitting a lunar habitat is making buildings on Earth beautiful, efficient, and strong.

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Serendipity

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2026/06/17

A material discovered by accident in the lab could be used on future missions to the Moon.

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Twice in a Full Moon

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2026/06/16

For LandSat, it happens twice in a blue moon!

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