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Ep 54: Transforming Agriculture in Africa: with guest Samantha Salimu

Agriculture in Africa has its share of challenges. Sometimes it’s the drought, other times, it’s soil quality. Things like climate change and […]

I’m sure you heard about the debate, and you probably have an opinion about it. Should genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, be […]

Far beneath the Canadian ice cap, isolated from the sun and the wind, lies two entire lakes. These subglacial lakes, recently discovered […]

What happens to old satellites? Or to astronauts’ trash? It turns out that the Earth is surrounded by a sphere of garbage […]

Last week, a total solar eclipse passed over the United States. And millions of people watched – making it perhaps one of […]

Science is all around us, but sometimes, it is easy to be intimidated by the formulas, math, and terminology. That’s why today’s […]

Autism hasn’t always been well understood in the community. In fact, no more than a few decades ago, people were frequently misdiagnosed […]

Books, computers, and internet connectivity are something we might take for granted in our schools. But for large sections of the developing […]

If the Dalai Lama didn’t become a monk, he would have been an engineer. Even today, science and mathematics fascinate him. But […]

Wonder what it is like to sleep on an ice sheet, or melt ice to have water? Dr. Shasta Marrero, from the […]