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AGU/Patrick McFarlandFew people may have seen St. Elmo’s Fire, the mythical glow that appears on structures and ships at sea during thunderstorms.But a team of researchers has discovered the fabled phenomenon is quite common. You just need the right equipment to see it.And we’ll discuss two recent landmark court decisions against social media companies that are part of the national discussion over the negative impacts of tech on young people. -
AGU/Patrick McFarlandFew people may have seen St. Elmo’s Fire, the mythical glow that appears on structures and ships at sea during thunderstorms.But a team of researchers has discovered the fabled phenomenon is quite common. You just need the right equipment to see it.And we’ll discuss two recent landmark court decisions against social media companies that are part of the national discussion over the negative impacts of tech on young people.
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Henry David Thoreau is a lot of things: a father of nature writing in 19th century America; a radical thinker who challenged societal norms; the subject of homework assignments for bored 21st century high school students.The transcendentalist’s legacy is the subject of a new three-part documentary. We’ll speak with the filmmakers behind the project. -
Ami Vitale is a National Geographic photographer who was recently designated Explorer at Large.The title is an honor reserved for only the most impactful of storytellers, scientists, and changemakers.We’ll speak with Ami about her new title and her work documenting efforts to reverse extinction around the world. -
Ami Vitale is a National Geographic photographer who was recently designated Explorer at Large.The title is an honor reserved for only the most impactful of storytellers, scientists, and changemakers.We’ll speak with Ami about her new title and her work documenting efforts to reverse extinction around the world.
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The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.You may already be familiar with Homer’s Iliad.And more than 2,000 years later, the ancient Greek epic is taught in classrooms across the country, But recently discovered Roman mosaic offers another telling of the Trojan War. -
The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.You may already be familiar with Homer’s Iliad.And more than 2,000 years later, the ancient Greek epic is taught in classrooms across the country, But recently discovered Roman mosaic offers another telling of the Trojan War.
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The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.Birds of a different feather sometimes stick together. We’ll learn about two raptors of separate species that displayed an unusual friendship.And elephants depend on their trunks to navigate the world. Their whiskers make it all possible. -
The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.Birds of a different feather sometimes stick together. We’ll learn about two raptors of separate species that displayed an unusual friendship.And elephants depend on their trunks to navigate the world. Their whiskers make it all possible.
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The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.Scientists believe that radiation from an exploding black hole could be detected on Earth in the next decade.And pumas are re-establishing themselves in Argentina’s Patagonia region. And they’ve found a new source of food. -
The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.Scientists believe that radiation from an exploding black hole could be detected on Earth in the next decade.And pumas are re-establishing themselves in Argentina’s Patagonia region. And they’ve found a new source of food.
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The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.An analysis of small, prehistoric fossils found in sandstone is giving researchers new clues into the time before the explosion of complex life on Earth.And we’ll visit high school students celebrating Lunar New Year, which is now being recognized in New York state schools.
