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THE BIGGEST IDEAS IN THE UNIVERSE with Physicist Sean Carroll
Posted on · Answering the all-important questions over our place in the universe.
Posted on · Answering the all-important questions over our place in the universe.
Posted on · Episode: 2409 Struggling to keep our grip on the past as we move from books to the Internet. Today, we struggle to remember what we once knew.
Posted on · Episode: 2380 Isaac Newton’s other life as Master of the Royal Mint. Today, Isaac Newton coins money.
Posted on · Episode: 2265 Timbuktu: The romance and reality of a Renaissance intellectual center. Today, we finally reach Timbuktu.
Posted on · Episode: 2226 Aesop’s Fables and scientific illustration. Today, Aesop’s fables illustrate a new science.
Posted on · Hundreds of thousands of Texans who are intellectually and developmentally disabled have applied for home and community-based therapies under the Medicaid Waivers program.
Posted on · A majority of COVID-19 patients who were hospitalized at Memorial Hermann Hospital experienced long-COVID -- around 70% of them were experiencing long-COVID three months after being discharged.
Posted on · A top Rice anthropologist is charting a new course for Black Women’s studies in science and technology through a convergence of African diaspora culture with a term the public had better start getting used to—Afrofuturism
Posted on · The co-creators of the PBS series Elinor Wonders Why share their knowledge about the science behind the deepest reaches of time and space.
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: Brazoria County Judge Matt Sebesta on the post-Nicholas cleanup, the week in politics, and Houston researchers launch their experiments with the first-ever all-civilian space crew.
Posted on · Some overlooked voting laws, permitless carry, and a ban on critical race theory are among the newly passed legislation. Reporters at NPR's Texas Newsroom partner stations break down some of the key items.
Posted on · On Friday's show: Seeking input on the future of the Astrodome, separating politics from science, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week, and Ernie Manouse celebrates 25 years at Houston Public Media.
Posted on · A sociologist looks into the assumption that faith and science are in conflict and shares what she has discovered in her book, Why Science and Faith Need Each Other: Eight Shared Values That Move Us beyond Fear.
Posted on · An expert on global pandemics talks about the impact of COVID-19 and looks back on a career in science.
Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: HPD Chief Art Acevedo says a simple piece of legislation could've prevented an officer's murder last week. We learn about the day-to-day dangers of mercury after a recent spill. We look back at a Houston researcher's work that changed the way we see all life on earth. And we learn how local businesses are fairing during the critical holiday retail season.