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Her genetic material, taken without her knowledge in 1951, has helped facilitate numerous scientific breakthroughs, including the development of the polio and COVID-19 vaccines.
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An obscure bit of brain tissue appears critical to both out-of-body experiences and our sense of being anchored to a physical self.
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Astronomers pointed the James Webb Space Telescope at a common kind of planet that's bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune. What they saw wasn't what they expected.
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Can religion and science coexist? Former Gov. James Martin thinks so. His book "Revelation Through Science," which looks at the relationship between religion and science, has recently been revised. He talks about how faith and science can support one another and how religion and politics have affected science research.
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There's a new podcast out from NPR, something the network has never done before - a children's program. It's called "Wow in the World" and it targets…
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Science, and religion. Are they mutually exclusive? Former North Carolina governor Jim Martin doesn't think so. "It's a new interpretation that science…
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Carl Zimmer has written thirteen books on a plethora of science topics, writes a column for the NY Times, an award-winning blog for National Geographic,…
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Artificial Intelligence - machines that work like the human brain - computers that can think. It's the stuff of science fiction, but it's also very real…
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Part One: Ron Rash. Poet, short story writer and novelist Ron Rash is having a busy year - his latest book of short stories Nothing Gold Can Stay, set in…
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We have discussed climate change many times on Charlotte Talks but there is a new science emerging in the study of our changing climate. Social scientists…