LivingLabRadio

The science behind news headlines - what we do and don't know, and the passionate people who figure it all out.

[CAVEAT @caveatnyc]

2020 is almost here, but before we bid this year adieu, let’s celebrate the wonderful, worrisome, & weird science news from 2019!

With @SciFri @RachelFeltman @TheAtlantic @Arieloquent @wendyzuk @Gimletmedia @sarahzhang @adrs @umairfan @iraflatow

TONIGHT: https://t.co/ddnENyPys0

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

Héctor De Jesús-Cortés, a @MIT_Picower Institute postdoc, is working to build a STEM pipeline for students in his native Puerto Rico — including a precollege summer program at MIT. “I want students to be exposed to opportunities,” he says. https://t.co/ZVEwEG7TRb

[GBH @GBH]

This Thursday marks the anniversary of the first transatlantic radio signal transmission!

In celebration of the historic day, we'll dive into the inner workings of our own Great Blue Hill (W-𝐆-𝐁-𝐇) FM 📻 transmitting site on tomorrow's #WGBHRewind. Stay tuned!

[NPR @NPR]

In a cave in Indonesia, archaeologists have discovered a painting of a hunting party that's thousands of years older than similar works found in Europe.

"They are at least 40,000 years old, which was a very, very surprising discovery."
https://t.co/gYFnprebUQ

[NYT Science @NYTScience]

He just took a DNA test. Turns out he's a younger man, who lives 5,000 miles away. Now a crime lab is studying his case.  https://t.co/DN8TWQb7ab

[LivingLabRadio @LivingLabRadio]

Here’s the standalone version:
https://t.co/OSuEYmQEL7

[Greg Fiske @g_fiske]

More on our mapping of methane frost craters project (starting at minute 34:45) via @LivingLabRadio
Check it out: https://t.co/loAUZYkZJY

[Gib Brogan @GibBrogan]

New study indicates habitat changes for right whales

https://t.co/sd6YWk46MQ

by @dougfrasercct

[Chris Linder @chrislinder]

Interview about my work posted on Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's website: https://t.co/sBoIGfbixW https://t.co/sBoIGfbixW

[Robert D. Bullard @DrBobBullard]

Eating and Tweeting: What Social Media Reveals about Neighborhood Attitudes on Food https://t.co/KVrikNSVJd #publichealth #SDOH

[CAVEAT @caveatnyc]

Nevertheless She Existed: the Women They Don't Want You to Know About is the shameless feminist party you've been waiting for.

This month's theme: Taking Up Space, Women Who Took to the Skies in collab with @scifri!!

Tonight!
https://t.co/RUH1WJlaf2

[Live Science @LiveScience]

Tardigrade DNA Added to Human Cells Could Help Us Survive on Mars, Scientist Says https://t.co/3lJ1nl5Es7

[NYT Science @NYTScience]

Exciting! Randall Munroe joins @NYTScience with a new, monthly Q&A column, "Good Question." First question: Can you touch the moon with your bare hand and live to tell about it? https://t.co/z2JAU4MetJ

[Greg Fiske @g_fiske]

An attempt to illustrate the disproportionate heating of the Arctic. #30DayMapChallenge, Day 11 - Elevation. 🏔️ #Map

[nature @Nature]

While SpaceX is set to launch 60 communications satellites into orbit, astronomers worry that ‘megaconstellations’ like this will disrupt scientific observations of the Universe. https://t.co/4qiPRdGUNr

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

MIT.nano announces the Mildred S. Dresselhaus Lectures: Cornell University’s Paul McEuen will inaugurate series to honor beloved MIT professor. https://t.co/oPXWO8S7t4

[LivingLabRadio @LivingLabRadio]

This is about dengue fever ...

[NPR Science Desk @nprscience]

There's A Promising New Vaccine For One Of The World's Top Health Threats https://t.co/WfrXZTrGpP

[Sarah Zielinski @SarahZielinski]

This project got started when we realized that most people don't actually know what journalism is--and it looks a little different at every place that does it. So we figured that explaining how Science News does science journalism would be a good idea. https://t.co/lrbjjZHYhm

[LivingLabRadio @LivingLabRadio]

Love this!

[GBH News @GBHNews]

Virtual reality is having a senior moment, as more are using the technology to let seniors who may not be able to travel revisit childhood homes, or travel to places they've never been: https://t.co/hSwbbcWfS1

[LivingLabRadio @LivingLabRadio]

We loved having you! Such fun science.

[Stephanie Spera @steph_spera]

Continuing my shameless self-promotion (because, that's twitter, right?), listen to me talk about fall and geography on
@livinglabradio!

Also, tangential thought, I'm so excited to head back to Massachusetts for the holidays.

https://t.co/n7YSJ04ct8

[NOAA Fisheries NE/MA @NOAAFish_GARFO]

Necropsy findings: the North Atlantic right whale reported in September ("Snake Eyes") likely died due to entanglement. Find out what it takes to respond when a right whale dies. https://t.co/euKvmuPG5c Thx to our many partners @amseasorg @CCSPtown @action4ifaw