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An "AI scientist" re-discovered fundamental scientific theories like Kepler's third law of planetary motion, Einstein's time dilation equation and Langmuir's adsorption law, which governs the behaviour of gases.
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A listener asks: How would the Earth be different if it had never collided with the object that created the moon?

U of T's physics and astronomy professor Dr. Elena Hyde has the answer.

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Bob's blog: If there is life around our sun, we're more likely to find it inside other bodies in the solar system than on any surface.
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Journalist-turned-midwife Leah Hazard explores what we know and what we need to learn about the uterus in her new book, Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began.
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Scientists studied brown bears to unlock the secret of how these animals avoid blood clots during hibernation.
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Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen has been selected as one of the four crew members who will fly on NASA's Artemis II mission planned to orbit the moon.
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Medieval monks in Europe made observations that have provided scientists today with clues about the volcanic activity that may have influenced the start of the Little Ice Age.

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Bob's blog: Discovering life in our solar system may require drilling into subsurface oceans.
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A recently developed AI system, equipped with algorithms for logical reasoning, has demonstrated that it can come up with new scientific theories.

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On this week's show:
-AI scientist develops theories
-Bear hibernation and blood clots
-Canadian astronaut to the moon
-Medieval monks' moon science
-A new view on the womb
-And the Earth with no moon
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Researchers are looking at the physical objects that contain the text – analyzing things like mold spots or dust particles trapped between the pages – to see what these ancient texts can tell us about their past readers and environments.
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Insights from stories - from film to fiction - can help us create better public policy, say academics behind the idea of storylistening.
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New research describes the math behind why we tend to naturally fall into lanes while navigating through a crowd.
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The majority of our microbiome – the bacteria that live in and on our bodies – comes from our birth parent.

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Warmer global temperatures are causing polar ice melts, more extreme weather, and… more home runs in major league baseball? A new study explains the physics behind the phenomenon.
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