28 min listen
A distant planet’s atmosphere
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Nov 24, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
A distant planet's atmosphere - NASA's JWST space telescope has unpicked the chemical contents and state of the atmosphere of planet WASP-39b 700 light years away. Astronomer Hannah Wakeford explains.
Earth's atmospheric haze and global warming - meteorologist Laura Wilcox warns that atmospheric haze over China and South Asia is masking some of the effects of global warming.
Pregnancy brain fog explained - loss of memory and other mental changes during pregnancy have been traced to structural changes in the brain, possibly due to hormone effects, neuroscientist Elseline Hoekszema speculates.
Improving lab coats - every scientist has a lab coat, but how many have one actually fits? Founder of Genius Lab Gear Derek Miller explains the problem and how he's trying to fix it.
Image credit: Melissa Weiss/Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Producer: Roland Pease
Assistant Producer: Sophie Ormiston
Earth's atmospheric haze and global warming - meteorologist Laura Wilcox warns that atmospheric haze over China and South Asia is masking some of the effects of global warming.
Pregnancy brain fog explained - loss of memory and other mental changes during pregnancy have been traced to structural changes in the brain, possibly due to hormone effects, neuroscientist Elseline Hoekszema speculates.
Improving lab coats - every scientist has a lab coat, but how many have one actually fits? Founder of Genius Lab Gear Derek Miller explains the problem and how he's trying to fix it.
Image credit: Melissa Weiss/Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Producer: Roland Pease
Assistant Producer: Sophie Ormiston
Released:
Nov 24, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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