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SciTech Now: Episode 618
Season 6
Episode 18
In this edition of SciTech Now, learning how spoken language developed and how our brains manage it; new approaches to eye care; citizen scientists clean trash that is washing up on the beaches of Maui; high schoolers prepare for a spoken word performance on climate change.
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Unearthing an ancient city, wearable electronics, marine microbes and white-nose syndrome

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Military Medicine, soft robotics; the uncharted Amazon; and tech-savvy students

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The perfect cup of joe, a snapshot of a solar eclipse; colorful tires; and scanning fish.

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Roaches, the story of a retired astronaut, VR and the sustainability of guitar making.

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A preschool class connects with nature, wildlife trade, robots and saving the planet.

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Detecting life on Jupiter, sounds of the city; citizen science; and Aspirin of the future.

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Coding; the impact of design; and the immortal hydra.

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India’s Mars Orbiter Mission, seniors try VR and a Utah girls club builds weather balloons

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Acoustic engineering, pipeline leaks; tracking pelicans, and meet the CEO of GM

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The speed of light with peeps, climate change, and engineering a bomb-sniffing locust.

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Tech-savvy farming, community microgrid, a therapy for soldiers and a pre-k STEM program.

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Electromagnetic football, "The War on Science,” robotics summer camp, squid ink.