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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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26:46
A Tuvan Throat singing ensemble, artificial lungs, a NASA Astronaut, and wildlife.

26:51
Insect flight, how plants know which way is up? yawning, and a sustainable cemetery.

26:46
3D-printed food, NYC rats; a breakthrough telescope and blooms.

26:51
Timber, nuclear reactor, regenerative medicine, and re-envisioning the Houston Astrodome.

27:16
CineSpace, cybersecurity and 3D printing, the life of a chemist, and California Condors.

27:16
Training astronauts; hacking the human body; a middle school’s STEM Day and graphene.

27:17
A robotic arm, the Dead Sea, a rare wood collection, and the changing world of plants.

26:50
Crab species, warmer winters, 3D printing and medicine; and a regional STEM competition.

26:46
High-tech farming, fossil data and fish, nuclear waste, and a space shuttle mission story.

26:53
Saving songbirds, the lives of scientists, climate change and examining bones.

26:50
A lost colony, hope for the blind, what our devices reveal about us and a shared workspace

26:51
Vaux's Swifts, Darwin's unseen manuscripts, renewable power of ocean waves and sunset tech