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SciTech Now
SciTech Now Episode 39
Season 1
Episode 139
In this episode of SciTech Now, we look at how poaching of deer and elk antlers is sparking controversy in Oregon; we meet Dr. Kate Mansfield and the turtles she is tracking; we talk to Brian Hecht about nutrition startups; we step inside an aquaponics farm in Florida that is changing the way we grow food and we unpack the (in)accuracies of Jurassic Park with the Dinosaur Whisperer Dustin Growick.
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Synthetic humans, making an impact with STEM, tardigrades, and timber rattlesnakes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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