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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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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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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.
Ask us your science questions!
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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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What's the formula for the dazzling colours of aurora borealis? Researchers launched a rocket into the ionosphere to learn more.
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U of T's Hidden Stories project looks at things like the stains on the paper, the mold and fungus in the binding, and the composition of the ink in old books to see what stories they can tell about the past.
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Bob's blog:
Canada's role in space has been largely silent for 60 years since the development of the Avro Arrow and the launch of our first satellite – but we've been there for the whole ride.
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