Each episode highlights the work of one of the more than 200 fellows at the Institute for the Science of Origins at Case Western Reserve University. Their research examines the origins of life, the universe, and the strands that connect all of science. Host Kellen McGee delivers a distillation of discoveries that touch on the mysteries of dark matter, language, gender, and evolution.
Exploradio Origins is a collaboration between WKSU and the Institute for the Science of Origins. Tune-in Thursday afternoons during WKSU’s All Things Considered.
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DAAN ROOSEGAARDE/CREATIVE COMMONSYou may know semiconductors from computers: they’re a material somewhere between an electrical conductor and an electrical insulator that can be used as… -
NIH CLINICAL CENTER/CREATIVE COMMONS"There are technologies that we can use now like next generation sequencing where it allows us to take a really teeny tiny piece of DNA or RNA and…
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“It's known that the universe is expanding; of course it's been known since the 1920s. The surprise we were hit with in the 1990s is that the expansion is… -
The fishermen of Iceland became concerned around a decade ago. The capelin, a small fish that’s a staple catch, and a crucial link in the ocean ecosystem,… -
Some of you may have heard of SETI: the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. The idea is that if there's an advanced alien civilization, they’d try… -
A research group at Case Western Reserve University, led by professor of biomedical engineering Dustin Tyler, works with neural implants in people who’ve… -
"If we find life on another planet, it's likely going to be microbial," said Ashley Manning-Berg, assistant professor in geology at The University of… -
Epilepsy is a condition that we usually think of as being in the brain. Doctors typically identify it by measuring brain activity. However, new evidence… -
In the early 20th century, physicists discovered cosmic rays- energetic particles zooming through deep space. Many of these come from the sun, and can… -
The schistosome worm causes schistosomiasis, which just might be the biggest parasitic disease you’ve never heard of.“You get it walking in water that's… -
“Cultural geology in my eye is the interface of geology and human culture,” Joe Hannibal said.Joe Hannibal is curator of invertebrate paleontology at the… -
When we think about it, we usually remember to breathe when we’re awake. But who’s at the controls when we’re sleeping?“We’re still continuing to… -
To live and function, we know cells have to eat and reproduce. But, they also have to take out the trash. What seems like a simple chore to us is actually… -
Mathematics and biology sound like pretty distant relatives, but for Wanda Strychalski, an assistant professor of mathematics at Case Western Reserve…
