On today’s podcast, extremist groups spread in West Africa; new research on Eris, a distant member of the solar system; Chinese researchers say the made an AI robot that makes oxygen from rocks, and a discussion on similar systems for Mars exploration; th

On today’s podcast, numbers of foreign college students in the U.S. have returned to levels before COVID-19 thanks to Indian students; learn about ‘state-of-the-art’ and similar terms on Words and Their Stories; then, the presidency of Gerald Ford on Amer

On today’s podcast, could a movie about scams be keeping Chinese visitors away from Southeast Asia?; the difference between ‘source’ and ‘resource’ followed by a discussion on sources and plagiarism; then a ‘fountain of youth’ on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘Do

On today’s podcast, how Taiwan is attending the APEC economic meetings in San Francisco; is a two-state agreement possible in the Middle East?; cheetahs might be changing hunting habits; Spain’s Canary Islands has too many immigrants; then, all about Happ

On today’s podcast, people in Japan are buying fish from Fukushima as some countries ban products from that area; new companies aim to confirm video from social media followed by a discussion misinformation and artificial intelligence; then describing amo

On today’s podcast, UN negotiators want a treaty on plastic pollution; in Japan, animals receive blessings; a report finds U.S. men graduate at lower rates than women followed by a discussion on the topic; then hear about the word ‘comply’ on Lesson of th

On today’s podcast, hear about this week’s APEC meeting of Pacific Ocean leaders in San Francisco; the drug ketamine is being increasingly used to treat pain, depression and other conditions followed by a discussion on the drug’s effects; then reading peo

On today’s podcast, evidence of a crash with another planet in Earth’s past; Syria’s dry conditions and climate change; a new space telescope begins its search for dark matter and energy followed by a discussion about forces at work in space; certainty an