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Full Charge

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Anorexia and the Long Road to Recovery

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Material Gains: Small Science, Big Ambitions

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Suspect Memory: The Science of Witness Identification

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A Global Game: How Soccer Won Over the World

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The Heat Is On

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Is Dr. AI Ready to See You Now?

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Cancer-Nerve Crosstalk

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Sound Decisions

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Computational Biology: Using Computers to Solve Complex Biological Problems

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Chew on This: The Science of Stress Eating

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Concussion: The Hidden Injury

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Mind Matters

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State of the Arts

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Fish in the Fields

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AI: Uses, Ethics and Limitations

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Lithium Boom: The Prospects for Arkansas

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Avian Anxiety: The Forecast for Bird Flu

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Engineering Safer Drinking Water

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Move It, or Lose It

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Rice, Rice, Baby

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Arkansas Icon, Civil Rights Legend

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Breaking Down the Man in Black

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Brewing Something Tasty at the U of A

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Episode 91: ‘Why Did You Order Candy?’

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Episode 90: Democratizing Stages

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Episode 89: A Co-Emergence of Periodical Cicadas

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Episode 88: In the Words of the Macho Man

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Episode 87: A ‘Literally Awesome’ Phenomenon

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Episode 86: ‘Can’t We All Just Get Along?’ — The Politics of Civility

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Episode 85: Measuring Growth in Northwest Arkansas

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Episode 84: Treating and Preventing Insomnia

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Episode 83: Exploring the Influence of Taylor Swift

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Episode 82: The Role of Public Information and Communication in Stock Trades

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Episode 81: The Audience Decides

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Episode 80: Meeting People Where They Are, All Over Arkansas

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Episode 79: Cuisson Sous Vide

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Episode 78: Brooks Highlights Services Provided by the ASBTDC

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Episode 77: The Visual Systems of Butterflies

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Episode 76: Lab to Fab; Mantooth Discusses Semiconductor Research

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Episode 75: Social Media Use and Depression

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Episode 74: Pregnancy Loss, Abortion and Fetal Personhood

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Episode 73: ‘Those Aren’t Words You Hear Everyday’

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Episode 72: Providing Transformational Opportunities for Graduate Students

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Episode 71: Organs-on-Chips

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Episode 70: An Architecture for Everyone

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Episode 69: ‘Don’t Say Gay’ and the Polarizing Effect of Speech Narcissism

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Episode 68: The Magic of Nano-Surface Engineering

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Episode 67: I3R: A Vision and Dream for the Future

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Episode 66: The Rejuvenating Effects of Exercise

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Episode 65: Can Personality Affect Job Performance?

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Episode 64: What We Talk About When We Talk About Concrete

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Episode 63: Discussing NFL Player Violence

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Episode 62: Studying Effects of Climate Change on Arctic Watersheds

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Episode 61: Creating Materials and Devices With Quantum Technologies

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Episode 60: Inspiring and Inculcating Innovation

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Episode 59: Morimoto and O'Leary-Kelly Discuss UA ENGAGE and Women in STEM

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Episode 58: Servoss Discusses Rapid Test Kit and Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA

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Episode 57: Re-thinking the Fearsome Tyrannosaurs

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Episode 56: Traffic Without Police

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Episode 55: ‘And the Grammy Goes to…’; Professor Discusses Winning Grammy

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Episode 54: Far-Right Flashpoint: Researcher Discusses Capitol Attack

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Episode 53: Developing a Rapid Test Kit for Coronavirus Antibodies

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Episode 52: Tracking Auditing Firms’ Response to Negative News

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Episode 51: Harvesting Energy from Freestanding Graphene

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Episode 50: Banton Discusses African and African-American Studies Program

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Episode 49: Helping Rural Arkansans Gain Access to Mental Health Services

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Episode 48: Using Nanoscience for Cancer Treatment

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Episode 47: The Power of Creativity

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Episode 46: Capturing Student Imagination for Filmmaking

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Episode 45: Gibson Explains How Soap Destroys Coronavirus

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Episode 44: Jebaraj Analyzes the Pandemic’s Impact on Arkansas’ Economy

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Episode 43: Building Dynamic, 3D Simulations of Coronavirus Spike Glycoproteins

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Episode 42: Fitzpatrick Discusses Fear and Food Insecurity During Pandemic

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Episode 41: Ungar Explains Problem With Tooth Decay

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Episode 40: ‘I Don’t Know What I Just Wrote'

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Episode 39: Schaefer Whitby Discusses the Delta Autism Project

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Episode 38: Deep Time: Exploring Climate Change 90 Million Years Ago

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Episode 37: Demystifying Lockesburg

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Episode 36: An American in Iran; Political Scientist Discusses Her Work in the Middle East

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Episode 35: Plavcan Discusses Nanopithecus Browni, a Species of Monkey

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Episode 34: Provost Jim Coleman Discusses Land Grant Mission

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Episode 33: Building a “Swarm” of 3D-Printing Robots

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Episode 32: Planets in a Tank

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Episode 31: Diagnosing and Monitoring Chronic Wounds

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Episode 30: Schulte Discusses Relationship Between Ideas and Tech

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Episode 29: ‘A House of the Ozarks’; Exploring Arkansas’ Most Important Architect

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Episode 28: Instructor Talks About His Work on ‘True Detective’

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Episode 27: Deep Revolution in the Arkansas Ozarks: Phillips Discusses ‘Hipbillies’

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Episode 26: Trees with a Story to Tell: Stahle’s Tree-Ring Work in the Amazon

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Episode 25: Siepielski Discusses Evolution, Effect of Climate Change on Animals

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Episode 24: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: Getting to the Heart of What Makes Us Human

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Episode 23: Taking the Pulse of the State

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Episode 22: The Land ‘Calls Out’; Runkle Discusses Rice Production in Arkansas

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Episode 21: Youngblood Discusses Role of Special Collections

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Episode 20: Wildlife Biologists Discuss the Role of DNA in Research

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Episode 19: How Much Water Should We Drink?

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Episode 18: Station Archeologist Discusses Ozark Bluff Shelters and Pea Ridge Leetown Project

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Episode 17: Dowling Lays Out the Facts about Chiggers and Ticks

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Episode 16: Art Historian Lynn Jacobs Discusses German Triptychs from the 15th Century