Scott describes the December night-sky, and Dave tells us about a new strategy for identifying Autism Spectrum Disorder in children. It seems to work!

Bench Talk: The Week in Science | Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder | Dec 17 2018 by Forward Radio is licensed under a  Creative Commons License.

Are children with gender dysphoria being unduly influenced by friends and social media? Check out this controversial journal article. Will it be retracted sometime in the future?

Bench Talk: The Week in Science | Gender Dysphoria | Dec 10 2018 by Forward Radio is licensed under a  Creative Commons License.

How accurate are you at identifying the breeds of dogs? Hear how DNA fingerprinting is helping dog shelters. Scott Miller tells us how neutrinos can be used to study the earth's ancient history, and what that says about the scientific method. The music used on this show(Cosmopolitan-Margarita) was kindly provided by Dee Yan Key at Free Music Archive.

Bench Talk: The Week in Science | Dog Breed Identification | Dec 3 2018 by Forward Radio is licensed under a  Creative Commons License.

Do you know much about the woman who first did research on CO2 as a greenhouse gas? Hear this fascinating history. And what is to be said about Donald Trumps tweets about California wildfires?

Bench Talk: The Week in Science | The Woman Who Discovered Greenhouse Gas | Nov 26 2018 by Forward Radio is licensed under a  Creative Commons License.

Did you know that fruit flies can show withdrawal symptoms from alcohol just like people do? Did you know that epigenetics might be controlling some of this process? And finally.....how does a 'Made in China' label on ancient pottery alter how we view Asian maritime history?

Bench Talk: The Week in Science | Epigenetics of Alcoholism | Nov. 19 2018 by Forward Radio is licensed under a  Creative Commons License.

Here's our summary of the 2018 conference of the Kentucky Academy of Science. Learn about the sinkhole at the Corvette Museum, field cricket songs, deadly stingrays, sleep deprivation in birds, wolf spider cannibalism, running buffalo clover, ragweed genetics, the urban heat island effect, the anti-cancer properties of pawpaw, salamander eDNA, and a fungus that is attacking the dreaded bush honeysuckle plant!

Thanks to Scott Holmes for his song 'Positive and Fun' (freemusicarchive.org).

Want to know what's to see in the November sky? Or how to look for meteor showers? Hear more about Senator Elizabeth Warren's recent DNA analysis. And why are the Cherry trees in Japan blooming now, instead of the spring, like they are supposed to? Hear it all on this episode of Bench Talk.

Our special Pledge Drive episode! Ashley addresses the question: Can we really 'catch up' on sleep deprivation over the weekend? Dave talks about what researchers have discovered about community radio. Plus, a segment on how robots are portrayed in Hollywood movies.

Special Halloween edition of Bench Talk! Scott talks about the connection between Halloween, earth, and the cosmos. Ashley introduces us to the Dementor Wasp (shades of Harry Potter), and Dave unlocks the mysterious case of the mass deaths of the Saiga Antelope. Finish up with a look at Vampire Burials.

Here an update on the shrinking role of science at the EPA, new ideas in geothermal energy, and the effect of climate change on protected marine environments. The show ends with a short poem about Forward Radio's upcoming Pledge Drive.