How is CRISPR, and other genetic manipulations, used to treat disease? How did astronomers make the first photo of a black hole? Here are the final top two science stories of 2019! Dr. Leslie Moise reads the poem she wrote about the top 50 science stories of the year, and Professor J Scott Miller tells us how 'super spiral galaxies' help physicists study general relativity. Finally, mass killings...2019 was the worse year since the 1970s. What do experts recommend for reducing future mass killings?

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Bench Talk: The Week in Science | CRISPR; Blackholes: Spiral Galaxies; Mass Killings | Jan 20, 2020 by Forward Radio is licensed under a  Creative Commons License.

Human genes put into the brains of monkeys? Mass extinctions? Our ancestors mated with Denisovans? Vaping dangers of Cannabidiol? Hear these stories and others, in our continuation of the top science news stories of 2019. Listen to our last two episodes to hear the earlier part of this series.

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Bench Talk: The Week in Science | The Top Science News of 2019, Part-3 | Jan 13, 2020 by Forward Radio is licensed under a  Creative Commons License.

Do you know where to find Venus in the night sky this month? Well, astronomer J. Scott Miller can tell you. Then you can hear a continuation of the top science news stories of 2019 according to Discover magazine. Listen to last week's episode to hear the first part.

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Bench Talk: The Week in Science | January Sky & The Top Science News of 2019, Part-2 | Jan 6, 2019 by Forward Radio is licensed under a  Creative Commons License.

Hear the top 50 science news stories of 2019 according to Discover magazine. This is a lot of stories, so this episode only covers the first half! Here is the link to Discover magazine: www.discovermagazine.com/

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Bench Talk: The Week in Science | Top Science News of 2019, Part-1 | Dec 30, 2019 by Forward Radio is licensed under a  Creative Commons License.

J. Scott Miller describes the Mercury Transit across the Sun that occurred on Nov. 11, 2019. The first space:earth musical duet is featured, and Bryony Timotei Ravate discusses The Imposter Syndrome. Ms. Ravate is an animal behaviorist from Queen's University in Belfast, North Ireland and has her own blog ('Brynstein Science: A Blog for Curious Minds') at brynstein.wordpress.com/. She is on Facebook and Instagram (BrynsteinScience)and can be emailed at [email protected].

Here are two links to videos of the Mercury Transit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yNzSwlnQ2Q and https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/transit-mercury-pictures/

The space duet can be seen at www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4JkLutikF0

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Bench Talk: The Week in Science | Mercury Transit; Space Duet; The Imposter Syndrome | Dec 23, 2019 by Forward Radio is licensed under a  Creative Commons License.

Dr. Latrice Montgomery, a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine finishes her talk on ‘The Interdisciplinary World of Addiction Science’. She was the keynote speaker at the 2019 Kentucky Academy of Science conference held at Berea College in November. The first part of her lecture was on our last two shows (December 2 & 9, 2019).

Also, hear updates about space flight at NASA from Dec 6, 2019: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBRRU2-etAQ

And hear another episode of 'Thesis Thursday' from KXCI (91.3 FM in Tucson, Arizona). This time they interviewed Ms. Itzel Marquez Hernandez a PhD student in Chemical Engineering at the University of Arizona. Here is the original KXCI broadcast from Sept. 25 2018: https://kxci.org/podcast/thesis-thursday-itzel-marquez-hernandez/

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Bench Talk: The Week in Science | Marijuana Blunts; NASA; Thesis Thursday from KXCI | Dec 16, 2019 by Forward Radio is licensed under a  Creative Commons License.

Dr. Latrice Montgomery, Assistant Professor and Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine continues her lecture on ‘The Interdisciplinary World of Addiction Science: Featuring Marijuana and Tobacco’. She was the keynote speaker at the 2019 Kentucky Academy of Science conference held at Berea College in November. The first part of her lecture was on last week's show, and it will finish next week.

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Public-domain music (freemusicarchive.org) is Scott Holmes' 'Positive and Fun'.

Bench Talk: The Week in Science | Marijuana & Tobacco (Dr. Latrice Montgomery) | Dec 9 2019 by Forward Radio is licensed under a  Creative Commons License.

First, Professor J. Scott Miller tells us about the night sky in December.

This is followed by a lecture given by a leading researcher on marijuana use. Dr. Latrice Montgomery, Assistant Professor and Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine lectures on ‘The Interdisciplinary World of Addiction Science: Featuring Marijuana and Tobacco’. She was the keynote speaker at the 2019 Kentucky Academy of Science conference held at Berea College in November. We will broadcast the second part of her lecture on next week's show.

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Bench Talk: The Week In Science | December Sky & Challenges of Marijuana Research | Dec 2 2019 by Forward Radio is licensed under a  Creative Commons License.

Dr. Allison S. Smith continues her talk about 'Louisville Metro's Action on Sustainability'. She is the Brownfields Program Manager and Community Engagement Strategist for Louisville Metro’s Office of Advanced Planning & Sustainability. Dr. Smith spoke at Bellarmine University on October 17, 2019 as part of their 'Sustainability Series'. To hear the first part of her talk listen to our Nov 11, 2019 episode.

Thanks to Beth Bell and Dr. Martha Carlson Mazur of the Bellarmine Department of Environmental Studies for making this broadcast possible.

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Bench Talk: The Week in Science | Brownfields in Louisville (Dr. Allison Smith cont.) | Nov 18, 2019 by Forward Radio is licensed under a  Creative Commons License.

Hear Dr. Allison S. Smith talk about 'Louisville Metro's Action on Sustainability'. She is the Brownfields Program Manager and Community Engagement Strategist for Louisville Metro’s Office of Advanced Planning & Sustainability. Dr. Smith spoke at Bellarmine University on October 17 2019 as part of their 'Sustainability Series'.

Thanks to Beth Bell and Dr. Martha Carlson Mazur of the Bellarmine Department of Environmental Studies for making this broadcast possible. Public-domain music is by Dee Yan Key: 'Cosmopolitan-Margarita-Bellini'.

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Bench Talk: The Week in Science | Louisville's Response to Climate Change | Nov 11, 2019 by Forward Radio is licensed under a  Creative Commons License.