Professor Scott Miller tells us what celestial objects we can see in the night sky this month. Dr. Dave discusses the Koala Genome Project in Australia.

Finally, hear an interview with Ms. Tania Rodriguez who is pursuing a PhD in Environmental Engineering at the University of Arizona in Tucson. She is interviewed by Dr. Monica Ramirez-Andreotta, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science at UA. This interview was originally broadcast on Oct 17, 2018 on the radio show 'Thesis Thursday' on the community radio station KXCI, 91.3 FM in Tucson, AZ. kxci.org/podcast/thesis-thursday-tania-rodriguez/

Thanks to Bridgitte Thum of KXCI for permission to rebroadcast this interview. kxci.org/

The music heard at the end of this episode is 'The Lonely Smurfer' by Johnny Hawaii, available on the public domain resource freemusicarchive.org.

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