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Jesse Rogerson: Humans Evolving Right Before Our Eyes - November 19, 2025

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Astrophysics professor ⁠Jesse Rogerson⁠ joins David to cover the following science stories:

  • Humans are evolving in front of our eyes on the Tibetan plateau⁠;
  • Earliest chemical traces of life on Earth discovered in a 3.3 billion year-old rock⁠;
  • Giant stars are eating planets, and we finally know why⁠; and
  • The eye's maximum resolution is even higher than we thought⁠.

    Jesse fields a listener question.

    Got a science question for us? Leave a voicemail at ⁠1-888-505-6644⁠.

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