Please Explain: The Year in Science 2012
The Leonard Lopate Show | Jan 10, 2013
Corey S. Powell, Editor at Large of Discover magazine, talks about the biggest stories in science last year—including the new Mars rover; the discovery of the Higgs boson; the Human Microbiome Project; climate change, storms, and melting polar ice; private space flight; self-driving cars; the comeback of measles, mumps, and whooping cough; and more!
We've covered a number of the stories listed in Discover's top science stories of 2012:
Please Explain: Fungal Meningitis and Compounding Pharmacies
Please Explain: Prosthetics (including mind-controlled prosthetics)
Please Explain: The Higgs Boson
Physicist Lisa Randall on the Higgs boson discovery
Please Explain: The Human Microbiome Project
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