SCIENCE Interviews
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InterviewMeet the scientists 3D printing corneas to restore people's visionNew 3D-printed corneal implants could help make up for the shortage of donor corneas available for transplant procedures, say Precise Bio co-founders Aryeh Batt and Dr. Anthony Atala.
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Interview'They don't deserve this beauty and this breathtaking fragility'Polar tourism researchers Zdenka Sokolickova and Liz Cooper talk about why a number of Antarctic tour guides have given up what they still consider to be their dream job.
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Interview'There's a sense that these algorithms are objective and they get to know you': How social media warps our understanding of healthcareEditor Hannah Osborne spoke with investigative journalist Dr. Deborah Cohen about her new book, "Bad Influence: How the Internet Hijacked Our Health."
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Interview'They would come in with a chord change': Composer Jim Nollman has collaborated with turkeys, kangaroo rats and whales. Now he's dropping 'Orcas' Greatest Hits.'Staff writer Sascha Pare spoke with musical composer and sound artist Jim Nollman about his new album, "Orcas' Greatest Hits," created with killer-whale bandmates.
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Interview'His urine goes on tour around Europe, showing the kings and queens this glowing pee'Science writer Kit Chapman on the weird world of alchemy before chemistry.
By Hannah Osborne Published
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INTERVIEW'We can identify these really early, before the clinical diagnosis': Epigenetic markers may help explain why Native Hawaiians are aging fasterLive Science spoke with Alika Maunakea, an Native Hawaiian epigeneticist, about how epigenetics underpins health disparities between Native Hawaiians and others in Hawaii.
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Interview'Membership in WHO is critical': America is no longer at the helm of international outbreak responses, Emory epidemiologist saysLive Science spoke with a leading epidemiologist from Emory University about her impressions of how the hantavirus outbreak is being managed in the U.S.
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INTERVIEW'Food insecurity is no longer just about low-income countries': Environmental economist explains how climate change is pushing agricultural systems to the brinkAs a U.N. report warns that extreme temperature swings are disrupting crops and endangering agricultural workers, we spoke with environmental economist Shouro Dasgupta about farming in an overheating world.
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INTERVIEW'One of the most rapid transitions that I've seen': NOAA forecaster on how this year's El Niño could shatter recordsNathaniel Johnson, a member of NOAA's El Niño forecasting team, says that this year's transition to El Niño could be the fastest on record.
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INTERVIEW'It cuts both ways': Positive tipping points can restore wrecked ecosystems — we just need to trigger them, Earth system scientist Tim Lenton saysLive Science spoke with Tim Lenton, founding director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter, about human actions that can trigger positive, self-propelling changes in nature.
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Interview'I'm more hopeful that birds can endure than maybe even our own species': Paleontologist Steve Brusatte on why birds are the ultimate survivorsIn a new book, paleontologist Steve Brusatte tells the wild story of how birds evolved during the Jurassic and took to the skies, surviving the asteroid strike that killed their fellow dinosaurs.
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INTERVIEW'Eventually, it becomes you': Inventors of new 'living' knee replacement describe why this tech is desperately needed and how it worksLive Science spoke with the developers of a living knee implant that could help more patients in need of knee replacements get them.
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Climate change'The push towards renewables is unstoppable because it's in a country's self-interest': Climate scientist Andy Reisinger on Trump, Iran, and the future of EarthOnce global warming peaks, it could take centuries to cool things back down. But we can bend the curve by cutting fossil fuel emissions now.
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Interview'A measurable, enormous global impact': Astronaut Chris Hadfield on why the true power of Artemis II could take decades to hitAstronaut Chris Hadfield shares his emotional response to the Artemis II mission, and why it could change the course of people's futures.
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