- Jun 7, 2021 8:00 pm
- 23:14
It might feel like an invasion of privacy, but it’s perfectly legal for your employer and businesses in the community to ask if you’ve been vaccinated for COVID-19. How can that be? Don’t we have strict privacy laws to protect sensitive health information? Robert Gatter, a professor in the Center for Health Law Studies at Saint Louis University School of Law, helps listeners understand the legal nuances. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Vaccine Privacy
It might feel like an invasion of privacy, but it’s perfectly legal for your employer and businesses in the community to ask if you’ve been vaccinated for COVID-19. How can that be? Don’t we have strict privacy laws to protect sensitive health information? Robert Gatter, a professor in the Center for Health Law Studies at Saint Louis University School of Law, helps listeners understand the legal nuances. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
It might feel like an invasion of privacy, but it’s perfectly legal for your employer and businesses in the community to ask if you’ve been vaccinated for COVID-19. How can that be? Don’t we have strict privacy laws to protect sensitive health information? Robert Gatter, a professor in the Center for Health Law Studies at Saint Louis University School of Law, helps listeners understand the legal nuances. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Sorting Plastic
For many different reasons, most of the plastic we toss in the recycling bin never actually gets recycled. The problem? Most plastics aren’t the same and can’t magically be turned into reusable plastic. University of Wisconsin-Madison chemical engineering professor George Huber explains why and the solution he and other scientists are working on.
For many different reasons, most of the plastic we toss in the recycling bin never actually gets recycled. The problem? Most plastics aren’t the same and can’t magically be turned into reusable plastic. University of Wisconsin-Madison chemical engineering professor George Huber explains why and the solution he and other scientists are working on.
Repurposed Oil Rigs
There are more thatn 12,000 offshore oil rigs around the world. But what happens when the oil well runs dry? Removing them can cost millions of dollars and stir up contaminannts on the ocean floor. Blue Latitudes co-founder Emily Hazelwood would rather most oil rigs stay in place to become an artificial reef.
There are more thatn 12,000 offshore oil rigs around the world. But what happens when the oil well runs dry? Removing them can cost millions of dollars and stir up contaminannts on the ocean floor. Blue Latitudes co-founder Emily Hazelwood would rather most oil rigs stay in place to become an artificial reef.
Negative News
There’s been a lot of bad news in the news this past year. But COVID-19 coverage by major national US news outlets like CNN, Fox, and the New York Times has been more negative than local or international news organizations. Research from Dartmouth economics professor Bruce Sacerdote suggests that national American media have a bias for bad news. (Originally aired: March 30th, 2021)(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
There’s been a lot of bad news in the news this past year. But COVID-19 coverage by major national US news outlets like CNN, Fox, and the New York Times has been more negative than local or international news organizations. Research from Dartmouth economics professor Bruce Sacerdote suggests that national American media have a bias for bad news. (Originally aired: March 30th, 2021)(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Bioelectronic Medicine
One of the leading causes of chronic diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, Type 1 diabetes, and multiple sclerosis is something we're all born with: our immune system. Kevin Tracey–neurosurgeon and president of the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health in New York–has figured out a new method called bioelectronic medicine to get the immune system back on track. (Originally aired: March 30th, 2021)
One of the leading causes of chronic diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, Type 1 diabetes, and multiple sclerosis is something we're all born with: our immune system. Kevin Tracey–neurosurgeon and president of the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health in New York–has figured out a new method called bioelectronic medicine to get the immune system back on track. (Originally aired: March 30th, 2021)
Lunar Ark
Although we have the so-called “Doomsday Vault” that stores seed samples from every plant we'd need to feed ourselves in case of emergency, a plan funded by NASA hopes to build a cryogenic vault on the moon. It would store plant seeds and DNA samples of Earth life as a backup to the backup plan. University of Arizona aerospace engineering assistant professor Jekan Thanga is working on this plan that they're calling the lunar ark. (Originally aired: March 30th, 2021)
Although we have the so-called “Doomsday Vault” that stores seed samples from every plant we'd need to feed ourselves in case of emergency, a plan funded by NASA hopes to build a cryogenic vault on the moon. It would store plant seeds and DNA samples of Earth life as a backup to the backup plan. University of Arizona aerospace engineering assistant professor Jekan Thanga is working on this plan that they're calling the lunar ark. (Originally aired: March 30th, 2021)