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Innovation Now
Hosted by WHRO Public Media · EN
Innovation Now is a daily 90-second radio series and podcast that gives listeners a front row seat to hear compelling stories of revolutionary ideas, emerging technologies and the people behind the concepts that are shaping our future.
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Heart of Health
Yesterday00:01:30Tap to summarizeThrough the commercialization of life-preserving technologies, NASA remains at the heart of health solutions.
Transcribe →Delivering Storm Data
2d ago00:01:30Tap to summarizeDuring hurricane season, NASA delivers storm data from satellites, timely flood maps, power outage insights, landslide risk assessments, and more to many state and federal partners, including NOAA.
Transcribe →Beneath the Volcano
3d ago00:01:30Tap to summarizeNASA is working with the Smithsonian Institution, monitoring vegetation changes to aid in earlier eruption warnings.
Transcribe →Clouds of Dust
4d ago00:01:30Tap to summarizeDust plays a role in making new molecules of interstellar space.
Transcribe →Exploring in ERNEST
5d ago00:01:30Tap to summarizeERNEST trundled its way across the Colorado Desert in California to see if it has what it takes to rove on the Moon.
Transcribe →A Fourth to Remember
1w ago00:01:30Tap to summarizeWith a continuous human presence on the International Space Station, at least one American since 2001 has spent the Fourth of July in orbit.
Transcribe →Batteries Are Included
1w ago00:01:30Tap to summarizeUsing new spinoff batteries, robots may one day map as much of the ocean as NASA has mapped of the Moon.
Transcribe →Passing By
1w ago00:01:30Tap to summarizeEach month NASA releases the most recent figures on near-Earth object close approaches and other facts about comets or asteroids that could pose a threat.
Transcribe →Mundane Tasks
2w ago00:01:30Tap to summarizeSome of the tasks astronauts complete on the International Space Station are routine inspections.
Transcribe →High Contrasts
2w ago00:01:30Tap to summarizeWhere the Sun shines at a low angle at the lunar South Pole, high contrasts between lit and shadowed areas are created.
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