Katie Mullaly

The 2024 Ig Nobel awards were given out on Sept. 12. Marc Abrahams, founder and master of ceremonies of the Ig Nobel Prize talks about the latest winners of the award which celebrates unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research.

Award-winning journalist Vince Beiser explores the global hunt for cobalt, lithium, nickel, copper and other metals that power our electro-digital existence in his new book, "Power Metal: The Race for the Resources that Will Shape the Future."

Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of "Longitude," chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science, Marie Curie, and the untold story of the young women who trained in her laboratory.

Summit Land Conservancy’s Conservation Leadership Interns Lauren Page and Alana McClements talk about the science of saving land.

Imagine what it would be like to surf the rings of Saturn or golf on the Moon with John Moores, co-author of the new book “Daydreaming in the Solar System: Surfing Saturn’s Rings, Golfing on the Moon, and Other Adventures in Space Exploration.”

A report last year in the journal Joule showed that ChatGPT consumes up to 17,000 times more electricity than the average U.S. household. AI is on track to use more electricity than most small nations, including Ireland. Alex de Vries, author of the paper “The growing energy footprint of artificial intelligence,” tells more about AI’s use of electricity and other resources.

Science journalist Olivia Campbell shares how four women physicists escaped Nazi Germany and made scientific history in her new book, "Sisters in Science."

Science journalist Erica Cartmill from Scientific American, the longest-running magazine in US history, highlights some new research of great apes showing that a sense of humor may be a primal and very ancient response to our life’s foibles and fun.

The University of Utah is a global leader in science and technology education, research and development. Peter Trapa, Dean of the College of Science at the University of Utah, talks about the college, their programs and amazing opportunities for students.

AI is declaring its ability to detect mental disorders with superhuman accuracy and provide affordable therapy, but the hype is obscuring an unnerving reality. Daniel Oberhaus, science writer and author of the new book, "The Silicon Shrink: How Artificial Intelligence Made the World an Asylum," talks about AI’s emergence in mental health treatment.