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.

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.

Fraser Cain, founder, curator and editor of the multimedia space-focused resource "Universe Today: Space and Astronomy News," talks about his passion for all things space and astronomy.

Renowned researcher, physician and neuroscience professor Godfrey Pearlson talks about the science of weed. Is it a cure-all? A toxic, addictive substance? Or something in between?

Writer Dava Sobel shines a spotlight on the remarkable Marie Curie in her new book, "The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science." Then, 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."

Marc Abrahams, founder and master of ceremonies of the Ig Nobel Prize, recaps this year’s ceremony and winners. Then, Fraser Cain talks about Universe Today, his website, podcast and YouTube channel that are great sources for everything on the latest research and discoveries about space.

Renowned researcher, physician and neuroscience professor Godfrey Pearlson talks about the science of weed. Is it a cure-all? A toxic, addictive substance? Or something in between? Then, Jasmine Smith, CEO of Rejuve.AI, shares their new app, now in beta testing, intended to help you reduce your biological age.

University of Utah professor of physics and astronomy Kyle Dawson talks about the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument that is probing the fundamental physics of the universe. Then, astrophysicist Dr. Mario Livio and Nobel prize-winner and professor of chemistry Dr. Jack Szostak talk about whether or not Earth is the exception to the rule for life in their new book, "Is Earth Exceptional? The Quest for Cosmic Life."

Paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson, who found the 3.2 million-year-old iconic fossil "Lucy," discusses finding the fossil 50 years ago in the Ethiopian desert. Then, Scientific American journalist Mark Fischetti explains why the earth’s rotation is changing and how that relates to how global timekeepers accurately keep time.