Cool Science Radio | October 1, 2026 By Scott Greenberg, Lynn Ware Peek Published October 1, 2026 at 12:03 PM MDT Listen • 53:26 Jeffrey Cole, founding director of the Center for the Digital Future at USC Annenberg, explores how technological change reshapes society, why established institutions can be caught off guard and what decades of internet research reveal about America's changing relationship with technology.Carleton University biologists Jennifer Bruin and Myriam Hoyeck discuss new research finding persistent environmental pollutants in the human pancreas and explore how these chemicals may affect insulin secretion and metabolic health.