The Thirty-Meter Telescope, A Cancer-Killing Virus, and a Fossil Find
11:52 minutes
Construction on the Thirty-Meter Telescope on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea has pitted some native Hawaiians against astronomers. Now Hawaiian governor David Ige has a proposal that allows for the continuing construction of the telescope—provided that some older telescopes on the volcano are shut down. In this episode of Good Thing/Bad Thing, Molly Solomon, a reporter at Hawaii Public Radio, gives us her take on the telescope proposal.
And Rachel Feltman of The Washington Post joins us to talk about a few selected short subjects in science this week, like a herpes virus engineered to fight skin cancer, and an unlikely fossil hunter, who serves on the board of directors of a creationist museum.
Segment Guests
Rachel Feltman
Rachel Feltman is a freelance science communicator who hosts “The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week” for Popular Science, where she served as Executive Editor until 2022. She’s also the host of Scientific American’s show “Science Quickly.” Her debut book Been There, Done That: A Rousing History of Sex is on sale now.
Molly Solomon
Molly Solomon is a general assignment reporter for Hawaii Public Radio in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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About Christopher Intagliata
@cintagliataChristopher Intagliata was Science Friday’s senior producer. He once served as a prop in an optical illusion and speaks passable Ira Flatowese.