Host: Jorge Salazar
Lead Producer: Mike Brennan

Sunspots. Image Credit: NASA
ES 22 Producers: Deborah Byrd, Beth Lebwohl, Ryan Britton, Emily Howard
This week’s lineup:
The sunspot cycle: Jorge Salazar speaks with Dr. Frank Hill, associate director of the U.S. National Solar Observatory’s Solar Synoptic Network about predicting future solar activity.
Saving wild tigers: Beth Lebwohl speaks with John Seidensticker on saving wild tigers

Image Credit: Koshyk
Weird Science: Ryan Britton on bacteria that can make you smarter
The science of illusions: Jorge Salazar speaks with evolutionary neurobiologist Mark Changizi, who says that recent research overturns everything we thought we knew about vision.
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