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Podcast: Daily Science News
Episode: Friday June 23rd, 2023: NASA funds solar research, Iranian American scientist passes away, and more
Description: NASA funds five research projects to investigate the Sun's corona and solar radiation's impact on Earth's upper atmosphere. Firouz Naderi, an Iranian American scientist who directed the Mars program at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, passed away. NASA releases three new videos that show the world being choked by a thick, curling fog of carbon dioxide as the months go by. A new study of astronaut blood found that space travel alters gene expression in a way that impacts the immune system. Henry Petroski, a longtime professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University, passed away. The US Coast Gu...