This hour, a potpourri of topics.
First, some new thinking around dental cavities — are they really an oral microbiome problem?
And, as we endure another record-setting fire season, scientists are wondering, does Smokey Bear need a makeover?
Finally, what happens if we look at Earth as an exoplanet?
GUESTS:
- Jaime Green - Associate editor of Future Tense
- Maggie Koerth - Senior science writer for FiveThirtyEight
- Jennifer Oldham - Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter
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Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.