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Each week, UnDisciplined introduces its audience to two scientists, working in different fields – and then introduces them to each other. The result is a lively, informative and accessible d...
In workplaces everywhere, the most engaged employees often become the go-to for extra work. It feels logical, but management scholar Sangah...
A geologist, a planetary scientist, a NASA mission leader, and an expert on team-building walk into a bar. The bartender says, “hey, Lindy,...
For decades, the case against industrial animal farming has been framed as a moral one—and it hasn’t slowed consumption. As countries grow w...
Jani Radebaugh, a planetary scientist at Brigham Young University, has spent her career studying the landscapes of other worlds — and for de...
This winter’s snow drought may leave a mark that lasts for centuries. Justin DeRose, a dendrochronologist and assistant professor of silvicu...
For years, many people have assumed that climate change will send massive waves of “climate refugees” across borders around the world. But J...
In 2011, an EF-5 tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri, claiming 161 lives. Almost immediately researchers like Marc Levitan, from the Nat...
Is the greatest existential threat our species has ever faced really something to joke about? Aaron Sachs thinks so. And, in fact, he thinks...
We’ve long found different ways to explain that the world is made up of haves and have-nots. We live in the developed world or the developin...
For a very long time it was thought that some alcohol, in moderation, could be healthy for us. The latest research suggests that’s simply no...
Ten years after publishing This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism, activist and writer Ashton Applewhite reflects on what a decade of...
We know that, throughout history, society hasn’t always appreciated revolutionary scientific findings — and sometimes scientists find themse...
Historically, an “everyone is a VIP” philosophy made good business sense for Disney amusement parks. But now Disney is embracing tiered serv...
Again and again, similar patterns show up in nature in different creatures at different times in their evolutionary histories—even when thos...
Again and again, similar patterns show up in nature in different creatures at different times in their evolutionary histories. And when they...
Deep in the ocean, jellyfish, shrimp, fireworms and other creatures use multi–colored lights for defense, luring food, attracting mates, and...
The Trump administration is seeking an across-the-board 20% cut to NASA's total funding, and nearly all of that reduction is concentrated in...
Emerging research suggests that human attention spans are getting shorter. That’s a problem for people who want to make change in a world in...
Dan McClellan loves the Bible. He doesn’t always love what it says. But he works hard not to try to mold it into something that he wants it...
Just about 60% of Americans say they identify as Christian. And just about 20% of Americans say they have read the entire Bible.
As diurnal creatures, humans often miss out on the natural world at night. And many of us have a natural urge to see the animals that come o...
What is life? However you answer that question, there is a good chance that it’s limited in some way by something that recent research has s...
In his new book, climate analyst Mike Berners-Lee says there's one shift that would go far toward solving every climate bind we’re in: holdi...
For decades, we’ve known that climate cycles like El Niño affect regional crop yields. But even though our food system is increasingly globa...
Herbs have a wide range of uses. A new book explores how plants connect us to the earth, to each other, and to ourselves.
Rising global temperatures are already impacting human health. One survey suggests that most Americans haven’t yet felt this connection in t...
On July 6, 2018, listeners who were tuned into UPR heard UnDisciplined for the first time. Now, nearly seven years later, we’ve shared 300 e...
Zach Mack’s father was falling into the abyss. That’s what it felt like, at least, as Zach watched his dad become more and more susceptible...
Drought and water shortages are major concerns for many Arizona cities. And there have been many potential solutions approached to try and h...
The wildfires in Southern California are on track to become the costliest disaster in U.S. history, and a lot of people are already recogniz...
David Roberts clearly isn’t happy about the political direction of this country especially as it pertains to climate. But if you read his ne...
Rep. Kera Birkeland spent much of her political career writing and passing legislation aimed at trans Americans — legislation that many peop...
Social psychologist Nilanjana Dasgupta says our bottom-up approach to DEI training is likely ineffective, but there are simple, straight-for...
A much publicized warning released in the winter of 2023 said that the Great Salt Lake was at grave risk of disappearing in only five years....
A much publicized warning released in the winter of 2023 said that the Great Salt Lake was at grave risk of disappearing in only five years....
A much publicized warning released in the winter of 2023 said that the Great Salt Lake was at grave risk of disappearing in only five years....
In hindsight, it’s clear that a century of suppressing wildfires probably hasn’t made us safer in the U.S. West. But knowing what doesn’t wo...
There are two pretty simple questions that Allison Agsten wanted to have answered as she assumed the directorship of the Center for Climate...
The most obvious health risk in a warming world is heat — heat stress which can cause heat stroke, which can cause dehydration, which can ca...
For nearly five years, water attorney Emily Lewis has been hosting a podcast on water issues with a special focus on solutions for the water...
Almost every model of future climate suggests that Western North America will grow substantially drier as global surface temperatures contin...
Political analysts were concerned about the Bradley Effect in 2008 in regards to Obama—and Anu Gupta says now’s the time to think about how...
For a very long time it was assumed that competition and predation drove evolution and ecologies. And it’s true that antagonism plays a role...
Marcy Litvak says it’s vital that we try to sort out how carbon behaves in different areas of the world, and research efforts like the New M...
When strong beliefs, sometimes century-long beliefs, are disputed, people tend to double down. And this is true for many people–from cult me...
In his new book, Combing Through the White House, Theodore Pappas suggests that the hair of American leaders has long conveyed important pol...
It is sometimes assumed that women, as a group, tend to feel differently about climate and climate change than men. and that’s true — but as...
It was not so long ago that there seemed to be no end in sight for the continual rise of greenhouse gas emissions across the globe. But now...
The western United States is getting hotter, windier, and drier. And that means more fire risk. It also means that when a fire does occur, i...
Wolves were once naturally abundant in Yellowstone national park, but starting in the 1870s they fell prey to humans who hunted them until t...