“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” – Joan Didion On Express Yourself!® Teen Radio, host Allison Lu discusses the recent Nobel Prize recipient Karl Deisseroth, and the larger question of what it means to push the boundaries of what’s possible, from groundbreaking scientific discoveries to the constitutional limits placed on the American Dream. Karl Deisseroth’s work is a reminder of just how much we still have to discover, and how ideas that initially seem impossibl

Why are cancer education and health literacy for populations of color and multilingual populations important? Cynthia Brian and teen Allison Lu interview Keerthi Eraniyan about her nonprofit, Fight for the Cure, that aims to educate immigrant children and those learning English about cancer awareness. This is an initiative run by teens. In segment two, Allison talks about Theranos and what happens when the pursuit of novelty begins to overshadow true science, or the lack of t

Freshwater science studies freshwater environments such as lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, and groundwater. It examines the plants, animals, microorganisms, chemistry, and natural processes that make these ecosystems work. Express Yourself!™ Teen radio host, Diya, shares her experience working in a freshwater lab. She worked with sturgeons, walleyes, and yellow perch, with her main job being fish nutrition. Scientists study freshwater to understand pollution, climate change