Author: WKNC Admin

In this science news update, new public affairs content creator Breyton Hill discusses some cool science and research news that has been happening around the triangle.

 
With the weather happening this weekend, Breyton gets into the science of snowflakes, discussing what makes each one unique.
[Link to a graph of how snowflake shape changes as temperature and humidity changes. https://www.snowcrystals.com/science/SnowflakeMorphology2.jpg]

Next, Breyton talks about how astronomers at Duke University are photographing the cosmos as part of Legacy Survey of Space and Time at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chili.
[Link to Duke article about the first images out of this astronomy mission. https://trinity.duke.edu/news/when-picture-worth-billion-worlds-duke-cosmologists-celebrate-rubin-observatorys-first-images]

Breyton then gets into updates from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science’s “Dueling Dinosaur” exhibit. Get excited, there has been a new classification. What was originally thought to be a baby Tyrannosaur is actually a Nanotyrannus.
[Link to NC Museum of Natural Science Press Release on the Nanotyrannus. https://naturalsciences.org/calendar/news/nanotyrannus-confirmed/]

Lastly, Breyton discusses different ways to get involved in science around the triangle with events at the NC Museum of Natural Science and the Durham Life and Science Museum.
[Link to NC Museum of Natural Science Website. https://naturalsciences.org/]
[Link to Durham Life and Science Museum Website. https://www.lifeandscience.org/]

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This episode is Part One of an unofficial miniseries going over NCSU Men’s football roster changes. This episode focuses on the transfer portal and projected starters as of January. It’ll also go over spring golf and the mens wrestling match vs UNC!

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Hi everyone, there are conversations that challenge you loudly and then there are the ones that quietly rearrange how you think.

This episode belongs to the second kind. Sitting down with Ari, what began as a conversation about monogamy slowly unfolded into something much deeper: a reflection on queerness, intimacy, chosen structures, and the invisible rules we’re taught to follow when it comes to love. Not because they fit us, but because they’re familiar.

We talk about monogamy not as a default, but as a choice. About queerness not as a category, but as a lens. About relationships not as something to label, but something to experience honestly. This episode isn’t here to give answers or define what love should look like. It’s here to sit in the questions, the uncomfortable ones, the tender ones, the ones we don’t always say out loud.

If you’ve ever felt like the traditional relationship narrative didn’t quite fit, or if you’ve found yourself curious about what intimacy could look like beyond expectation, this conversation invites you to listen, slowly, openly, and without needing to decide anything at all. Enjoy listening to this episode and stay tuned for a new episode next week!

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