A theatrical production of 'The Half-Life of Marie Curie' is playing at Bellarmine University (Louisville, KY) this week. Then, hear an interview with Ruby Mason (University of Louisville) on her research on 'Development of Novel Biologic Inhibitors to Target the Phosphatase PRL-3 in Cancers'. Then, Presley Woodrum Nickens (Murray State University) speaks on her research on 'Evaluating Topsoil Health Under Different Management Conditions: An Important Indicator for Sustainable Agriculture'. This show is interspersed with some of the latest science headlines on topics like cloned arctic wolves, Black Death, dogs that can smell our stress, and recently detected radio signals from extraterrestrial civilizations.

‘Bench Talk: The Week in Science’ is a weekly program that airs on WFMP Louisville FORward Radio 106.5 FM (forwardradio.org) every Monday at 7:30 pm, Tuesday at 11:30 am, and Wednesday at 7:30 am.

Visit our Facebook page for links to the articles discussed in this episode: https://www.facebook.com/pg/BenchTalkRadio/posts/?ref=page_internal

Public-domain music is by Kevin MacLeod: 'Meditating Beat'.