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The Best Of Our Knowledge

Alzheimer’s research and an ancient impact

By Lucas Willard
Published November 11, 2024 at 3:00 PM EST
US National Institute on Aging, Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center

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A PET scan of a healthy human brain (left) and a human brain with Alzheimer’s disease (right).

A meteorite that struck the Earth more than 3 billion years ago might have acted like a giant “fertilizer bomb” for life on the Blue Planet.

We’ll learn about a new national study that may lead to a new affordable treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.

And officials are celebrating a new national hub for semiconductor research.

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Lucas Willard is a news reporter and host at WAMC Northeast Public Radio, which he joined in 2011. He produces and hosts The Best of Our Knowledge and WAMC Listening Party.
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