<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-530383 size-medium" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/09105018/HMCC-Featured-Image-Dark-Blue-2025-1000x563.jpg" alt="A mint green skyline against a dark blue background with the words Houston Matters with Craig Cohen in white" width="1000" height="563" /></p><p>On Thursday's show: AI-focused data centers have increased the demand for memory chips that drive many electronics consumers use. And that is driving up prices we pay to get them. Technology columnist <a target="_blank" href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/tech/article/memory-prices-surge-buy-now-21342393.php" rel="noopener">Dwight Silverman explains</a>, and he offers advice for how to spot AI being used in campaign ads or social media posts.</p><p>Also this hour: <span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">As Johnson Space Center continues preparations for the next Artemis mission and America’s return to the moon, it reminds us that NASA’s long-term vision includes using the moon as a stepping-stone for future missions to Mars. But there is a lot to consider about what human beings spending extended time on the moon or Mars will mean. We talk that over with Rice University biology professor <a target="_blank" href="https://solomon.rice.edu/" rel="noopener">Scott Solomon</a>, author of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Martian-Living-Change-Bodies/dp/0262051516" rel="noopener"><em>Becoming Martian: How Living in Space Will Change Our Bodies and Minds.</em></a></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal">Then, we discuss the role the <a target="_blank" href="https://houstonaudubon.org/conservation/sanctuaries/bolivar-flats/about-bolivar-flats.html" rel="noopener">Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary</a> plays in protecting birds that migrate through Texas.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">And, as Olympic hockey games near their pinnacle this week, we talk with <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chie_Sakuma" rel="noopener">Chie Chie Yard</a>, the first Houston native to play hockey in the Olympics. These days, she plans major events for the National Hockey League, and she is one of this year’s <a target="_blank" href="https://hockeyplayersinbusiness.org/event/hpib-hou-houston-hockey-hall-of-fame-banquet-march-20th/" rel="noopener">Houston Hockey Hall of Fame inductees</a>.</p><p><strong>Watch</strong></p><p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EtYAWQ8Bfyg?si=vFuHmQ4rgpN_f3Pm&amp;start=443" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>