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Science Magazine Podcast

A weekly Science podcast featuring Sarah Crespi
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Science Magazine Podcast

Science Podcast

Science Magazine Podcast

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Science Magazine Podcast

Science Podcast

Science Magazine Podcast

A weekly Science podcast featuring Sarah Crespi
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New clinical trials for treatments of an always fatal brain disease, and what happens with pests when a conventional and organic farm are neighborsFirst up on this week’s show, a new treatment to stave off prion disease goes into clinical tr
Investigating “infantile amnesia,” and how generalized fear after acute stress reflects changes in the brainThis week we have two neuroscience stories. First up, freelance science journalist Sara Reardon looks at why infants’ memories fade.
What modern Indian genomes say about the region’s deep past, and how vitamin A influences stem cell plasticityFirst up this week, Online News Editor Michael Price and host Sarah Crespi talk about a large genome sequencing project in India that
Keeping water out of the stratosphere could be a low-risk geoengineering approach, and using magnets to drive medical robots inside the bodyFirst up this week, a new approach to slowing climate change: dehydrating the stratosphere. Staff Wri
On this week’s show: Factors that pushed snakes to evolve so many different habitats and lifestyles, and news from the AAAS annual meetingFirst up on the show this week, news from this year’s annual meeting of AAAS (publisher of Science) in
Why squeezing a blueberry doesn’t get you blue juice, and a myth buster and a science editor walk into a barFirst up on the show this week, MythBusters’s Adam Savage chats with Science Editor-in-Chief Holden Thorp about the state of scholarl
More than 200 materials could be “altermagnets,” and the impact of odiferous pollutants on nocturnal plant-pollinator interactionsFirst up on the show this week, researchers investigate a new kind of magnetism. Freelance science journalist Z
A remote island may hold clues for the future of El Niño and La Niña under climate change, and how pressure in the blood sends messages to neuronsFirst up, researchers are digging into thousands of years of coral to chart El Niño’s behavior
On this week’s show: A roundup of stories from our daily newsletter, and the ripple effects of the invasive big-headed ant in KenyaFirst up on the show, Science Newsletter Editor Christie Wilcox joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about snake ven
Investigation shows journal editors getting paid to publish bunk papers, and new techniques for finding tumor DNA in the bloodFirst up on this week’s episode, Frederik Joelving, an editor and reporter for the site Retraction Watch, talks wit
Assessing environmental damage during wartime, and tracking signaling between fetus and motherFirst up, freelance journalist Richard Stone returns with news from his latest trip to Ukraine. This week, he shares stories with host Sarah Crespi
Best of online news, and screening for tuberculosis using soundThis week’s episode starts out with a look back at the top 10 online news stories with Online News Editor David Grimm. There will be cat expressions and mad scientists, but also
Seeking the Majorana fermion particle, and a look at El Salvador’s adoption of cryptocurrencyFirst up on the show this week, freelance science journalist Zack Savitsky and host Sarah Crespi discuss the hunt for the elusive Majorana fermion p
Top science from 2023, and a genetic tool for pangolin conservationFirst up this week, it’s Science’s Breakthrough of the Year with producer Meagan Cantwell and News Editor Greg Miller. But before they get to the tippy-top science find, a fe
A look at cognition in livestock, and the coevolution of wild bird–human cooperationThis week we have two stories on thinking and learning in animals. First, Online News Editor David Grimm talks with host Sarah Crespi about a reporting trip
Raising the pH of the ocean to reduce carbon in the air, and robots that can landscapeFirst up on this week’s show, Contributing Correspondent Warren Cornwall discusses research into making oceans more alkaline as a way to increase carbon ca
A leap in supercomputing is a leap for science, cracking the dolomite problem, and a book on where patriarchy came fromFirst up on this week’s show, bigger supercomputers help make superscience. Staff Writer Robert F. Service joins host Sara
What it means that artificial intelligence can now forecast the weather like a supercomputer, and measuring methane emissions from municipal wasteFirst up on this week’s show, Staff Writer Paul Voosen joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about ho
First up on this week’s show: the future of science in Russia. We hear about how the country’s scientists are split into two big groups: those that left Russia after the invasion of Ukraine and those that stayed behind. Freelance journalist Olg
Why scientists are trying to make anemones act like corals, and why it’s so hard to make pharmaceuticals for brain diseasesFirst up on this week’s show, coaxing anemones to make rocks. Newsletter Editor Christie Wilcox joins host Sarah Cresp
First up on this week’s show, Staff Writer Erik Stokstad joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about why it might make sense to grow shorter corn. It turns out the towering corn typically grown today is more likely to blow over in strong winds and ca
Restoring land after dam removal, and phonons as a basis for quantum computing First up on this week’s show, planting in the silty soil left behind after a dam is removed and reservoirs recede. Contributing Correspondent Warren Cornwall join
The Kuiper belt might be bigger than we thought, and managing the effects of wildfires on indoor pollutionFirst up on this week’s show, the Kuiper belt—the circular field of icy bodies, including Pluto, that surrounds our Solar System—might
The Kuiper belt might be bigger than we thought, and managing the effects of wildfires on indoor pollutionFirst up on this week’s show, the Kuiper belt—the circular field of icy bodies, including Pluto, that surrounds our Solar System—might
Pushing ancient DNA past the Pleistocene, and linking agriculture to biodiversity and infectious diseaseFirst up on this week’s show, Staff Writer Erik Stokstad brings a host of fascinating stories, from the arrival of deadly avian flu in the
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