A radioactive waste standoff and science’s debt to the slave trade
A single factory in Malaysia supplies about 10% of the world’s rare earth oxides, used in...
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A radioactive waste standoff and science’s debt to the slave trade
A single factory in Malaysia supplies about 10% of the world’s rare earth oxides, used in...
23:31
Probing the secrets of the feline mind and how Uber and Lyft may be making traffic worse
Dog cognition and social behavior have hogged the scientific limelight for years—showing in study...
23:30
Nonstick chemicals that stick around and detecting ear infections with smartphones
The groundwater of Rockford, Michigan, is contaminated by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,...
22:05
Grad schools dropping the GRE requirement and AIs play capture the flag
Up until this year, most U.S. graduate programs in the sciences required the General Record...
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The limits on human endurance, and a new type of LED
Cheap and easy to make, perovskite minerals have become the wonder material of solar energy. Now,...
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Better hurricane forecasts and spotting salts on Jupiter’s moon Europa
We’ve all seen images or animations of hurricanes that color code the wind speeds inside the...
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Can we inherit trauma from our ancestors, and the secret to dark liquid dances
Can we inherit trauma from our ancestors? Studies of behavior and biomarkers have suggested the...
21:10
Breeding better bees, and training artificial intelligence on emotional imagery
Imagine having a rat clinging to your back, sucking out your fat stores. That’s similar to what...
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NIH’s new diversity hiring program, and the role of memory suppression in resilience to trauma
On this week’s show, senior correspondent Jeffrey Mervis joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss a new...
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Fish farming’s future, and how microbes compete for space on our face
These days, about half of the protein the world’s population eats is from seafood. Staff Writer...
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Performing magic for animals, and why the pandemic is pushing people out of prisons
Staff Writer Kelly Servick joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss how jail and prison populations in...
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The uncertain future of North America’s ash trees, and organizing robot swarms
Freelance journalist Gabriel Popkin and host Sarah Crespi discuss what will happen to ash trees...
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Building Africa’s Great Green Wall, and using whale songs as seismic probes
Science journalist Rachel Cernansky joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about progress on Africa’s...
21:52
All your COVID-19 vaccine questions answered, and a new theory on forming rocky planets
Science Staff Writer Jon Cohen joins host Sarah Crespi to take on some of big questions about the...
28:53
Fighting outbreaks with museum collections, and making mice hallucinate
Podcast Producer Meagan Cantwell talks with Pamela Soltis, a professor and curator with the...
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Storing wind as gravity, and well-digging donkeys
Contributing Correspondent Cathleen O’Grady joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about a company that...
19:35
Ecstasy plus therapy for PTSD, and the effects of early childhood development programs on mothers
Staff Writer Kelly Servick talks with host Sarah Crespi about the pairing of a specific type of...
21:50
Finding consciousness outside the brain, and using DNA to reunite families
First this week, Contributing Correspondent Emily Underwood talks with host Sarah Crespi about...
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Whole-genome screening for newborns, and the importance of active learning for STEM
Today, most newborns get some biochemical screens of their blood, but whole-genome sequencing is...
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Potty training cows, and sardines swimming into an ecological trap
Online News Editor David Grimm joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about the health and environmental...
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