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NSF terminates huge number of grants and stops awarding new ones
In this Podcast Extra, we examine recent developments US National Science Foundation, which has seen significant numbers of research grants terminate…
1 year, 4 months ago
Herring population loses migration 'memory' after heavy fishing
00:46 How fishing activity altered the migration pattern of Herring
Selective fishing of older herring has resulted in a large shift in the migration …
1 year, 4 months ago
The dismantling of US science: can it survive Trump 2.0?
In this episode:
00:46 What will be left of US science after Trump 2.0?
100 days into his term, President Donald Trump and his administration have alre…
1 year, 5 months ago
Audio long read: Do smartphones and social media really harm teens’ mental health?
Research shows that, over the past two decades, rates of mental illness have been increasing in adolescents in many countries. While some scientists …
1 year, 5 months ago
A brand-new colour created by lasers, a pig-liver transplant trial gets the green light, and a nugget-sized chunk of lab-grown meat
00:27 Five people see ‘olo’, a brand-new colour
Using a laser system to activate specific eye cells, a team has allowed five study participants to per…
1 year, 5 months ago
‘Dark matter’, 'Big Bang' and ‘spin’: how physics terms can confuse researchers
Categorizing things is central to science. And there are dozens of systems scientists have created to name everything from the trenches on the sea be…
1 year, 5 months ago
What a trove of potato genomes reveals about the humble spud
In this episode:
00:46 A potato pangenome
Researchers have created a ‘pangenome’ containing the genomes of multiple potato types, something they believ…
1 year, 5 months ago
Long-awaited ape genomes give new insights into their evolution — and ours
00:46 Complete sequencing of ape genomes
Researchers have sequenced the complete genomes of six ape species, helping uncover the evolutionary history …
1 year, 5 months ago
From Hippocrates to COVID-19: the scientific fight to prove diseases can be airborne
Science writer and New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer's latest book Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life we Breathe dives into the invisible m…
1 year, 5 months ago
Trump team removes senior NIH chiefs in shock move
In this Podcast Extra, we hear the latest on how decisions by the Trump administration are affecting science in the US. Most recently, a purge of Nat…
1 year, 5 months ago