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An active volcano on Venus, and a concerning rise in early onset colon cancer
On this week’s show: Spotting volcanic activity on Venus in 30-year-old data, and giving context to increases in early onset colon cancer
First up …
3 years ago
Compassion fatigue in those who care for lab animals, and straightening out ocean conveyor belts
On this week’s show: Compassion fatigue will strike most who care for lab animals, but addressing it is challenging. Also, overturning ideas about oc…
3 years ago
Battling bias in medicine, and how dolphins use vocal fry
On this week’s show: Researchers are finding new ways to mitigate implicit bias in medical settings, and how toothed whales use distinct vocal regist…
3 years, 1 month ago
Shrinking MRI machines, and the smell of tsetse fly love
On this week’s show: Portable MRI scanners could revolutionize medical imaging, and pheromones offer a way to control flies that spread disease
First…
3 years, 1 month ago
Earth’s hidden hydrogen, and a trip to Uranus
On this week’s show: The hunt for natural hydrogen deposits heats up, and why we need a space mission to an ice giant
First up this week: a gold rush…
3 years, 1 month ago
Using sharks to study ocean oxygen, and what ancient minerals teach us about early Earth
On this week’s show: Shark tags to measure ocean deoxygenation, and zircons and the chemistry of early Earth
First up this week: using sharks to meas…
3 years, 1 month ago
Visiting a mummy factory, and improving the IQ of … toilets
On this week’s show: New clues to the chemicals used for mummification, and the benefits and barriers to smart toilets
First up this week: What can w…
3 years, 2 months ago
Wolves hunting otters, and chemical weathering in a warming world
On this week’s show: When deer are scarce these wolves turn to sea otters, and chemical weathering of silicates acts as a geological thermostat
First…
3 years, 2 months ago
Bad stats overturn ‘medical murders,’ and linking allergies with climate change
Statisticians fight bad numbers used in medical murder trials, and the state of allergy science
First up on this week’s show, we have a piece on accu…
3 years, 2 months ago
Peering beyond the haze of alien worlds, and how failures help us make new discoveries
Data on hazes and clouds may be key to understanding exoplanets, and NextGen letter writers share the upside of failure
Hazes and clouds could keep e…
3 years, 2 months ago