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Counting research rodents, a possible cause for irritable bowel syndrome, and spitting cobras
Online News Editor David Grimm joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss a controversial new paper that estimates how many rodents are used in research in t…
5 years, 2 months ago
An elegy for Arecibo, and how our environments may change our behavior
Science Senior Correspondent Daniel Clery regales host Sarah Crespi with tales about the most important work to come from 57 years of research at the…
5 years, 2 months ago
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 in the United States as federal regulators announce d…
5 years, 2 months ago
Areas to watch in 2021, and the living microbes in wildfire smoke
We kick off our first episode of 2021 by looking at future trends in policy and research with host Meagan Cantwell and several Science news writers. …
5 years, 3 months ago
Breakthrough of the Year, top online news, and science book highlights
Our last episode of the year is a celebration of science in 2020. First, host Sarah Crespi talks with Online News Editor David Grimm about some of th…
5 years, 3 months ago
Making ecology studies replicable, and a turnaround for the Tasmanian devil
The field of psychology underwent a replication crisis and saw a sea change in scientific and publishing practices, could ecology be next? News Inter…
5 years, 3 months ago
How the new COVID-19 vaccines work, and restoring vision with brain implants
Staff Writer Meredith Wadman and host Sarah Crespi discuss what to expect from the two messenger RNA–based vaccines against COVID-19 that have recent…
5 years, 4 months ago
Keeping coronavirus from spreading in schools, why leaves fall when they do, and a book on how nature deals with crisis
Many schools closed in the spring, during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Many opened in the fall. Staff Writer Jennifer Couzin-Frankel j…
5 years, 4 months ago
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 Erik Stokstad joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about ho…
5 years, 4 months ago
How the human body handles extreme heat, and improvements in cooling clothes
This week the whole show focuses on keeping cool in a warming world. First up, host Sarah Crespi talks with Senior News Correspondent Elizabeth Penni…
5 years, 4 months ago