Podcast Episodes

Strange metals and our own personal ‘oxidation fields’

First up on the podcast, freelance journalist Zack Savitsky joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about the strange metal state. Physicists are probing the behavior of electrons in these materials, which a…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

A horse science roundup and using dubious brain scans as evidence of crimes

First up on the podcast, freelance journalist Jonathan Moens talks with host Sarah Crespi about a forensic test called brain electrical oscillation signature (BEOS) profiling, which police in India a…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Analyzing music from ancient Greece and Rome, and the 100 days that shook science

First up on the podcast, producer Meagan Cantwell worked with the Science News team to review how the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s administration have impacted science. In the segment, …

Published on 5 months ago

Tales from an Italian crypt, and the science behind ‘dad bods’

First up on the podcast, Contributing Correspondent Andrew Curry talks with host Sarah Crespi about his visit to 17th century crypts under an old hospital in Italy. Researchers are examining tooth pl…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

A caterpillar that haunts spiderwebs, solving the last riddles of a famed friar, and a new book series

First up on the podcast, bringing Gregor Mendel’s peas into the 21st century. Back in the 19th century Mendel, a friar and naturalist, tracked traits in peas such as flower color and shape over many …

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Linking cat domestication to ancient cult sacrifices, and watching aurorae wander

First up on the podcast, Online News Editor David Grimm joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about how an Egyptian cult that killed cats may have also tamed them.

Next on the show, we hear about when the …

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

The metabolic consequences of skipping sleep, and cuts and layoffs slam NIH

First up on the podcast, ScienceInsider Editor Jocelyn Kaiser joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss big changes in science funding and government jobs this month, including an order to cut billions in c…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Talking about engineering the climate, and treating severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy

Geoengineering experiments face an uphill battle, and a way to combat the pregnancy complication hyperemesis gravidarum

First up on the podcast, climate engineers face tough conversations with the pub…

Published on 6 months ago

Studying urban wildfires, and the challenges of creating tiny AI robots

First up this week, urban wildfires raged in Los Angeles in January. Contributing Correspondent Warren Cornwall discusses how researchers have come together to study how pollution from buildings at s…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Why seals don’t drown, and tracking bird poop as it enters the sea

First up this week, Newsletter Editor Christie Wilcox joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss stories from the sea, including why scientists mounted cameras on seabirds, backward and upside-down; newly di…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago