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Why men may have more severe COVID-19 symptoms, and using bacteria to track contaminated food
First up this week, staff writer Meredith Wadman talks with host Sarah Crespi about how male sex hormones may play a role in higher levels of severe …
5 years, 7 months ago
A rare condition associated with coronavirus in children, and tracing glaciers by looking at the ocean floor
First up this week, Staff Writer Jennifer Couzin-Frankel talks with host Sarah Crespi about a rare inflammatory response in children that has appeare…
5 years, 7 months ago
How scientists are thinking about reopening labs, and the global threat of arsenic in drinking water
Online news editor David Grimm talks with producer Joel Goldberg about the unique challenges of reopening labs amid the coronavirus pandemic. Though …
5 years, 7 months ago
How past pandemics reinforced inequality, and millions of mysterious quakes beneath a volcano
Contributing Correspondent Lizzie Wade talks with host Sarah Crespi about the role of inequality in past pandemics. Evidence from medical records and…
5 years, 7 months ago
Making antibodies to treat coronavirus, and why planting trees won’t save the planet
Staff writer Jon Cohen joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about using monoclonal antibodies to treat or prevent infection by SARS-CoV-2. Many companies …
5 years, 8 months ago
Blood test for multiple cancers studied in 10,000 women, and is our Sun boring?
Staff Writer Jocelyn Kaiser joins Sarah to talk about a recent Science paper describing the results of a large study on a blood test for multiple typ…
5 years, 8 months ago
From nose to toes—how coronavirus affects the body, and a quantum microscope that unlocks the magnetic secrets of very old rocks
Coronavirus affects far more than just the lungs, and doctors and researchers in the midst of the pandemic are trying to catalog—and understand—the v…
5 years, 8 months ago
How countries could recover from coronavirus, lessons from an ancient drought, and feeling tactile waves in the hand
Contributing Correspondent Kai Kupferschmidt talks with host Sarah Crespi about countries planning a comeback from a coronavirus crisis. What can the…
5 years, 8 months ago
Does coronavirus spread through the air, and the biology of anorexia
On this week’s show, Staff Writer Robert Service talks with host Sarah Crespi about a new National Academy of Sciences report that suggests the novel…
5 years, 9 months ago
How COVID-19 disease models shape shutdowns, and detecting emotions in mice
On this week’s show, Contributing Correspondent Kai Kupferschmidt talks with host Sarah Crespi about modeling coronavirus spread and the role of fore…
5 years, 9 months ago