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Why some diseases come and go with the seasons, and how to develop smarter, safer chemicals
On this week’s show, host Joel Goldberg gets an update on the coronavirus pandemic from Senior Correspondent Jon Cohen. In addition, Cohen gives a ru…
5 years, 9 months ago
Ancient artifacts on the beaches of Northern Europe, and how we remember music
On this week’s show, host Joel Goldberg talks with science journalist Andrew Curry about recent archaeological finds along the shores of Northern Eur…
5 years, 9 months ago
Science’s leading role in the restoration of Notre Dame and the surprising biology behind how our body develops its tough skin
On this week’s show, freelance writer Christa Lesté-Lasserre talks with host Sarah Crespi about the scientists working on the restoration of Notre Da…
5 years, 10 months ago
Dog noses detect heat, the world faces coronavirus, and scientists search for extraterrestrial life
On this week’s show, Online News Editor David Grimm joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss how dogs’ cold noses may be able to sense warm bodies. Read th…
5 years, 10 months ago
An ancient empire hiding in plain sight, and the billion-dollar cost of illegal fishing
This week on the podcast, Contributing Correspondent Lizzie Wade joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss a turning point for one ancient Mesoamerican city…
5 years, 10 months ago
Brickmaking bacteria and solar cells that turn ‘waste’ heat into electricity
On this week’s show, staff writer Robert F. Service talks with host Sarah Crespi about manipulating microbes to make them produce building materials …
5 years, 10 months ago
NIH’s new diversity hiring program, and the role of memory suppression in resilience to trauma
On this week’s show, senior correspondent Jeffrey Mervis joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant program t…
5 years, 10 months ago
Fighting cancer with CRISPR, and dating ancient rock art with wasp nests
On this week’s show, Staff Writer Jennifer Couzin-Frankel joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about a Science paper that combines two hot areas of resear…
5 years, 11 months ago
A cryo–electron microscope accessible to the masses, and tracing the genetics of schizophrenia
Structural biologists rejoiced when cryo–electron microscopy, a technique to generate highly detailed models of biomolecules, emerged. But years afte…
5 years, 11 months ago
Getting BPA out of food containers, and tracing minute chemical mixtures in the environment
As part of a special issue on chemicals for tomorrow’s Earth, we’ve got two green chemistry stories. First, host Sarah Crespi talks with contributing…
5 years, 11 months ago