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Podcast: Ending AIDS in South Africa, what makes plants gamble, and genes that turn on after death
Listen to stories on how plants know when to take risks, confirmation that the ozone layer is on the mend, and genes that come alive after death, with Online News Editor David Grimm. Science new…
Published on 9 years, 6 months ago
Podcast: A farewell to <i>Science</i>’s editor-in-chief, how mosquito spit makes us sick, and bears that use human shields
Listen to how mosquito spit helps make us sick, mother bears protect their young with human shields, and blind cave fish could teach us a thing or two about psychiatric disease, with Online News Edit…
Published on 9 years, 6 months ago
Podcast: Treating cocaine addiction, mirror molecules in space, and new insight into autism
Listen to stories on the first mirror image molecule spotted in outer space, looking at the role of touch in the development of autism, and grafting on lab-built bones, with online news editor Dav…
Published on 9 years, 6 months ago
Podcast: Scoliosis development, antiracing stripes, and the dawn of the hobbits
Listen to stories on lizard stripes that trick predators, what a tiny jaw bone reveals about ancient “hobbit” people, and the risks of psychology’s dependence on online subjects drawn from Mechani…
Published on 9 years, 6 months ago
Podcast: Bionic leaves that make fuel, digging into dog domestication, and wars recorded in coral
Listen to stories on new evidence for double dog domestication, what traces of mercury in coral can tell us about local wars, and an update to a classic adaptation story, with online news editor Da…
Published on 9 years, 7 months ago
Podcast: The economics of the Uber era, mysterious Neandertal structures, and an octopus boom
Online News Editor David Grimm shares stories on underground rings built by Neandertals, worldwide increases in cephalopods and a controversial hypothesis for Alzheimer’s disease. Glen Weyl join…
Published on 9 years, 7 months ago
Podcast: Tracking rats in a city slum, the giraffe genome, and watching human evolution in action
Online News Editor David Grimm shares stories on finding clues to giraffes’ height in their genomes, evidence that humans are still evolving from massive genome projects, and studies that infect h…
Published on 9 years, 7 months ago
Podcast: Rocky remnants of early Earth, plants turned predator, and a new artificial second skin
Online News Editor Catherine Matacic shares stories how the Venus flytrap turned to the meat-eating side, a new clingy polymer film that shrinks up eye bags, and survey results on who pirates scie…
Published on 9 years, 7 months ago
Podcast: Why animal personalities matter, killer whale sanctuaries, and the key to making fraternal twins
Online News Editor David Grimm shares stories on a proposal for an orca sanctuary in the sea, the genes behind conceiving fraternal twins, and why CRISPR won’t be fixing the sick anytime soon. El…
Published on 9 years, 8 months ago
Podcast: Patent trolls, the earthquake-volcano link, and obesity in China
Online News Editor Catherine Matacic shares stories on how
earthquakes may trigger volcanic eruptions,
growing obesity in China’s children, and turning salty water
sweet on the cheap.
Lauren Cohen join…
Published on 9 years, 8 months ago