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Podcast: The effects of Neandertal DNA on health, squishing bugs for science, and sleepy confessions
Online news editor David Grimm shares stories on confessions extracted from sleepy people, malaria hiding out in deer, and making squishable bots based on cockroaches.
Corinne Simonti joins host Sara…
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
Podcast: Taking race out of genetics, a cellular cleanse for longer life, and smart sweatbands
Online news editor David Grimm shares stories on killing cells to lengthen life, getting mom’s microbes after a C-section, and an advanced fitness tracker that sits on the wrist and sips sweat.
Micha…
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago
Podcast: Babylonian astronomers, doubly domesticated cats, and outrunning a T. Rex
Online news editor David Grimm shares stories on 66-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex tracks, a signature of human consciousness, and a second try at domesticating cats. Mathieu Ossendrijver joins h…
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago
Podcast: A planet beyond Pluto, the bugs in your home, and the link between marijuana and IQ
Online News Editor David Grimm shares stories on studying marijuana use in teenage twins, building a better maze for psychological experiments, and a close inspection of the bugs in our homes. Scienc…
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago
Podcast: Wounded mammoths, brave birds, bright bulbs, and more
In this week’s podcast, David Grimm talks about brave birds, building a brighter light bulb, and changing our voice to influence our emotions. Plus, Ann Gibbons discusses the implications of a butche…
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago
Podcast: Dancing dinosaurs, naked black holes, and more
What stripped an unusual black hole of its stars? Can a bipolar drug change ant behavior? And did dinosaurs dance to woo mates? Science's Online News Editor David Grimm chats about these stories and …
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago
The Science breakthrough of the year, readers' choice, and the top news from 2015.
Robert Coontz discusses Science's 2015 Breakthrough of the Year and runners-up, from visions of Pluto to the discovery of a previously unknown human species. Online news editor David Grimm reviews th…
Published on 10 years ago
Artificial intelligence programs that learn concepts based on just a few examples and a daily news roundup
Brenden Lake discusses a new computational model that rivals the human ability to learn new concepts based on just a single example; David Grimm talks about attracting cockroaches, searching for habi…
Published on 10 years ago
How our gut microbiota change as we age and a daily news roundup
Paul O'Toole discusses what happens to our gut microbes as we age; David Grimm talks about competent grandmas, our tilted moon, and gender in the brain. Hosted by Susanne Bard. [Img: Dhinakaran Gajav…
Published on 10 years, 1 month ago
Can "big data" from mobile phones pinpoint pockets of poverty? And a news roundup
Joshua Blumenstock discusses patterns of mobile phone use as a source of "big data" about wealth and poverty in developing countries; David Grimm talks about gene drives, helpful parasites, and elect…
Published on 10 years, 1 month ago