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Our breakthrough of the year and this year's top news stories
Robert Coontz discusses this year's Breakthrough and letting readers have their say. Online news editor David Grimm brings the top news stories of 20…
11 years, 3 months ago
The oldest piece of Mars on Earth and a news roundup (21 November 2014)
Eric Hand discusses the winding history of the Black Beauty meteorite--a 4.4 billion-year-old piece of Mars. Online news editor David Grimm brings st…
11 years, 3 months ago
Science Podcast - Lessons from the tsetse fly genome and a news roundup (18 April 2014)
Tsetse fly genetics; roundup of daily news with David Grimm.
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11 years, 3 months ago
A flock of genomes and a news roundup (12 December 2014)
Erich Jarvis sums up the findings from sequencing 40+ bird genomes. Online news editor David Grimm brings stories capturing comet dust, the origins o…
11 years, 3 months ago
The shocking predatory strike of the electric eel and a news roundup (5 December 2014)
Kenneth Catania takes a close look at how exactly electric eels stun their prey. Online news editor David Grimm brings stories on pushing back the ea…
11 years, 3 months ago
Gendered brains and a news roundup (21 November 2014)
Cordelia Fine discusses the prevalence of "neurosexism" in the study of the human brain. Online news editor David Grimm brings stories on climbing wa…
11 years, 4 months ago
How hippos help and a news roundup (14 November 2014)
David Grimm and Meghna Sachdev discuss robots that can induce ghostly feelings, the domestication of cats, and training humans to echolocate. Elizabe…
11 years, 4 months ago
A new way to study norovirus and a news roundup (7 November 2014)
Stephanie Karst discusses her team's successful efforts to culture norovirus in the lab and what this new system means for treatment and prevention. …
11 years, 4 months ago
Changing minds on charitable giving and a news roundup (31 October 2014)
Ayelet Gneezy discusses trends in charitable giving and how to maximize donations. David Grimm brings stories on an algal virus found in humans, how …
11 years, 5 months ago
High altitude humans living ~11,000 years ago (24 October 2014)
Kurt Rademaker discusses his work exploring the Andean plateau for artifacts of the earliest high-altitude humans, Paleoindians that lived at 4500 me…
11 years, 5 months ago