Podcast Episodes

The metabolic consequences of skipping sleep, and cuts and layoffs slam NIH

First up on the podcast, ScienceInsider Editor Jocelyn Kaiser joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss big changes in science funding and government jobs t…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Talking about engineering the climate, and treating severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy

Geoengineering experiments face an uphill battle, and a way to combat the pregnancy complication hyperemesis gravidarum

First up on the podcast, clima…

11 months, 4 weeks ago

Studying urban wildfires, and the challenges of creating tiny AI robots

First up this week, urban wildfires raged in Los Angeles in January. Contributing Correspondent Warren Cornwall discusses how researchers have come t…

1 year ago

Why seals don’t drown, and tracking bird poop as it enters the sea

First up this week, Newsletter Editor Christie Wilcox joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss stories from the sea, including why scientists mounted camer…

1 year ago

Why sign language could be crucial for kids with cochlear implants, studying the illusion of pain, and recent political developments at NIH

First up this week, science policy editor Jocelyn Kaiser joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the latest news about the National Institutes of Health—f…

1 year ago

Intrusive thoughts during pregnancy, paternity detectives, and updates from the Trump Tracker

First up this week, International News Editor David Malakoff joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the most recent developments in U.S. science under Do…

1 year ago

Keeping transgenic corn sustainable, and sending shrunken heads home

First up this week, Kata Karáth, a freelance journalist based in Ecuador, talks with host Sarah Crespi about an effort to identify traditionally prep…

1 year, 1 month ago

Shrinking AI for use in farms and clinics, ethical dilemmas for USAID researchers, and how to evolve evolvability

First up this week, researchers face impossible decisions as U.S. aid freeze halts clinical trials. Deputy News Editor Martin Enserink joins host Sar…

1 year, 1 month ago

Training AI to read animal facial expressions, NIH funding takes a big hit, and why we shouldn’t put cameras in robot pants

First up this week, International News Editor David Malakoff joins the podcast to discuss the big change in NIH’s funding policy for overhead or indi…

1 year, 1 month ago

How the mantis shrimp builds its powerful club, and mysteries of middle Earth

First up this week, Staff Writer Paul Voosen joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss mapping clogs and flows in Earth’s middle layer—the mantle. They also…

1 year, 1 month ago