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The challenges of studying misinformation, and what Wikipedia can tell us about human curiosity
First up this week, Contributing Correspondent Kai Kupferschmidt joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the difficulties of studying misinformation. Alth…
1 year, 2 months ago
Paleorobotics, revisiting the landscape of fear, and a book on the future of imagination
Using robots to study evolution, the last installment of our series of books on a future to look forward to, and did reintroducing wolves really rest…
1 year, 2 months ago
How to deal with backsliding democracies, and balancing life as a scientist and athlete
First up this week, host Sarah Crespi talks to Jon Chu, a presidential young professor in international affairs at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public …
1 year, 2 months ago
Graphene’s journey from hype to prime time, and harvesting lithium from briny water
First up this week, we celebrate 20 years of graphene—from discovery, to hype, and now reality as it finally finds its place in technology and scienc…
1 year, 2 months ago
Scientific evidence that cats are liquids, and when ants started their fungus farms
First up this week, online editor David Grimm joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about how cats think about their own bodies. Do cats think of themselve…
1 year, 3 months ago
Burying trees to lock up carbon, notorious ‘Alzheimer’s gene’ fuels hope, and a book on virtual twins
The gene variant APOE4 is finally giving up some of its secrets, how putting dead trees underground could make carbon sequestration cheap and scalabl…
1 year, 3 months ago
Looking for life on an icy moon, and feeling like a rat
First up this week, a preview of a NASA mission to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. Science journalist Robin Andrews joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about …
1 year, 3 months ago
Hail finally gets its scientific due, and busting up tumors with ultrasound
Why don’t we know what is happening with hail? It’s extremely destructive and costs billions of dollars in property damage every year. We aren’t grea…
1 year, 3 months ago
Linking long lives with smart brains, and India’s science education is leaning into its history and traditions—but at what cost?
The latest in our series on global equity in science, and how better memory helps chickadees live longer
First up this week, as part of our series on…
1 year, 4 months ago
A fungus-driven robot, counting snow crabs, and a book on climate capitalism
First up this week on the podcast, the latest conservation news with Staff Writer Erik Stokstad. Stokstad and host Sarah Crespi talk about the fate o…
1 year, 4 months ago