Podcast Episodes

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, 6 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, 7 months ago

Saving wildlife with AI, and randomized trials go remote

First up this week on the show, uncounted kilometers of fences are strung across the globe. Researchers know they interfere with wildlife migrations …

1 year, 7 months ago

The origins of the dino-killing asteroid, and remapping the scientific enterprise

First up this week, Deputy News Editors Elizabeth Culotta and Shraddha Chakradhar join host Sarah Crespi to talk about the launch of a new series hig…

1 year, 7 months ago

The humidity vs. heat debate, and studying the lifetime impacts of famine

Researchers debate if humidity makes heat more deadly, and finding excess diabetes cases in Ukrainian people that were born right after the 1930s fam…

1 year, 7 months ago

Iron-toothed dragons, and improving electron microscopy

First up this week, we hear about caves on the Moon, a shake-up at Pompeii, and the iron-lined teeth of the Komodo dragon. Reporter Phie Jacobs joins…

1 year, 8 months ago

Targeting dirty air, pollution from dead satellites, and a book on embracing robots

Tackling air pollution—indoors and outdoors, how burned-up satellites in the atmosphere could destroy ozone, and the latest in our series of books on…

1 year, 8 months ago

New treatments for deadly snake bites, and a fusion company that wants to get in the medical isotopes game

First up this week, Staff Writer Adrian Cho talks with host Sarah Crespi about a fusion company that isn’t aiming for net energy. Instead, it’s looki…

1 year, 8 months ago

How rat poison endangers wildlife, and using sound to track animal populations

Rodenticides are building up inside unintended targets, including birds, mammals, and insects; and bringing bioacoustics and artificial intelligence …

1 year, 8 months ago

What’s new in the world of synthetic blood, and how a bacterium evolves into a killer

First up this week, guest host Kevin McLean talks to freelance writer Andrew Zaleski about recent advancements in the world of synthetic blood. They …

1 year, 8 months ago