Science Magazine Podcast
Science Magazine
Weekly podcasts from Science Magazine, the world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.
Episodes
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Aug 6, 2015 • 19min
Effective Ebola vaccines and a daily news roundup
Andrea Marzi discusses a vaccine that is effective against Ebola in monkeys and David Grimm talks about weigh-loss surgery, carbon suckers, and sexist HVAC. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. [Img: NIAID] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 30, 2015 • 21min
Comet chemistry and a news roundup
Fred Goesmann discusses Philae's bumpy landing on Comet 67P, and the organic compounds it detected there, and Hanae Armitage talks with Sarah Crespi about this week’s online news stories. Hosted by Susanne Bard. [Img: NAVCAM/ESA/Rosetta] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 23, 2015 • 21min
Ancient DNA and a news roundup
Elizabeth Culotta discusses the ancient DNA revolution and David Grimm brings online news stories about rising autism numbers, shark safety, and tiny cloudmakers. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. [Img: Alexander Maklakov] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 16, 2015 • 22min
AI therapists and a news roundup
John Bohannon discusses using artificial intelligence in the psychologist's chair and David Grimm brings online news stories about the age of human hands, deadly weather, and biological GPS. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. [Img:Nils Rinaldi/Flickr] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 9, 2015 • 18min
Jumping soft bots and a news roundup
Nick Bartlett discusses the challenges of building a jumping soft robot and David Grimm brings online news stories about drug violence in Mexico, pollution's effect on weather, and drugging away our altruism. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. [Img: Stephen Wolfe/Flickr] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 2, 2015 • 22min
The scent of a rose and a news roundup
Silvie Baudino discusses the biosynthesis of the compounds responsible for the scents of roses and David Grimm brings online news stories about hearing fractals, muon detectors, and bobcat burials. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. [Img: liz west/Flickr] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 25, 2015 • 20min
Metallic hydrogen and a daily news roundup.
Marcus Knudson discusses making metallic hydrogen and how it can better our understanding of gas giant planets and David Grimm brings online news stories about kid justice, part-time dieting, and bird brains. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. [Img: NASA/ESA] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 18, 2015 • 34min
Tracking ivory with genetics, the letter R, and a news roundup
Samuel Wasser discusses using genetics to track down sources of elephant ivory, Suzanne Boyce talks with Susanne Bard about why it's so hard to say the letter R, and David Grimm brings online news stories about declining devils, keeping dinos out of North America, and the tiniest flea circus. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. [Img: guido da rozze/Flickr CC BY 2.0] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 11, 2015 • 36min
Tracking aquatic animals, cochlear implants, and a news roundup
Sara Iverson discusses how telemetry has transformed the study of animal behavior in aquatic ecosystems, and Monita Chatterjee discusses the impact of cochlear implants on the ability to recognize emotion in voices, and David Grimm discusses daily news stories with Sarah Crespi. Hosted by Susanne Bard. [Img: © marinesavers.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 4, 2015 • 31min
Friction at the atomic level, the acoustics of historical speeches, and a news roundup
Alexei Bylinskii discusses friction at the atomic level and Braxton Boren talks about the acoustics of historical spaces, and David Grimm discusses daily news stories with Sarah Crespi. Hosted by Susanne Bard. [Img: Pericles' Funeral Oration by Philipp von Foltz, 1852] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
