What Alaska’s eroding coastline says about Earth’s future, and how Yellowstone ravens use their smarts to find wolf kills

What Alaska’s eroding coastline says about Earth’s future, and how Yellowstone ravens use their smarts to find wolf kills

First up on the podcast, freelance journalist Evan Howell traveled to Cape Blossom, Alaska, where the receding coastline has revealed an ancient trove of glacial ice that may have survived for 350,000 years—making it the oldest ice in the Northern Hemisphere. Now researchers just need to figure out how to date it. Next on the show, tracking wolves and ravens in Yellowstone National Park shows the birds don’t follow the wolves in hope of a meal, but instead remember and revisit frequent wolf kill sites. Matthias-Claudio Loretto, assistant professor in the Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, discusses how this might change the way we think about scavengers’ strategies for finding their ephemeral food sources. Finally, Claire Bedbrook, the Helen Hay Whitney and Wu Tsai neuroscience postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, discusses her work tracking African turquoise killifish over their life span. By capturing behaviors over the course of the fish’s entire lives, her team was able to observe behaviors that could be used to predict whether a fish would live a short or long life. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. About the Science Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Blood test for multiple cancers studied in 10,000 women, and is our Sun boring?

Blood test for multiple cancers studied in 10,000 women, and is our Sun boring?

Staff Writer Jocelyn Kaiser joins Sarah to talk about a recent Science paper describing the results of a large study on a blood test for multiple types of cancer. The trial’s results suggest such a bl...

30 Huhti 202020min

From nose to toes—how coronavirus affects the body, and a quantum microscope that unlocks the magnetic secrets of very old rocks

From nose to toes—how coronavirus affects the body, and a quantum microscope that unlocks the magnetic secrets of very old rocks

Coronavirus affects far more than just the lungs, and doctors and researchers in the midst of the pandemic are trying to catalog—and understand—the virus’ impact on our bodies. Staff writer Meredith W...

23 Huhti 202025min

How countries could recover from coronavirus, lessons from an ancient drought, and feeling tactile waves in the hand

How countries could recover from coronavirus, lessons from an ancient drought, and feeling tactile waves in the hand

Contributing Correspondent Kai Kupferschmidt talks with host Sarah Crespi about countries planning a comeback from a coronavirus crisis. What can they do once cases have slowed down to go back to some...

16 Huhti 202035min

Does coronavirus spread through the air, and the biology of anorexia

Does coronavirus spread through the air, and the biology of anorexia

On this week’s show, Staff Writer Robert Service talks with host Sarah Crespi about a new National Academy of Sciences report that suggests the novel coronavirus can go airborne, the evidence for this...

9 Huhti 202026min

How COVID-19 disease models shape shutdowns, and detecting emotions in mice

How COVID-19 disease models shape shutdowns, and detecting emotions in mice

On this week’s show, Contributing Correspondent Kai Kupferschmidt talks with host Sarah Crespi about modeling coronavirus spread and the role of forecasts in national lockdowns and other pandemic poli...

2 Huhti 202031min

Why some diseases come and go with the seasons, and how to develop smarter, safer chemicals

Why some diseases come and go with the seasons, and how to develop smarter, safer chemicals

On this week’s show, host Joel Goldberg gets an update on the coronavirus pandemic from Senior Correspondent Jon Cohen. In addition, Cohen gives a rundown of his latest feature, which highlights the r...

26 Maalis 202031min

Ancient artifacts on the beaches of Northern Europe, and how we remember music

Ancient artifacts on the beaches of Northern Europe, and how we remember music

On this week’s show, host Joel Goldberg talks with science journalist Andrew Curry about recent archaeological finds along the shores of Northern Europe. Curry outlines the rich history of the region ...

19 Maalis 202024min

Science’s leading role in the restoration of Notre Dame and the surprising biology behind how our body develops its tough skin

Science’s leading role in the restoration of Notre Dame and the surprising biology behind how our body develops its tough skin

On this week’s show, freelance writer Christa Lesté-Lasserre talks with host Sarah Crespi about the scientists working on the restoration of Notre Dame, from testing the changing weight of wet limesto...

12 Maalis 202033min

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