Robots that eat other robots, and an ancient hot spot of early human relatives

Robots that eat other robots, and an ancient hot spot of early human relatives

First up on the podcast, South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind is home to the world’s greatest concentration of ancestral human remains, including our own genus, Homo, Australopithecus, and a more robust hominin called Paranthropus. Proving they were there at the same time is challenging, but new fossil evidence seems to point to coexistence. Producer Kevin McLean discusses what a multihominin landscape might have looked like with Contributing Correspondent Ann Gibbons. Next on the show, should robots grow and adapt like babies?  Host Sarah Crespi talks with roboticist Philippe Wyder about a platform for exploring this idea. In his Science Advances paper, Wyder and his team demonstrate how simple stick-shaped robots with magnets at either end can join up for more complicated tasks and shed parts to adapt to new ones. Philippe Wyder was at Columbia University and the University of Washington when he completed this work, and he has now moved on to a company called Distyl AI. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. About the Science Podcast Authors: Sarah Crespi; Kevin McLean; Ann Gibbons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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How birds reacted to a solar eclipse, and keeping wildfire smoke out of wine 

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A new generation of radiotherapies for cancer, and why we sigh

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Salty permafrost’s role in Arctic melting, the promise of continuous protein monitoring, and death in the ancient world

Salty permafrost’s role in Arctic melting, the promise of continuous protein monitoring, and death in the ancient world

First up on the podcast, Science News Editor Tim Appenzeller joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss why a salty layer of permafrost undergirding Arctic ice is turning frozen landscapes into boggy morasses...

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Protecting newborns from an invisible killer, the rise of drones for farming, and a Druid mystery

Protecting newborns from an invisible killer, the rise of drones for farming, and a Druid mystery

First up on the podcast, freelance science journalist Leslie Roberts joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about the long journey to a vaccine for group B streptococcus, a microbe that sickens 400,000 babie...

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An aggressive cancer’s loophole, and a massive field of hydrogen beneath the ocean floor

An aggressive cancer’s loophole, and a massive field of hydrogen beneath the ocean floor

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Finding HIV’s last bastion in the body, and playing the violin like a cricket

Finding HIV’s last bastion in the body, and playing the violin like a cricket

First up on the podcast, despite so many advances in treatment, HIV drugs can suppress the virus but can’t cure the infection. Where does suppressed HIV hide within the body? Staff Writer Jon Cohen j...

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A mother lode of Mexican mammoths, how water pollution enters the air, and a book on playing dead

A mother lode of Mexican mammoths, how water pollution enters the air, and a book on playing dead

First up on the podcast, Staff Writer Rodrigo Pérez Ortega joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about a megafauna megafind that rivals the La Brea Tar Pits. In addition to revealing tens of thousands of bo...

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New insights into endometriosis, and mapping dengue in Latin America

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