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 scalable, and the latest in our series of books on an opti...
26 Syys 202447min
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 the Clipper mission and what it could reveal about ...
19 Syys 202443min
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 great at predicting hailstorms and don’t know much abou...
12 Syys 202427min
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 global equity in science, Contributing Correspond...
5 Syys 202432min
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 of snow crabs in the Bering Sea, how much we have be...
29 Elo 202452min
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 and sometimes make finding food and safety difficul...
22 Elo 202431min
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 highlighting the latest in postcolonial science. They ...
15 Elo 202427min
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 famine First up this week, which is worse: the heat o...
8 Elo 202427min
