12. Maiden mission to Red Sea floor reveals surprising findings
Victor Vescovo is famous for traveling the greatest vertical distance possible without leaving earth, having summited Mount Everest and dove to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. In February, his craft...
27 Touko 202037min
11. Collecting coronavirus samples in Saudi Arabia is harder than you think
Scientists are racing to understand the mechanisms of transmission, the most effective testing methods, and how we can all cope with the COVID-19 crisis. In this episode, we talk to a Saudi doctoral s...
27 Touko 202030min
10. Where will the coronavirus strike next? Ask an ocean wave
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has transited the globe causing both disruption and calls to action for scientists and the institutions they work in. We reached out to some of the mathematicians, geneticists and...
27 Touko 202021min
9. How gene editing could save your life—or blow up evolution
Cheap, rapid genetic sequencing, big data, and supercomputing is opening up new possibilities for medicine at the individual level. But rapid advancements in CRISPR, cyborgism, biohacking and more hav...
27 Touko 202053min
8. How binning the concept of waste could save Earth
In December the 25th conference of parties or COP25 took place in Madrid, Spain. We followed some of the world's leading experts on material flows, carbon dioxide, the oceans and more to explore closi...
27 Touko 202040min
Tiny bits of lab-made DNA are set to transform drug delivery
Hanadi Sleiman, Professor of Chemistry and Canada Research Chair in DNA Nanoscience at McGill University, speaks with Nicholas Demille as part of a special Sciencetown series on personalized medicine....
27 Touko 202015min
The business of building the next generation of medicine
Ian Campbell, the Interim Executive Chair for Innovate UK, speaks with Ben Stevens as part of a special Sciencetown series on personalized medicine. Campbell, who visited as part of the 2020 Winter En...
27 Touko 202014min
Big data’s big impact on the future of medicine
Ajay Royyuru of IBM speaks with Ben Stevens as part of a special Sciencetown series on personalized medicine. Royyuru, who visited as part of the 2020 Winter Enrichment Program, leads Healthcare & Lif...
27 Touko 202024min
