Death in a gene-editing trial, and insect larvae surviving in deep waters
First up on the podcast, freelance science journalist Brendan Borrell talks about his work reporting on the previously undisclosed death of a 6-year-old girl in a gene-editing clinical trial in China ...
23 Jul 37min
Health care in Malawi after USAID’s end, and a rocky exoplanet with an atmosphere
First up on the podcast, we continue our coverage of the fallout from cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), this time focusing on how one of the largest recipients of aid is c...
16 Jul 41min
Owl wars and the immune system’s memory
First up on the podcast, Contributing Correspondent Warren Cornwall goes on an owl hunt in the woods of Northern California. After surviving logging and habitat destruction in the 1990s, the endangere...
9 Jul 35min
How Antarctica got its ice sheets, and what happens when geopolitical relationships turn chilly in the Arctic
First up on the podcast, relationships turn chilly in the polar research haven of Svalbard in Norway. Senior International Correspondent Richard Stone joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the impacts of...
2 Jul 32min
Cracking color vision, U.S. science policy changes, and a trailblazing biography
First up on the podcast, ScienceInsider editor Jocelyn Kaiser joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss big policy stories from the past month, including a proposal from President Donald Trump’s administrati...
25 Jun 45min
An electronic nose that detects spoiled chicken, and wolves make a spectacular comeback in Europe
First up on the podcast, wrangling wolves in Europe. After near extermination in much of the continent, wolf numbers have surged up to about 20,000 individuals. Contributing Correspondent Gretchen Vog...
18 Jun 46min
How childhood environments shape the brain, and how susceptible is the Atlantic Ocean’s current to climate change?
First up on the podcast, producer Kevin McLean talks with Staff Writer Paul Voosen about the latest on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC. Researchers have long been concerned th...
11 Jun 31min
Will AI replace astronomers, how healthy are ultraprocessed foods, and a peek behind the scenes of ‘The Normals’
First up on the podcast, freelance science journalist Joshua Sokol talks about the intense discussion happening in the astrophysics community as artificial intelligence and machine learning become inc...
4 Jun 50min
