Briefing chat: Spinosaurs with salt glands could have lived in marine environments
In this episode:00:23 Fossil evidence that spinosaurs had an aquatic lifestyleScience: Some spinosaurs cried salty tears to thrive in brackish waters04:57 The explosive immune cells that kill in minut...
5 Jun 11min
Your phone can use tiny skin-colour changes to measure your heart rate
In this episode:00:57 How your smartphone’s camera could measure your heart rateResearch article: Liao et al.08:55 Research HighlightsNature: A star gone rogue tears through the GalaxyNature: Gold kee...
3 Jun 18min
Briefing Chat: When to trust eyewitness memory – according to science
In this episode:00:21 When witnesses identify suspects from police line-ups, confidence mattersNature: Memory on trial: the new science of when to trust eyewitness testimony07:15 Registered Reports: h...
29 Mai 17min
Major Ebola outbreak is escalating: what happens next
On 17 May the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an ongoing Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. Centred on the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, the out...
22 Mai 12min
AI ‘scientists’ promise to accelerate research — how do they work?
In this episode:00:46 Meet the AI scientists designed to accelerate researchResearch article: Ghareeb et al.Research article: Gottweis et al.Nature: Teams of AI agents boost speed of researchEditorial...
20 Mai 27min
Briefing Chat: Hantavirus — what this outbreak reveals about the disease
In this episode:00:34 What questions remain about the hantavirus outbreak?Nature: Hantavirus outbreak exposes uncertainty about how disease spreadsNature: There is no vaccine for deadly hantavirus: wh...
15 Mai 9min
Red-light therapy is all the rage — does it work?
In this episode:00:42 Is red-light therapy all hype?Disclaimer: The opinions and assertions expressed herein by Juanita Anders are those of the speaker and do not reflect the official policy or positi...
13 Mai 21min
Audio long read: The air is full of DNA — here’s what scientists are using it for
Although scientists have long been able to gather DNA from water and soil, it's only recently that they've started to see the air as a source of genetic information.Airborne DNA is already being used ...
11 Mai 19min
