Battling bias in medicine, and how dolphins use vocal fry
On this week’s show: Researchers are finding new ways to mitigate implicit bias in medical settings, and how toothed whales use distinct vocal registers for echolocation and communication First up th...
2 Mar 202331min
Shrinking MRI machines, and the smell of tsetse fly love
On this week’s show: Portable MRI scanners could revolutionize medical imaging, and pheromones offer a way to control flies that spread disease First up this week: shrinking MRI machines. Staff Write...
23 Feb 202333min
Earth’s hidden hydrogen, and a trip to Uranus
On this week’s show: The hunt for natural hydrogen deposits heats up, and why we need a space mission to an ice giant First up this week: a gold rush for naturally occurring hydrogen. Deputy Editor E...
16 Feb 202329min
Using sharks to study ocean oxygen, and what ancient minerals teach us about early Earth
On this week’s show: Shark tags to measure ocean deoxygenation, and zircons and the chemistry of early Earth First up this week: using sharks to measure ocean deoxygenation. Contributing Corresponden...
9 Feb 202332min
Visiting a mummy factory, and improving the IQ of … toilets
On this week’s show: New clues to the chemicals used for mummification, and the benefits and barriers to smart toilets First up this week: What can we learn from a mummy factory? Contributing Corresp...
2 Feb 202328min
Wolves hunting otters, and chemical weathering in a warming world
On this week’s show: When deer are scarce these wolves turn to sea otters, and chemical weathering of silicates acts as a geological thermostat First up on this week’s show we have a story about a gr...
26 Jan 202325min
Bad stats overturn ‘medical murders,’ and linking allergies with climate change
Statisticians fight bad numbers used in medical murder trials, and the state of allergy science First up on this week’s show, we have a piece on accusations of medical murder. Contributing Correspond...
19 Jan 202339min
Peering beyond the haze of alien worlds, and how failures help us make new discoveries
Data on hazes and clouds may be key to understanding exoplanets, and NextGen letter writers share the upside of failure Hazes and clouds could keep exoplanets’ secrets hidden, unless researchers can ...
12 Jan 202333min
