Preventing augmented-reality overload, fixing bone with tiny bubbles, and studying human migrations
This week we have stories on blocking dangerous or annoying distractions in augmented reality, gene therapy applied with ultrasound to heal bone breaks, and giving robots geckolike gripping power with...
18 Mai 201725min
Our newest human relative, busting human sniff myths, and the greenhouse gas that could slow global warming
This week we have stories on ancient hominids that may have coexisted with early modern humans, methane seeps in the Arctic that could slow global warming, and understanding color without words with O...
11 Mai 201723min
Podcast: Reading pain from the brains of infants, modeling digital faces, and wifi holograms
This week, we discuss the most accurate digital model of a human face to date, stray Wi-Fi signals that can be used to spy on a closed room, and artificial intelligence that can predict Supreme Court ...
4 Mai 201722min
Podcast: Where dog breeds come from, bots that build buildings, and gathering ancient human DNA from cave sediments
This week, a new family tree of dog breeds, advances in artificial wombs, and an autonomous robot that can print a building with Online News Editor David Grimm. Viviane Slon joins Sarah Crespi to d...
27 Apr 201726min
Podcast: When good lions go bad, listening to meteor crashes, and how humans learn to change the world
This week, meteors’ hiss may come from radio waves, pigeons that build on the wings of those that came before, and a potential answer to the century-old mystery of what turned two lions into people ea...
20 Apr 201728min
Podcast: Watching shoes untie, Cassini’s last dive through the breath of a cryovolcano, and how human bias influences machine learning
This week, walk like an elephant—very far, with seeds in your guts, Cassini’s mission to Saturn wraps up with news on the habitability of its icy moon Enceladus, and how our shoes manage to untie them...
13 Apr 201725min
Podcast: Giant virus genetics, human high-altitude adaptations, and quantifying the impact of government-funded science
This week, viruses as remnants of a fourth domain of life, a scan of many Tibetan genomes reveals seven new genes potentially related to high-altitude life, and doubts about dark energy with Online Ne...
6 Apr 201720min
Podcast: Killing off stowaways to Mars, chasing synthetic opiates, and how soil contributes to global carbon calculations
This week, how to avoid contaminating Mars with microbial hitchhikers, turning mammalian cells into biocomputers, and a look at how underground labs in China are creating synthetic opioids for street ...
30 Mar 201732min
