Can math apps benefit kids? And a daily news roundup
Talia Berkowitz discusses the use of a math app at home to boost math achievement at school, Catherine Matacic talks about the fate of animals near Chernobyl, a potential kitty contraceptive, and wher...
8 Okt 201521min
Safer jet fuels and a daily news roundup
Julia Kornfield discusses the design of safer jet fuel additives using polymer theory to control misting and prevent fires, David Grimm talks about building a better sunscreen, cultures that don't cou...
1 Okt 201526min
3-parent gene therapy for mitochondrial diseases and a news roundup
Kimberly Dunham-Snary discusses the long-term health considerations of gene therapy for mitochondrial diseases and David Grimm talks about the smell of death, Mercury crashing, and animal IQ. Hosted b...
24 Sep 201523min
How future elites view self-interest and equality and a news roundup
Daniel Markovits discusses the preferences for fairness and equiality among potential future US leaders and David Grimm talks about finding fluorine's origins, persistant lone wolves, and the domestic...
17 Sep 201524min
Genes and the human microbiome and a news roundup
Seth Bordenstein discusses how our genes affect the composition of our microbiome, influencing our health, and David Grimm talks with Sarah Crespi about the origins of the Basque language, the benefit...
10 Sep 201522min
The state of science in Iran and a news roundup
Rich Stone discusses science in Iran in the face of economic sanctions. David Grimm brings stories on sleep deprivation and the common cold, plastic in birds, and counting trees. Hosted by Sarah Cresp...
3 Sep 201529min
Moralizing gods, scientific reproducibility, and a daily news roundup
Brian Nosek discusses the reproducibility of science, Lizzie Wade delves into the origin of religions with moralizing gods. David Grimm talks about debunking the young Earth, a universal flu vaccine, ...
27 Aug 201535min
Human superpredators and a news roundup
Chris Darimont discusses the impact of humans' unique predatory behavior on the planet and Catherine Matacic talks with Sarah Crespi about whistled languages, Neolithic massacres, and too many gas gia...
20 Aug 201525min
