Fighting outbreaks with museum collections, and making mice hallucinate
Podcast Producer Meagan Cantwell talks with Pamela Soltis, a professor and curator with the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida and the director of the University of Florida...
1 Apr 202128min
Social insects as models for aging, and crew conflict on long space missions
Most research on aging has been done on model organisms with limited life spans, such as flies and worms. Host Meagan Cantwell talks to science writer Yao-Hua Law about how long-living social insects—...
25 Mars 202130min
COVID-19 treatment at 1 year, and smarter materials for smarter cities
Science News Staff Writer Kelly Servick discusses how physicians have sifted through torrents of scientific results to arrive at treatments for SARS-CoV-2. Sarah also talks with Wesley Reinhart of Pe...
18 Mars 202128min
Next-generation gravitational wave detectors, and sponges that soak up frigid oil spills
Science Staff Writer Adrian Cho joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about plans for the next generation of gravitational wave detectors—including one with 40-kilometer arms. The proposed detectors will be...
11 Mars 202126min
The world’s oldest pet cemetery, and how eyeless worms can see color
Science’s Online News Editor David Grimm joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about a 2000-year-old pet cemetery found in the Egyptian city of Berenice and what it can tell us about the history of human-an...
4 Mars 202121min
Measuring Earth’s surface like never before, and the world’s fastest random number generator
First up, science journalist Julia Rosen talks with host Sarah Crespi about a growing fleet of radar satellites that will soon be able to detect minute rises and drops of Earth’s surface—from a gently...
25 Feb 202124min
All your COVID-19 vaccine questions answered, and a new theory on forming rocky planets
Science Staff Writer Jon Cohen joins host Sarah Crespi to take on some of big questions about the COVID-19 vaccines, such as: Do they stop transmission? Will we need boosters? When will life get back ...
18 Feb 202131min
Building Africa’s Great Green Wall, and using whale songs as seismic probess
Science journalist Rachel Cernansky joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about progress on Africa’s Great Green Wall project and the important difference between planting and growing a tree. Sarah also ta...
11 Feb 202124min
