Odorless calories for weight loss, building artificial intelligence researchers can trust, and can oily birds fly?
This week we have stories on the twisty tree of human ancestry, why mice shed weight when they can’t smell, and the damaging effects of even a small amount of oil on a bird’s feathers—with Online News...
6 Juli 201720min
A Stone Age skull cult, rogue Parkinson’s proteins in the gut, and controversial pesticides linked to bee deaths
This week we have stories on what the rogue Parkinson’s protein is doing in the gut, how chimps outmuscle humans, and evidence for an ancient skull cult with Online News Editor David Grimm. Jen Golbe...
29 Juni 201733min
Why eggs have such weird shapes, doubly domesticated cats, and science balloons on the rise
This week we have stories on the new capabilities of science balloons, connections between deforestation and drug trafficking in Central America, and new insights into the role ancient Egypt had in ta...
22 Juni 201720min
Slowly retiring chimps, tanning at the cellular level, and plumbing magma’s secrets
This week we have stories on why it’s taking so long for research chimps to retire, boosting melanin for a sun-free tan, and tracking a mouse trail to find liars online with Online News Editor David G...
15 Juni 201721min
How to weigh a star—with a little help from Einstein, toxic ‘selfish genes,’ and the world’s oldest Homo sapiens fossils
This week we have stories on what body cams reveal about interactions between black drivers and U.S. police officers, the world’s oldest Homo sapiens fossils, and how modern astronomers measured the m...
8 Juni 201733min
A new taste for the tongue, ancient DNA from Egyptian mummies, and early evidence for dog breeding
This week we have stories on how we taste water, extracting ancient DNA from mummy heads, and the earliest evidence for dog breeding with Online News Editor David Grimm. Sarah Crespi talks to John Tr...
1 Juni 201725min
How whales got so big, sperm in space, and a first look at Jupiter’s poles
This week we have stories on strange dimming at a not-so-distant star, sending sperm to the International Space Station, and what the fossil record tells us about how baleen whales got so ginormous wi...
25 Maj 201728min
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 Maj 201725min
