Podcast: Taking race out of genetics, a cellular cleanse for longer life, and smart sweatbands
Online news editor David Grimm shares stories on killing cells to lengthen life, getting mom’s microbes after a C-section, and an advanced fitness tracker that sits on the wrist and sips sweat. Michae...
4 Feb 201630min
Podcast: Babylonian astronomers, doubly domesticated cats, and outrunning a T. Rex
Online news editor David Grimm shares stories on 66-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex tracks, a signature of human consciousness, and a second try at domesticating cats. Mathieu Ossendrijver joins ho...
28 Jan 201626min
Podcast: A planet beyond Pluto, the bugs in your home, and the link between marijuana and IQ
Online News Editor David Grimm shares stories on studying marijuana use in teenage twins, building a better maze for psychological experiments, and a close inspection of the bugs in our homes. Science...
21 Jan 201618min
Podcast: Wounded mammoths, brave birds, bright bulbs, and more
In this week’s podcast, David Grimm talks about brave birds, building a brighter light bulb, and changing our voice to influence our emotions. Plus, Ann Gibbons discusses the implications of a butcher...
14 Jan 201616min
Podcast: Dancing dinosaurs, naked black holes, and more
What stripped an unusual black hole of its stars? Can a bipolar drug change ant behavior? And did dinosaurs dance to woo mates? Science's Online News Editor David Grimm chats about these stories and m...
8 Jan 201633min
The Science breakthrough of the year, readers' choice, and the top news from 2015.
Robert Coontz discusses Science's 2015 Breakthrough of the Year and runners-up, from visions of Pluto to the discovery of a previously unknown human species. Online news editor David Grimm reviews the...
17 Dec 201540min
Artificial intelligence programs that learn concepts based on just a few examples and a daily news roundup
Brenden Lake discusses a new computational model that rivals the human ability to learn new concepts based on just a single example; David Grimm talks about attracting cockroaches, searching for habit...
10 Dec 201525min
How our gut microbiota change as we age and a daily news roundup
Paul O'Toole discusses what happens to our gut microbes as we age; David Grimm talks about competent grandmas, our tilted moon, and gender in the brain. Hosted by Susanne Bard. [Img: Dhinakaran Gajava...
3 Dec 201529min
