Our breakthrough of the year and this year's top news stories
Robert Coontz discusses this year's Breakthrough and letting readers have their say. Online news editor David Grimm brings the top news stories of 2014 and takes an audio news quiz. Hosted by Sarah Cr...
19 Dec 201429min
The oldest piece of Mars on Earth and a news roundup (21 November 2014)
Eric Hand discusses the winding history of the Black Beauty meteorite--a 4.4 billion-year-old piece of Mars. Online news editor David Grimm brings stories on bacteria's role in the blood-brain barrier...
15 Dec 201420min
Science Podcast - Lessons from the tsetse fly genome and a news roundup (18 April 2014)
Tsetse fly genetics; roundup of daily news with David Grimm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15 Dec 201418min
A flock of genomes and a news roundup (12 December 2014)
Erich Jarvis sums up the findings from sequencing 40+ bird genomes. Online news editor David Grimm brings stories capturing comet dust, the origins of life, and losing the Y chromosome. Hosted by Sara...
12 Dec 201423min
The shocking predatory strike of the electric eel and a news roundup (5 December 2014)
Kenneth Catania takes a close look at how exactly electric eels stun their prey. Online news editor David Grimm brings stories on pushing back the earliest abstract art by a few millennia, how our pri...
5 Dec 201426min
Gendered brains and a news roundup (21 November 2014)
Cordelia Fine discusses the prevalence of "neurosexism" in the study of the human brain. Online news editor David Grimm brings stories on climbing walls like a gecko, human hand transplants, and measu...
21 Nov 201425min
How hippos help and a news roundup (14 November 2014)
David Grimm and Meghna Sachdev discuss robots that can induce ghostly feelings, the domestication of cats, and training humans to echolocate. Elizabeth Pennisi discusses overcoming hippos' dangerous r...
14 Nov 201422min
A new way to study norovirus and a news roundup (7 November 2014)
Stephanie Karst discusses her team's successful efforts to culture norovirus in the lab and what this new system means for treatment and prevention. David Grimm brings daily news stories on counting v...
7 Nov 201420min
