Podcast: Building a portable drug factory, mapping yeast globally, and watching cliffs crumble
Online news editor David Grimm shares stories on yeasty hitchhikers, sunlight-induced rockfalls, and the tiniest gravity sensor. Andrea Adamo joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss a revolutionary way of ...
31 Mars 201622min
Podcast: Battling it out in the Bronze Age, letting go of orcas, and evolving silicon-based life
Online News Editor David Grimm shares stories on SeaWorld’s plans for killer whales, the first steps toward silicon-based life, and the ripple effect of old dads on multiple generations. Andrew Curry ...
24 Mars 201628min
Podcast: The latest news from Pluto, a rock-eating fungus, and tracking storm damage with Twitter
News intern Nala Rogers shares stories on mineral-mining microbes, mapping hurricane damage using social media, and the big takeaway from the latest human-versus-computer match up. Hal Weaver joins ho...
17 Mars 201625min
Podcast: Nuclear forensics, honesty in a sea of lies, and how sliced meat drove human evolution
Online News Editor David Grimm shares stories on the influence of governmental corruption on the honesty of individuals, what happened when our ancestors cut back on the amount of time spent chewing f...
10 Mars 201627min
Podcast: Glowing robot skin, zombie frogs, and viral fossils in our DNA
Online News Editor David Grimm shares stories on zombification by a frog-killing fungus, relating the cosmological constant to life in the universe, and ancient viral genes that protect us from illnes...
3 Mars 201626min
Podcast: A recipe for clean and tasty drinking water, a gauge on rapidly rising seas, and fake flowers that can fool the most discerning insects
Online News Editor Catherine Matacic shares stories on what we can learn from 6million years of climate data, how to make lifelike orchids with 3D printing, and crowdsourced gender bias on eBay. Ferna...
25 Feb 201627min
Podcast: Combatting malnutrition with gut microbes, fighting art forgers with science, and killing cancer with gold
Online News Editor David Grimm shares stories on how our abilities shape our minds, killing cancer cells with gold nanoparticles, and catching art forgery with cat hair. Laura Blanton joins host Sarah...
18 Feb 201624min
Podcast: The effects of Neandertal DNA on health, squishing bugs for science, and sleepy confessions
Online news editor David Grimm shares stories on confessions extracted from sleepy people, malaria hiding out in deer, and making squishable bots based on cockroaches. Corinne Simonti joins host Sarah...
11 Feb 201622min
