Randomizing the news for science, transplanting genetically engineered skin, and the ethics of experimental brain implants
This week we hear stories on what to do with experimental brain implants after a study is over, how gene therapy gave a second skin to a boy with a rare epidermal disease, and how bone markings though...
9 Nov 201729min
How Earth’s rotation could predict giant quakes, gene therapy’s new hope, and how carbon monoxide helps deep-diving seals
This week we hear stories on how the sloshing of Earth’s core may spike major earthquakes, carbon monoxide’s role in keeping deep diving elephant seals oxygenated, and a festival celebrating heavily r...
2 Nov 201722min
Building conscious machines, tracing asteroid origins, and how the world’s oldest forests grew
This week we hear stories on sunlight pushing Mars’s flock of asteroids around, approximately 400-million-year-old trees that grew by splitting their guts, and why fighting poverty might also mean wor...
26 Okt 201728min
LIGO spots merging neutron stars, scholarly questions about a new Bible museum, and why wolves are better team players than dogs
This week we hear stories about the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory’s latest hit, why wolves are better team players than dogs, and volcanic eruptions that may have triggered riots...
19 Okt 201728min
Evolution of skin color, taming rice thrice, and peering into baby brains
This week we hear stories about a new brain imaging technique for newborns, recently uncovered evidence on rice domestication on three continents, and why Canada geese might be migrating into cities, ...
12 Okt 201723min
Putting rescue robots to the test, an ancient Scottish village buried in sand, and why costly drugs may have more side effects
This week we hear stories about putting rescue bots to the test after the Mexico earthquake, why a Scottish village was buried in sand during the Little Ice Age, and efforts by the U.S. military to pr...
5 Okt 201719min
Furiously beating bat hearts, giant migrating wombats, and puzzling out preprint publishing
This week we hear stories on how a bat varies its heart rate to avoid starving, giant wombatlike creatures that once migrated across Australia, and the downsides of bedbugs’ preference for dirty laund...
28 Sep 201727min
Cosmic rays from beyond our galaxy, sleeping jellyfish, and counting a language’s words for colors
This week we hear stories on animal hoarding, how different languages have different numbers of colors, and how to tell a wakeful jellyfish from a sleeping one with Online News Editor Catherine Mataci...
21 Sep 201724min
