Science Magazine Podcast

531 Episodes

1. When did rats come to the Americas, and was Lucy really our direct ancestor?

   Published: 4/4/2024
2. Teaching robots to smile, and the effects of a rare mandolin on a scientist’s career

   Published: 3/28/2024
3. Hope in the fight against deadly prion diseases, and side effects of organic agriculture

   Published: 3/21/2024
4. Why babies forget, and how fear lingers in the brain

   Published: 3/14/2024
5. A dive into the genetic history of India, and the role of vitamin A in skin repair

   Published: 3/7/2024
6. The sci-fi future of medical robots is here, and dehydrating the stratosphere to stave off climate change

   Published: 2/29/2024
7. What makes snakes so special, and how space science can serve all

   Published: 2/22/2024
8. What makes blueberries blue, and myth buster Adam Savage on science communication

   Published: 2/15/2024
9. A new kind of magnetism, and how smelly pollution harms pollinators

   Published: 2/8/2024
10. A new way for the heart and brain to ‘talk’ to each other, and Earth’s future weather written in ancient coral reefs

    Published: 2/1/2024
11. A hangover-fighting enzyme, the failure of a promising snakebite treatment, and how ants change lion behavior

    Published: 1/25/2024
12. Paper mills bribe editors to pass peer review, and detecting tumors with a blood draw

    Published: 1/19/2024
13. The environmental toll of war in Ukraine, and communications between mom and fetus during childbirth

    Published: 1/11/2024
14. The top online news from 2023, and using cough sounds to diagnose disease

    Published: 1/4/2024
15. The hunt for a quantum phantom, and making bitcoin legal tender

    Published: 12/22/2023
16. Science’s Breakthrough of the Year, and tracing poached pangolins

    Published: 12/14/2023
17. Farm animals show their smarts, and how honeyguide birds lead humans to hives

    Published: 12/7/2023
18. Basic geoengineering, and autonomous construction robots

    Published: 11/30/2023
19. Exascale supercomputers amp up science, finally growing dolomite in the lab, and origins of patriarchy

    Published: 11/23/2023
20. AI improves weather prediction, and cutting emissions from landfills

    Published: 11/16/2023