Parsing Science: The unpublished stories behind the world’s most compelling science, as told by the

Parsing Science: The unpublished stories behind the world’s most compelling science, as told by the


Latest Episodes

Pet Project – Eric Tourigny
March 13, 2024

What do changes in our beliefs about the death of our pets over the past century say about the relationship we have with our companion animals? In episode 90, Eric Tourigny from Newcastle University's

Science Writing as Storytelling (rebroadcast) – Ryan Kelly
June 08, 2021

What matters more in getting cited what you say or how you say it? In a remaster and remix of our first episode of the show, we're revisited by Ryan Kelly from the University of Washington's School

Cold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt – Andrew Christ
May 11, 2021

How did a Cold War era debacle help us better understand the dangers of climate change? In episode 99 of Parsing Science, we talk with Drew Christ from the University of Vermont about his research int

DNA Evidence of Denisovan Interbreeding – João Teixeira
April 20, 2021

In episode 97 of Parsing Science, we talk with Joo Teixeira from the University of Adelaide about his research which examined the genomes of modern humans to investigate the interbreeding between anc

The Dyatlov Pass incident – Alexander Puzrin
April 06, 2021

In episode 97 of Parsing Science, well talk with Alexander Puzrin from ETH Zurich about his research into a 62-year-old mystery over the deaths of 9 hikers in the freezing Russian wilderness, a trage

Monkey Business – Jean-Baptiste “JB” Leca
March 23, 2021

Do monkeys know how much fruit your sunglasses are worth? In episode 96 of Parsing Science, we talk with Jean-Baptiste "JB" Leca about his field research observing interactions among macaques at a Hin

Positively Negative – Shiri Melumad
March 09, 2021

How much can you trust people's retelling of information the've read? In episode 95, Shiri Melumad discusses her research showing that when much like the childrens game telephone news is repeat

How Mosquitoes Target Us – Zhilei Zhao & Lindy McBride
February 23, 2021

In episode 94, we talk with Lindy McBride and Zhilei Zhao from Princeton about their research into how mosquitoes that can carry dangerous diseases such as Zika, dengue, West Nile virus and malaria ar

Epistemic Puzzles in ‘The Witness’ – Luke Cuddy
February 09, 2021

In episode 93, Luke Cuddy from Southwestern Colleges philosophy program talks about the video game 'The Witness,' which presents players with a multitude of increasingly sophisticated and frustrating

Unintended Consequences of Legal Reforms – Ángela Zorro Medina
January 26, 2021

What effect did copying the U.S.'s legal system have on Colombia's incarceration system? In episode 92, ngela Zorro Medina discusses her research into how transitioning to an adversarial model of cri