Science Magazine Podcast

Science Magazine Podcast


Latest Episodes

Ritual murders in the neolithic, why 2023 was so hot, and virus and bacteria battle in the gut
April 18, 2024

A different source of global warming, signs of a continentwide tradition of human sacrifice, and a virus that attacks the cholera bacteria

Trialing treatments for Long Covid, and a new organelle appears on the scene
April 11, 2024

Researchers are testing HIV drugs and monoclonal antibodies against long-lasting COVID-19, and what it takes to turn a symbiotic friend into an organelle

When did rats come to the Americas, and was Lucy really our direct ancestor?
April 04, 2024

Tracing the arrival of rats using bones, isotopes, and a few shipwrecks; and what scientists have learned in 50 years about our famous ancestor Lucy

Teaching robots to smile, and the effects of a rare mandolin on a scientist’s career
March 28, 2024

Robots that can smile in synchrony with people, and what ends up in the letters section

Hope in the fight against deadly prion diseases, and side effects of organic agriculture
March 21, 2024

New clinical trials for treatments of an always fatal brain disease, and what happens with pests when a conventional and organic farm are neighbors

Why babies forget, and how fear lingers in the brain
March 14, 2024

On this weeks show: Investigating infantile amnesia, and how generalized fear after acute stress reflects changes in the brain

A dive into the genetic history of India, and the role of vitamin A in skin repair
March 07, 2024

What modern Indian genomes say about the regions deep past, and how vitamin A influences stem cell plasticity

The sci-fi future of medical robots is here, and dehydrating the stratosphere to stave off climate change
February 29, 2024

Keeping water out of the stratosphere could be a low-risk geoengineering approach, and using magnets to drive medical robots inside the body

What makes snakes so special, and how space science can serve all
February 22, 2024

On this weeks show: Factors that pushed snakes to evolve so many different habitats and lifestyles, and news from the AAAS annual meeting

What makes blueberries blue, and myth buster Adam Savage on science communication
February 15, 2024

On this weeks show: Why squeezing a blueberry doesnt get you blue juice, and a myth buster and a science editor walk into a bar