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Can wolves form close bonds with humans, and termites degrade wood faster as the world warms
Sep 22, 2022On this week’s show: Comparing human-dog bonds with human-wolf bonds, and monitoring termite decay rates on a global scale First up on the podcast this week, Online News Editor David Grimm talks with...
Testing planetary defenses against asteroids, and building a giant ‘water machine’
Sep 15, 2022On this week’s show: NASA’s unprecedented asteroid-deflection mission, and making storage space for fresh water underground in Bangladesh First up on the podcast this week, News Intern Zack Savitsky ...
Why the fight against malaria has stalled in southern Africa, and how to look for signs of life on Mars
Sep 08, 2022On this week’s show: After years of steep declines, researchers are investigating why malaria deaths have plateaued, and testing the stability of biosignatures in space First up on the podcast this w...
Using free-floating DNA to find soldiers’ remains, and how people contribute to indoor air chemistry
Sep 01, 2022On this week’s show: The U.S. government is partnering with academics to speed up the search for more than 80,000 soldiers who went missing in action, and how humans create their own “oxidation zone” ...
Chasing Arctic cyclones, brain coordination in REM sleep, and a book on seafood in the information age
Aug 25, 2022On this week’s show: Monitoring summer cyclones in the Arctic, how eye movements during sleep may reflect movements in dreams, and the latest in our series of books on the science of food and agricult...
Monitoring a nearby star’s midlife crisis, and the energetic cost of chewing
Aug 18, 2022On this week’s show: An analog to the Maunder Minimum, when the Sun’s spots largely disappeared 400 years ago, and measuring the energy it takes to chew gum We have known about our Sun’s spots for ce...
Cougars caught killing donkeys in Death Valley, and decoding the nose
Aug 11, 2022On this week’s show: Predators may be indirectly protecting Death Valley wetlands, and mapping odorant receptors First up this week on the podcast, News Intern Katherine Irving joins host Sarah Cres...
Invasive grasses get help from fire, and a global map of ant diversity
Aug 04, 2022On this week’s show: A special issue on grass, and revealing hot spots of ant diversity This week’s special issue on grasses mainly focuses on the importance of these plants in climate change, in eco...
Probing beyond our Solar System, sea pollinators, and a book on the future of nutrition
Jul 28, 2022On this week’s show: Plans to push a modern space probe beyond the edge of the Solar System, crustaceans that pollinate seaweed, and the latest in our series of author interviews on food, science, and...
Possible fabrications in Alzheimer’s research, and bad news for life on Enceladus
Jul 21, 2022On this week’s show: Troubling signs of fraud threaten discoveries key to a reigning theory of Alzheimer’s disease, and calculating the saltiness of the ocean on one of Saturn’s moons Investigative j...