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Science Stands Up to Politics
Oct 29, 2020This year Science has published an unprecedented series of scathing articles by editor in chief Holden Thorp criticizing President Trump's handling of the dual crises of COVID-19 and climate change. I...
Coronavirus: A Vaccine Maker Gets Personal
Oct 27, 2020We get a look inside the mind of Tal Zaks, the Chief Medical Officer at Moderna, as the company develops and tests what it hopes will become the first successful vaccine against the coronavirus. For m...
Why You're Worrying About the Wrong Technologies
Oct 22, 2020Are robots coming for our jobs? (Probably not.) If we could remove cancer from our genome, should we? (Probably.) Can our codes of ethics keep pace with innovation? (Let's do our best.) Biotech entrep...
The Asteroid Hunter Catches His Prey
Oct 15, 2020NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has spent four years stalking Bennu, an asteroid that could one day collide with Earth. We speak with Dante Lauretta, the mission's leader, as the probe is about to grab a...
Coronavirus: Killing Covid-19 at the Speed of (UV) Light
Oct 13, 2020Dr. Karl Linden explains how ultraviolet light can be used to destroy the coronavirus as if by magic — but it’s not magic, it’s science!
Supermodel Karlie Kloss Takes on Silicon Valley
Oct 08, 2020The founder of Kode with Klossy is trying to make fashion more sustainable and the tech industry more female.
Science is Racist. Here's How to Fix It.
Oct 01, 2020Dr. Dorothy Roberts explains the long history of racism in science and medicine — and where we go from here.
Coronavirus: Dude, Where’s My Vaccine?
Sep 29, 2020What happens when you try to develop a vaccine for a brand new disease at “warp speed”? Where do the various trials stand today, and what are the safety concerns associated with emergency use authoriz...
The Hidden Inventors Who Changed the World
Sep 24, 2020Ainissa Ramirez is an expert in the unheralded field that shapes so much of the modern world: the science of materials. She explains how seemingly modest inventions like glass, the pocket watch, and t...
Gene Editing and the Future of Us
Sep 17, 2020Jennifer Doudna co-discovered CRISPR, a revolutionary tool for editing DNA and changing our genes. She joins us to talk about what her innovation means for health, medicine, and — for better or worse ...