Podcast: Spreading cancer, sacrificing humans, and transplanting organs By Sarah Crespi, David GrimmApr. 7, 2016 On this week’s show: A new potential model for the spread of cancer and a roundup of daily news stories.
Podcast: Building a portable drug factory, mapping yeast globally, and watching cliffs crumble By Sarah Crespi, Andrea Adamo, et al.Mar. 31, 2016 On this week’s show: Shrinking pharmaceutical factories and a roundup of daily news stories.
Podcast: Battling it out in the Bronze Age, letting go of orcas, and evolving silicon-based life By Sarah Crespi, David Grimm, et al.Mar. 24, 2016 On this week’s show: A mysterious battle in Germany circa 1250 B.C.E. and a daily news roundup
Podcast: The latest news from Pluto, a rock-eating fungus, and tracking storm damage with Twitter By Sarah Crespi, Nala RogersMar. 17, 2016 On this week’s show: A look at Pluto’s tiny moons and a daily news roundup
Podcast: Nuclear forensics, honesty in a sea of lies, and how sliced meat drove human evolution By Sarah Crespi, David GrimmMar. 10, 2016 On this week’s show: The clues left behind after a nuclear bomb detonates and a daily news roundup
Podcast: Glowing robot skin, zombie frogs, and viral fossils in our DNA By Sarah Crespi, David GrimmMar. 3, 2016 On this week’s show: Building displays for soft robots and a daily news roundup
Podcast: A recipe for clean and tasty drinking water, a gauge on rapidly rising seas, and fake flowers that can fool the most discerning insects By Sarah Crespi, Catherine MatacicFeb. 25, 2016 On this week’s show: How the United States can get tastier H2O from the tap and a daily news roundup
Podcast: Combatting malnutrition with gut microbes, fighting art forgers with science, and killing cancer with gold By Sarah Crespi, David GrimmFeb. 18, 2016 On this week’s show: The role of the microbiome in growing kids and a daily news roundup
Podcast: The effects of Neandertal DNA on health, squishing bugs for science, and sleepy confessions By Sarah Crespi, David GrimmFeb. 11, 2016 On this week’s show: Linking Neanderthal ancestry to smoking and depression and a daily news roundup
Podcast: Taking race out of genetics, a cellular cleanse for longer life, and smart sweatbands By Sarah Crespi, David GrimmFeb. 4, 2016 On this week’s show: A plan to remove race from genetics research, tracking a bee virus, and a daily news roundup