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Podcast: Watching shoes untie, Cassini’s last dive through the breath of a cryovolcano, and how human bias influences machine learning

By Sarah Crespi, David GrimmApr. 13, 2017

On this week’s show: Training machines on human language can lead to prejudiced artificial intelligence and a roundup from the daily news site
Podcast: Giant virus genetics, human high-altitude adaptations, and quantifying the impact of government-funded science

By Sarah Crespi, David GrimmApr. 6, 2017

On this week’s show: Linking National Institutes of Health grants to patents and a roundup from the daily news site
Podcast: Killing off stowaways to Mars, chasing synthetic opiates, and how soil contributes to global carbon calculations

By Sarah Crespi, Catherine Matacic, et al.Mar. 30, 2017

On this week’s show: How much carbon is in soils, and what happens when it warms up? Plus, a roundup from the daily news site
Podcast: Teaching self-driving cars to read, improving bike safety with a video game, and when ‘you’ isn’t about ‘you’

By Sarah Crespi, David GrimmMar. 23, 2017

On this week’s show: How language helps people cope with negative experiences and a roundup from the daily news site
Podcast: The archaeology of democracy, new additions to the uncanny valley, and the discovery of ant-ibiotics

By Sarah Crespi, David Grimm, et al.Mar. 16, 2017

On this week’s show: Building the case for collectives in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and a roundup from the daily news site
Podcast: Human pheromones lightly debunked, ignoring cyberattacks, and designer chromosomes

By Sarah Crespi, David GrimmMar. 9, 2017

On this week’s show: Building yeast chromosomes from scratch and a roundup from the daily news site
Podcast: Breaking the 2-hour marathon barrier, storing data in DNA, and how past civilizations shaped the Amazon

By Sarah Crespi, Alexa Billow, et al.Mar. 2, 2017

On this week’s show: How ancient people left their imprint on the Amazon and a roundup from the daily news site
Podcast: Cracking the smell code, why dinosaurs had wings before they could fly, and detecting guilty feelings in altruistic gestures

By Sarah Crespi, Alexa Billow, et al.Feb. 23, 2017

On this week’s show: building a flying dinosaur and a roundup from the daily news site
Podcast: Recognizing the monkey in the mirror, giving people malaria parasites as a vaccine strategy, and keeping coastal waters clean with seagrass

By Sarah Crespi, Alexa Billow, et al.Feb. 16, 2017

On this week’s show: Reducing harmful bacteria with seagrass and a roundup from the daily news site
Podcast: Saving grizzlies from trains, cheap sun-powered water purification, and a deep look at science-based policymaking

By Sarah Crespi, Alexa Billow, et al.Feb. 9, 2017

On this week’s show: Looking at the influence of science on policy, and a roundup from the daily news site

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