Podcast: Busting human sniff myths, our newest human relative, and methane’s drag on global warming
On this week’s show: People’s amazing sniffers and a roundup from the daily news site
Science Podcasts
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Podcast: Reading pain from the brains of infants, modeling digital faces, and wifi holograms
On this week’s show: detecting pain and the effectiveness of pain relievers in babies, plus a roundup from the daily news site -
Podcast: Where dog breeds come from, bots that build buildings, and gathering ancient human DNA from cave sediments
On this week’s show: Finding ancient people without fossils and a roundup from the daily news site -
Podcast: When good lions go bad, listening to meteor crashes, and how humans learn to change the world
On this week’s show: The tough challenge of facing societal disapproval and a roundup from the daily news site -
Podcast: Watching shoes untie, Cassini’s last dive through the breath of a cryovolcano, and how human bias influences machine learning
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
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
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’
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
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
On this week’s show: Building yeast chromosomes from scratch and a roundup from the daily news site
