Podcast: DNA origami goes big and getting the data on guns
Shaping DNA into ever larger and more complex shapes and making strides in gun control research—without federal funding
Science Podcasts
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Podcast: Debunking yeti DNA, and prehistoric women’s manual labor exceeded that of modern athletes, according to their bones
Podcast: Debunking yeti DNA, and prehistoric women’s manual labor exceeded that of modern athletes, according to their bones -
Podcast: Earliest pictures of dogs, and a quantum view of climate
Ancient dog drawings show leashes, and how Earth might be viewed as a “topological insulator”—a designation usually reserved for the quantum level -
Podcast: Preventing psychosis and the evolution of writing
The search for early signs of schizophrenia and how written languages adapt—or don’t -
Randomizing the news for science, transplanting genetically engineered skin, and the ethics of experimental brain implants
Measuring the influence of randomized news stories on Twitter. Plus, a roundup from the daily news site -
Podcast: Spinning up earthquakes, gene therapy’s new hope, and elephant seal blood gases
On this week’s show: A neuron-targeting virus is behind a lifesaving gene therapy for infants. Plus, a roundup from the daily news site -
Podcast: Machine consciousness, asteroid origins, and the oldest forests
On this week’s show: Can machines achieve consciousness? Plus, a roundup from the daily news site and our monthly books segement -
Podcast: Merging neutron stars, wolf cooperation, and a new Bible museum
On this week’s show: Can the Museum of the Bible escape the sins of its past? Plus, a roundup from the daily news site -
Podcast: Rice domestication, baby brain scans, and skin pigment genes
On this week’s show: Tracing skin pigment variation in African genomes; plus a roundup from the daily news site -
Podcast: Rescue robots, abandoned villages, and nocebo effects
On this week’s show: Negative side effects where there is no drug; plus a roundup from the daily news site
