Podcast: Coronavirus spreads financial turmoil at universities, and a drone that fights mosquito-borne illnesses
On this week’s show: Balancing university budgets during a pandemic, and a drone programmed to release sterile mosquitoes
Science Podcasts
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Podcast: The facts on COVID-19 contact tracing apps, and benefits of returning sea otters to the wild
On this week’s show: How to know whether coronavirus-fighting contact tracing apps are working, and an extensive cost-benefit analysis of reintroducing sea otters to the Northern Pacific Ocean -
Podcast: Why men may have more severe COVID-19 symptoms, and using bacteria to track contaminated food
On this week’s show: New research suggests male sex hormones may be behind more deadly coronavirus infections in men, and using DNA-barcoded bacterial spores to mark and track vegetables -
Podcast: A rare condition associated with coronavirus in children, and tracing glaciers by looking at the ocean floor
On this week’s show: Researchers race to understand Kawasaki-like syndrome in children that has been linked to coronavirus, and exploring “grounding lines” on the ocean floor to track Antarctica’s glaciers -
Podcast: How scientists are thinking about reopening labs, and the global threat of arsenic in drinking water
On this week’s show: The enormous challenge of returning to research during a pandemic, and modeling the prevalence of arsenic around the world -
Podcast: How past pandemics reinforced inequality, and millions of mysterious quakes beneath a volcano
On this week’s show: Records show past pandemic disease deaths were concentrated in marginalized people, and a surprising series of repetitive quakes deep beneath a Hawaiian volcano -
Podcast: Making antibodies to treat coronavirus, and why planting trees won’t save the planet
On this week’s show: Researchers are scrambling to produce antibodies to treat and prevent COVID-19, and how to avoid increasing deforestation during a tree-planting campaign -
Podcast: Blood test for multiple cancers studied in 10,000 women, and is our Sun boring?
On this week’s show: Blood-based biopsies, and comparing the activity of our Sun to similar stars -
Podcast: From nose to toes—how coronavirus affects the body, and a quantum microscope that unlocks the magnetic secrets of very old rocks
On this week’s show: The latest on how COVID-19 infections damage the body, and what can be learned from ancient magnetic traces in rocks on Earth and in space -
Podcast: How countries could recover from coronavirus, and lessons from an ancient drought
On this week’s show: Climbing out of a COVID-19 crisis, managing water is not enough to defeat drought, and tracing waves of sensation on the surface of the hands
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