Science Podcasts

On this week’s show: What we’ve learned about keeping schools safe during a pandemic, what triggers the timing of fall leaves, and a book about what nature does when confronted with crisis

On this week’s show: Giant open-ocean salmon farms and triploid oysters amp up seafood production, and how we might influence our skin microbiome for healthier skin

On this week’s show: The best ways to keep the body from overheating, and engineering cooling fabrics for everyday wear

On this week’s show: A new crop of black hole mergers from gravitational wave hunters, and a new database that tracks decades of Arctic animal movement

On this week’s show: Taking the politicians out of government policymaking, revisiting the landmark Science papers of an overlooked zoologist, and using cooking to learn science (and vice versa)

On this week’s show: Ethical dilemmas will abound for efficacy trials that continue after one COVID-19 vaccine proves itself, and turning plastic bags into biodegradable detergents

On this week’s show: A profile of a scientist fighting for her people to be counted, and quantifying how the heart uses fuel

On this week’s show: Checking in on the OSIRIS-REx mission to the asteroid Bennu, and testing a new way to treat tinnitus

On this week’s show: How robots are learning to play the tricky sport of curling and an exclusive investigation into the Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of clinical trials shows “light handed, slow moving, and secretive” enforcement

On this week’s show: A new technique tells the tale of our ancient cousins’ Y chromosomes, and 120,000-year-old footprints offer early evidence for humans in Arabia