Might early hearing impairment lead to cognitive challenges later in life? Yune Lee from the Ohio State University talks with us about his research into how even minor hearing loss can increase the cognitive load required to distinguish spoken language.

"No matter whether you think you can or can't," the saying goes, "you're right." Neil Lewis, Jr. from Cornell University talks with us about about his research into what differentiates students who experience difficulty in college as signaling its impo...

Righting a 200 year old mistake: Armita Manafzadeh from Brown University talks with us about how her simulations of pterosaurs' range-of-motion demonstrate that the ancient reptiles almost certainly couldn't have flown like most paleontologists have lo...

Bhart-Anjan Bhullar from Yale University talks with us about how the discovery of a 95 million year old Ichthyornis fossil in 2014 revealed some unexpected insights into the minds, and mouths, of toady's birds.

In celebration of LGBTSTEMDay, talk with Bryce Hughes of Montana State University about his research into the factors that influence the retention of LGBT students in STEM programs. For more information, including materials discussed during this episod...

Sneak peek of special LGBTSTEMDay episode, which airs July 5. Bryce Hughes will discuss with us his research into the retention of LGBT undergraduates in STEM.   Bryce's full paper, "Coming out in STEM: Factors affecting retention of sexual minor...

Brianna Caza, Sherry Moss & Heather Vough talk with us about their research into how people who hold down multiple careers at the same time can struggle to find their authentic identities in their work. For more information,

Anita Knopov from Boston University talks with us about her research into how state-level implicit bias relates to the disparity in police shootings of unarmed Black Americans. For more information, including materials discussed during this episode,

We thought this study was ultimately about William Shakespeare, but discovered it's implications are much broader. David Kernot from Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Group, currently studying at the Australian National University,

David Kernot from the Australian National University talks with us about his research that uses the writings of William Shakespeare for fine-tuning an algorithm that determines an author's identity from their text. For more information,