Science Magazine Podcast
Latest Episodes
Podcast: Bringing back tomato flavor genes, linking pollution and dementia, and when giant otters roamed Earth
On this week’s show: A genetic roadmap back to tasty tomatoes, our first books segment, and a roundup from the daily news site
Podcast: Explaining menopause in killer whales, triggering killer mice, and the role of chromosome number in cancer immunotherapy
On this week’s show: An odd number of chromosomes may help tumors evade the immune system and a roundup from the daily news site
Podcast: A blood test for concussions, how the hagfish escapes from sharks, and optimizing carbon storage in trees
On this week’s show: Not all trees are equal when it comes to sucking up carbon, and a roundup from the daily news site
Podcast: An ethics conundrum from the Nazi era, baby dinosaur development, and a new test for mad cow disease
On this week’s show: What to do with tissue samples from Nazi research and a roundup from the daily news site
Podcast: Our Breakthrough of the Year, top online stories, and the year in science books
On this week’s show: Breakthroughs and breakdowns of 2016, a roundup of online news, and a year of science books
The sound of a monkey talking, cloning horses for sport, and forensic anthropologists help the search for Mexico’s disappeared
On this week’s show: Alexa Billow interviews Lizzie Wade on forensic anthropologists joining forces with parent groups in the search for Mexico’s disappeared, and a daily news roundup
Podcast: Altering time perception, purifying blueberries with plasma, and checking in on ocelot latrines
On this week’s show: Alexa Billow interviews Joe Paton on slowing down and speeding up time, and a daily news roundup
Podcast: What ants communicate when kissing, stars birthed from gas, and linking immune strength and social status
On this week’s show: Alexa Billow interviews Bjorn Emonts on star birth in the Spiderweb Galaxy, and a daily news roundup
Podcast: Scientists on the night shift, sucking up greenhouse gases with cement, and repetitive stress in tomb builders
On this week’s show: Alexa Billow interviews Sam Kean on scientists that stay up all night, and a daily news roundup
Podcast: The rise of skeletons, species-blurring hybrids, and getting rightfully ditched by a taxi
On this week’s show: Alexa Billow interviews Elizabeth Pennisi on the role of hybrids in evolution, and a daily news roundup