Science Magazine Podcast

Science Magazine Podcast


Latest Episodes

Podcast: A farewell to Science’s editor-in-chief, how mosquito spit makes us sick, and bears that use human shields
June 23, 2016

On this week’s show: Marcia McNutt talks about her time heading up Science; plus, a roundup of news stories

Podcast: Treating cocaine addiction, mirror molecules in space, and new insight into autism
June 16, 2016

On this week’s show: Improving therapeutic approaches to cocaine addiction and a roundup of news stories

Podcast: Scoliosis development, antiracing stripes, and the dawn of the hobbits
June 09, 2016

On this week’s show: Linking spinal defects to fluid flows and a roundup of news stories

Podcast: Bionic leaves that make fuel, digging into dog domestication, and wars recorded in coral
June 02, 2016

On this week’s show: A photosynthetic system that captures carbon and makes fuel and a roundup of daily news stories

Podcast: The economics of the Uber era, mysterious Neandertal structures, and an octopus boom
May 26, 2016

On this week’s show: The role academics should play in new businesses like Uber and Match.com and a roundup of daily news stories

Podcast: Tracking rats in a city slum, the giraffe genome, and watching human evolution in action
May 19, 2016

On this week’s show: A decades-long study on the rats of Salvador, Brazil, and a roundup of daily news stories

Podcast: Rocky remnants of early Earth, plants turned predator, and a new artificial second skin
May 12, 2016

On this week’s show: Analyzing traces of newborn Earth and a roundup of daily news stories.

Podcast: Why animal personalities matter, killer whale sanctuaries, and the key to making fraternal twins
May 05, 2016

On this week’s show: Measuring the effects of animal personality on ecology and evolution and a roundup of daily news stories.

Podcast: Patent trolls, the earthquake-volcano link, and obesity in China
April 28, 2016

On this week’s show: growing patent troll trouble in the United States and a roundup of daily news stories.

Podcast: Sizing up a baby dino, jolting dead brains, and dirty mice
April 21, 2016

On this week’s show: What we can learn from a tiny titanosaur and a roundup of daily news stories.