What does it mean that we have so many more seamounts than previously thought, and finding REM sleep in sealsFirst up on the show this week: so many seamounts. Staff News Writer Paul Voosen joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss a study that mapped about 1

Anchoring radiocarbon dates to cosmic events, why hibernating bears don't get blood clots, and kicking off a book series on sex, gender, and scienceFirst up this week, upping the precision of radiocarbon dating by linking cosmic rays to isotopes in woo

Why some countries, such as China, vaccinate flocks against bird flu but others dont, and male ants that are always chimerasFirst up this week, highly pathogenic avian influenza is spreading to domestic flocks around the globe from migrating birds. Wh

On this weeks show: How people in the past thought about their own past, and a detailed look at how Braille is readFirst up this week, what did people 1000 years ago think about 5000-year-old Stonehenge? Or about a disused Maya temple smack dab in the

On this weeks show: Earths youngest impact craters could be vastly underestimated in size, and remaking a plants process for a creating a complex compoundFirst up this week, have we been measuring asteroid impact craters wrong? Staff Writer Paul Voo

On this weeks show: Spotting volcanic activity on Venus in 30-year-old data, and giving context to increases in early onset colon cancerFirst up this week, a researcher notices an active volcano on Venus in data from the Magellan missionwhich ended i

On this weeks show: Compassion fatigue will strike most who care for lab animals, but addressing it is challenging. Also, overturning ideas about ocean circulationFirst up this week: uncovering compassion fatigue in those who work with research animal

On this weeks show: Researchers are finding new ways to mitigate implicit bias in medical settings, and how toothed whales use distinct vocal registers for echolocation and communicationFirst up this week: how to fight unconscious bias in the clinic. St

On this weeks show: Portable MRI scanners could revolutionize medical imaging, and pheromones offer a way to control flies that spread diseaseFirst up this week: shrinking MRI machines. Staff Writer Adrian Cho talks with host Sarah Crespi about how engi

On this weeks show: The hunt for natural hydrogen deposits heats up, and why we need a space mission to an ice giantFirst up this week: a gold rush for naturally occurring hydrogen. Deputy Editor Eric Hand joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss drilling for