On this weeks show: Metas algorithm tackles both language and strategy in a board game, and measuring how much water people use on a daily basisFirst up this week on the podcast, artificial intelligence (AI) wins at the game Diplomacy. Freelance scienc

On this weeks show: The potentially harmful effects of prehistoric ivory on present-day elephants, and replacing polymers in electronics with fungal tissueFirst up this week on the podcast, we hear about the effect of mammoth and mastodon ivory on the i

On this weeks show: How sci-fi writer Kurt Vonnegut foresaw many of todays ethical dilemmas, and 70 years of tunas, billfishes, and sharks as sentinels of global ocean healthFirst up this week on the podcast, we revisit the works of science fiction aut

On this weeks show: How urban spaces can help conserve species, and testing a gene therapy strategy for epilepsy in miceFirst up on the podcast, we explore urban ecologys roots in Berlin. Contributing Correspondent Gabriel Popkin joins host Sarah Cresp

On this weeks show: Cheaper launches could make solar power satellites a reality, machine learning helps chemists make small organic molecules, and a book on the extinction of foodsFirst up on the podcast, space-based solar power gets closer to launch.

On this weeks show: How some snakes have adapted to the extremes of height and temperature on the Tibetan Plateau, and giving low-power sensors more processing powerFirst up on the podcast, tough snakes reveal their secrets. Host Sarah Crespi talks with

On this weeks show: Rising waters and intense storms make siting high-performance computer centers a challenge, and matching up spider silk DNA with spider silk properties(Main Text)First up on the podcast this week, News Intern Jacklin Kwan talks wi

On this weeks show: A study suggests paleontological research has directly benefited from the conflict in Myanmar, and how dormant bacterial spores keep track of their environmentFirst up on the podcast this week, Staff Writer Rodrigo Prez Ortega joins

On this weeks show: Protecting a body of water by giving it a legal identity, intentional destruction of methane by the oil and gas industry is less efficient than predicted, and the latest book in our series on science and foodFirst up on the podcast t

On this weeks show: Comparing human-dog bonds with human-wolf bonds, and monitoring termite decay rates on a global scaleFirst up on the podcast this week, Online News Editor David Grimm talks with host Sarah Crespi about the bonds between dogs and thei