Science Podcast

  • Science Podcast - Junior Scientists - AAAS Meeting (2/20/2012) February 20, 2012
    Poster Session of the American Junior Academy of Sciences
  • Science Podcast - Monday ScienceNOW - AAAS Meeting (2/20/2012) February 20, 2012
    ScienceNOW Stories From the AAAS Meeting
  • Science Podcast - Anthropology and Engineering - AAAS Meeting (2/19/2012) February 20, 2012
    Anthropology and Engineering: Technological Innovations in Global Health
  • Science Podcast - Oceans of the Future - AAAS Meeting (2/19/2012) February 19, 2012
    Predicting the Future Ocean: The Nereus Program
  • Science Podcast - Mineral Resource Dependence - AAAS Meeting (2/19/2012) February 19, 2012
    The Future of Mineral Resource Dependence in the 21st Century
  • Science Podcast, 18 February 2012 - AAAS Meeting Special - Saturday Science Live - Evolution Under Pressure February 18, 2012
    Life in the Pressure Cooker: Evolution at the Bottom of the Ocean
  • Science Podcast, 18 February 2012 - AAAS Meeting Special - Saturday Science Now February 18, 2012
    Science Now Stories from the AAAS Meeting
  • Science Podcast, 18 February 2012 - AAAS Meeting Special - Ancient Acoustics February 18, 2012
    Archaeoacoustics: Did Ancient Civilizations Use Acoustic Design To Create Powerful Ritual Spaces?
  • Science Podcast, 17 February 2012 - AAAS Meeting Special - Earth Microbiome Project February 18, 2012
    The Earth Microbiome Project: Modeling the Microbial Planet
  • Science Podcast, 17 February 2012 - AAAS Meeting Special - Endangered Languages February 17, 2012
    Endangered and Minority Languages Crossing the Digital Divide
  • Science Podcast, 17 February 2012 February 16, 2012
    Job retention for men and women in STEM faculty positions; identifying genetic mutations from genomic analysis; how research agencies fared in the President’s 2013 budget request; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 10 February 2012 February 9, 2012
    How plants use salt bridges to sense UV light; how LiDAR may help scientists understand earthquake propagation; citizen scientists help study indoor microbes; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 03 February 2012 February 2, 2012
    The consequences of climate change on coral growth; the complex relationship between brain structure and drug addiction; winners of the 2011 Visualization Challenge; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 27 January 2012 January 26, 2012
    Observing coevolution in viruses; the relationship between livestock grazing, nitrogen and locusts; the next frontier in supercomputing; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 20 January 2012 January 19, 2012
    Watching a comet evaporate in the Sun’s atmosphere; manganese as protection against the Shiga toxin; experimental cancer therapies in early-stage cancers; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 13 January 2012 January 12, 2012
    The multiple benefits of combating methane and black carbon emissions; how female leaders influence young girls; how genetics reveal the history of the Aleutian Islands; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 06 January 2012 January 5, 2012
    This week’s podcast features ants that keep genes in reserve, Ohm’s law and quantum computing, and finding links between insulin, obesity, and cancer.
  • Science Podcast, 23 December 2011 December 22, 2011
    A special show featuring the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year and runners-up, 2011’s top science news stories, and areas to watch in 2012.
  • Science Podcast, 16 December 2011 December 15, 2011
    The hardy naked mole-rat, finding patterns in large datasets, a new shot at a tuberculosis vaccine, and more.
  • Science Podcast, 09 December 2011 December 8, 2011
    Using satellite imagery to map measles outbreaks; how honeybees dance to make decisions; bolstering Europe’s research funding; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 02 December 2011 December 1, 2011
    The differences in facial recognition among wasp species and across taxa; improving the quality of Internet data; the debated role of sirtuins in aging; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 25 November 2011 November 24, 2011
    The role of electricity in reducing greenhouse gas emissions; the mysteries of the cell; a proof of concept in repairing neural circuitry; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 18 November 2011 November 17, 2011
    How bacteria short on nutrients resist antibiotics; targeting malaria parasites with a new generation of antimalarial drugs; the science of dam removal; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 11 November 2011 November 10, 2011
    Detecting pristine gas from 2 billion years after Big Bang; quantifying the indirect effects of aerosols on the carbon cycle; sacrificing research budgets without sacrificing excellence; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 04 November 2011 November 3, 2011
    Unraveling the relationship between social networks and brain activity; how riding the wave front impacts human fertility; monitoring North Korea’s volcano with an explosive past; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 28 October 2011 October 27, 2011
    Taking lessons from python cardiac growth to heart; anticipating nuclear fusion at the National Ignition Facility; mitochondrial priming as a precursor to chemotherapy; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 21 October 2011 October 20, 2011
    Revisiting a pre-Clovis mastodon kill site; evaluating globalization’s role in the evolution of West Nile virus; making the case for “sterile neutrinos”; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 14 October 2011 October 13, 2011
    The remains of a 100,000-year-old pigment workshop; NSF explains its peer-review criteria; muscles manufactured from carbon nanotube fibers; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 07 October 2011 October 6, 2011
    The role of climate change in species distributions; the Crab Pulsar’s high-energy gamma ray emissions; arguments for and against the “Anthropocene” epoch; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 30 September 2011 September 29, 2011
    How MESSENGER is shedding new light on the innermost planet; tracking mood fluctuations through social media; computer games aiding the blind; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 23 September 2011 September 22, 2011
    How an Aboriginal Australian genome sheds light on early human migration; an assessment of single-sex education; the tangled debate about a link between XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 16 September 2011 September 15, 2011
    Visual evidence of a planet revolving around two stars; what diamonds can tell us about the depths of the Earth’s carbon cycle; collaboration and competition at the world’s largest particle accelerator; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 9 September 2011 September 8, 2011
    Australopithecus sediba and the genus Homo, brown algae and Li-ion batteries, the race for superheavy elements, and more.
  • Science Podcast, 2 September 2011 September 1, 2011
    A special show all about synthetic biology: the potential for clinical applications, regulating an emerging science, and the rise of the do-it-yourself biology movement.
  • Science Podcast, 26 August 2011 August 25, 2011
    Dust particles from asteroid Itokawa, new insights into the Denisovans, drawing to learn in science, and more.
  • Science Podcast, 19 August 2011 August 18, 2011
    Shifting species ranges in response to climate change, improving learning through social interactions, searching for exoplanets, and more.
  • Science Podcast, 12 August 2011 August 11, 2011
    Exploring the applications of skin-thin electronic devices, the controversial development of dams on the Mekong Basin, and more.
  • Science Podcast, 05 August 2011 August 4, 2011
    Exploring the possibility of salt water on Mars, understanding the limitations of signal perception in frogs and bats, the politics of teaching climate change in the classroom, and more.
  • Science Podcast, 29 July 2011 July 28, 2011
    Predicting the effects of increasing population on well-being and progress; examining the relationship between rising youth populations and social conflict; interpreting the Neolithic demographic transition from skeletal remains; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 22 July 2011 July 21, 2011
    Predicting the responses of coral reefs to current environmental threats; rethinking carbon’s role in the end-Triassic mass extinction; what parrots are really saying to one another, and more.
  • Science Podcast, 15 July 2011 July 14, 2011
    How the Internet has changed where we store memory; the relationship between hierarchy and stress in male baboons; the impact of revolution on scientific research in Egypt; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 08 July 2011 July 7, 2011
    Evaluating a newly discovered antibody that promises to neutralize group 2 influenza viruses; nuclear waste processing and disposal in a future without Yucca Mountain; examining the complexity of spinal cord scar tissue; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 01 July 2011 June 30, 2011
    New insights into the role social and group pressure has on memory; examining the significance and long-term impact of NASA’s space shuttle; exploring the mathematics and applying statistics to the study of terrorist groups; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 24 June 2011 June 23, 2011
    An isotope study of fossil teeth casts new light on dinosaur body temperatures; infants observed making inferences from sparse data to facilitate their own learning; the next frontier of battery technology; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 17 June 2011 June 16, 2011
    A mouse study suggests a treatment strategy for cancer-associated wasting syndrome; a case for continued support in Zanzibar's fight against malaria; the insights arising from plant genome sequences; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 10 June 2011 June 9, 2011
    The surprising effects of popular microlending programs to fight poverty; evidence that strong preschool programs have effects that resonate into adult life; a cave in South Africa provides insights into the development of human behavior; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 3 June 2011 June 2, 2011
    Possible sighting of dark matter; a quantitative measure of the pace of evolution; reducing the achievement gap with science courses without increasing costs; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 27 May 2011 May 26, 2011
    Explaining cultural diversity; robots that mimic manta rays; your Letters to Science magazine; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 20 May 2011 May 19, 2011
    Diet's effect on the microbiome in your belly; teaching writing by teaching science; transmuting the reputation of alchemists; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 13 May 2011 May 12, 2011
    Designing protein-protein interactions from scratch -- on computer; new energy in the search for an AIDS cure; comparing the efficiency of photosynthesis and photovoltaics; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 6 May 2011 May 5, 2011
    The effects of climate on crop production; re-appraising control strategies for acute infectious diseases; using Darwin's ideas to study literature; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 29 April 2011 April 28, 2011
    Are dolphins too smart for captivity; organic light-emitting transistors; your Letters to Science magazine; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 22 April 2011 April 21, 2011
    Large deposits of frozen carbon dioxide on Mars; cheaper high-performance fuel cell catalysts; new efforts to clean up the Ganges and other rivers in India; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 15 April 2011 April 14, 2011
    Budgeting for science; an ethical framework to address the complex problems of increased biofuel production; re-examining the self-steering riderless bicycle; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 8 April 2011 April 7, 2011
    The connection between physical disorder and stereotyping; keeping genetically-modified and organic crops separated; new insights into the internal structure of distant stars; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 1 April 2011 March 31, 2011
    Semiconductor nanomaterials; potential changes to animal laws and implications for animal research; your Letters to Science; and more.
  • Science Podcast, 25 March 2011 March 24, 2011
    Cancer special: targeted cancer therapy, mechanisms of metastasis, and immunity's role in cancer; plus, some of the latest science news from ScienceNOW.
  • Science Podcast, 18 March 2011 March 17, 2011
    The Sendai earthquake, although anticipated, still astonished seismologists; an increasingly attractive option for storing hydrogen for fuel cells; and testing whether it is better to be evolutionarily fit or evolutionarily flexible.
  • Science Podcast, 11 March 2011 March 10, 2011
    Counting civilian casualties in Afghanistan; understanding the social structures unique to humans; mortality patterns among primates, including people; and more.

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