Episodes
- Can ‘assisted migration’ save forests? And the role of philosophy in science Sep 17, 2026 · 39:57
- Psychoactive substances helped spur Andean civilization, and breaking barriers to education Sep 10, 2026 · 33:12
- Sex-reversing frogs, and Europe’s rising rates of a deadly tick-borne disease Sep 3, 2026 · 27:40
- Making drugs in space, the man who fed India, and what narwhals can teach us about changing seas Aug 27, 2026 · 49:46
- Why tracing cyclosporiasis is so tough, and a digestible probe for the microbiome Aug 20, 2026 · 28:54
- A vest for blocking cosmic rays, and updates on NIH funding Aug 13, 2026 · 26:51
- Did meat or fruit give people big brains, and protecting bison diversity using ancient DNA Aug 6, 2026 · 38:04
- AI’s influence on society, measuring muscles, and a Crick biography Jul 30, 2026 · 46:56
- Death in a gene-editing trial, and insect larvae surviving in deep waters Jul 23, 2026 · 37:24
- Health care in Malawi after USAID’s end, and a rocky exoplanet with an atmosphere Jul 16, 2026 · 41:53
- Owl wars and the immune system’s memory Jul 9, 2026 · 35:10
- How Antarctica got its ice sheets, and what happens when geopolitical relationships turn chilly in the Arctic Jul 2, 2026 · 32:46
- Cracking color vision, U.S. science policy changes, and a trailblazing biography Jun 25, 2026 · 45:06
- An electronic nose that detects spoiled chicken, and wolves make a spectacular comeback in Europe Jun 18, 2026 · 46:56
- How childhood environments shape the brain, and how susceptible is the Atlantic Ocean’s current to climate change? Jun 11, 2026 · 31:32
- Will AI replace astronomers, how healthy are ultraprocessed foods, and a peek behind the scenes of ‘The Normals’ Jun 4, 2026 · 50:03
- Disembodied human brains, immortal bits of sea cucumber, and fame in Galileo’s time May 28, 2026 · 45:22
- USAID cuts linked to violence, unexpected parallels between humans and bacteria, and how to rule the world May 21, 2026 · 41:21
- Fighting deepfakes, and using bacteria to deliver medicine inside the body May 14, 2026 · 31:54
- A team effort to save a giant fish, the power of moonlight, and how scientists can navigate a tough political environment May 7, 2026 · 53:53
- Watching a spiders’ heart beat, epigenetic ethics, and what science biographies reveal about fame Apr 30, 2026 · 46:43
- Cleaning up uranium mining, and how the heart avoids cancer Apr 23, 2026 · 30:48
- The normals | Episode 3 Apr 21, 2026 · 33:22
- How to keep quantum computers cool, whether prediction markets harm public health, and podcasting on podcasting Apr 16, 2026 · 50:31
- The Normals | Episode 2 Apr 14, 2026 · 27:19
- A chimpanzee ‘civil war,’ and NASA plans for nuclear propulsion Apr 9, 2026 · 42:15
- The Normals | Episode 1 Apr 7, 2026 · 25:12
- Resolving the dispute over the speed of the expanding universe, and seeking new drug targets for cognitive dysfunction Apr 2, 2026 · 33:32
- Resurrection plants, Project Hail Mary, and the trouble with sycophantic AI Mar 26, 2026 · 36:52
- Rethinking the peopling of the Americas, and the best ways to get groundwater back Mar 19, 2026 · 33:28