Science Magazine Podcast
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Science Podcast - Fracking and water quality, science...
Radisav Vidic reviews what is known about fracking and makes suggestions for improving environmental monitoring; Lucas Joppa discusses troubling scientific software; Kai Kupferschmidt brings us up to speed on the science of flavor; and more.
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Science Podcast - Markets vs. morals, cloud seeds,...
Armin Falk discusses the impact of markets on morals; Dan Cziczo explores the origins of cirrus clouds; Richard Kerr reports on NASA's asteroid fishing expedition; and more.
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Science Podcast - Exoplanet habitability, weird planets,...
Sara Seager discusses the habitability of distant planets; Lizzie Wade takes us on a tour of weird and wacky exoplanets; Elizabeth Cottrell connects the mantle to the carbon cycle; and more.
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Science Podcast - Animal culture, general relativity, TB...
Luke Rendell discusses evidence for the cultural exchange of behavior in whales; John Antoniadis explains how an extreme pulsar validates general relativity; Richard Stone describes the state of TB treatment in North Korea; and more.
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Science Podcast - Grand Challenges in Science Education...
Noah Weeth Feinstein makes the case for rethinking science education for non-scientists; Jeffrey Mervis describes Carl Wieman's efforts to overhaul undergrad science education; Ton de Jong argues for both physical and virtual laboratories.
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Science Podcast - Australopithecus sediba, medication in...
Jeremy DeSilva reveals the locomotion of Australopithecus sediba; Jacobus de Roode points out the similarities between medication in humans and medication in animals; Adrian Cho outlines recent advances in dark matter detection; and more.
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Science Podcast - De-extinction, decoding dreams, mantle...
Henry Greely explores the ethical, politcal, and scientific implications of species de-extinction; Yukiyasu Kamitani describes how to interpret the brain patterns from dreams; Richard Kerr discusses new evidence for mantle plumes; and more.
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Science Podcast - Reprogrammable cancer cells, fairy...
Mario Suv draws parallels between stem cells and cancer cells; Norbert Juergens implicates sand termites in Africa's fairy circles; Ron Cowen describes the event that should touch off a decade of black hole research; and more.
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Science Policy Podcast - Drug Regulations (22 Mar 2013)
Nearly 30 years after its establishment, U.S. pharmaceutical patent policy is poised for a review by the Supreme Court. Meghna Sachdev chats with Policy Forum author Christopher Hemphill about the potential impact of a ruling on drug regulations.
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Science Podcast - Terradynamics, mapping health,...
Daniel Goldman discusses the terradynamics of moving over flowing ground; Douglas Richardson explains how GIS and GPS can be used to map health data; Robert Service highlights the challenges facing the cellulosic ethanol industry; and more.
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Science Podcast - T cell diversity, geoengineering...
Carmen Gerlach stresses the importance of T cell diversity in the immune response; Edward Parson advises improving the policies governing geoengineering research; Dennis Normile outlines the lessons learned from SARS; and more.
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Science Policy Podcast - Catastrophic Risks (8 Mar 2013)
New technologies promise major benefits -- but what about the risks? Meghna Sachdev chats with astronomer Martin Rees about 'existential risks' and assessing new threats to our future.
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Science Podcast - Quantum spintronics, economics of...
David Awschalom explores the potential of spintronics in quantum processing; Shlomo Benartzi discusses workplace interventions that may help employees save for retirement; Eli Kintisch describes a crossroads facing U.S. oceanography; and more.
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Science Policy Podcast - National Science Academies (1...
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences celebrates its 150th anniversary next week. Meghna Sachdev chats with former Academy head and current Science Editor-in-Chief Bruce Alberts about the Academy's contributions to science and society.
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Science Podcast - Van Allen belts, wild pollinators,...
Early findings from the newly-launched Van Allen Probes; why wild insects may be just as important as honeybees in agricutultural pollination; investigating allegations of cyber attacks by China; and more.
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Science Podcast - Benefits of HIV treatment, nuclear...
HIV treatment in South Africa not only increases life expectancy, but proves to be financially advantageous; what North Korea's latest nuclear test means, scientifically and politically; and new ways of preserving plant biodiversity.
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Science Podcast - Science From the International Space...
Cheryl Nickerson explains how microgravity can aid in research on pathogens and infectious diseases.
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Science Podcast - New Whale Species, Mussel Glue, Coal...
As the AAAS annual meeting comes to a close, ScienceNOW wraps up some of its favorite stories from the last few days.
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Science Podcast - America's Scientist Idol - AAAS...
A reality-television-inspired competition teaches scientists how to better communicate their work.
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Science Podcast - Improving Agriculture From the Ground...
Michelle Watt explains how the exchange of knowledge about root systems can improve crop yields in a variety of climates.
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Science Podcast – Scientists’ Understanding of the...
Science Podcast host Sarah Crespi speaks with Hans Peter Peters about how scientists in different countries and age groups think about public engagement.
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Science Podcast – Sweet Broccoli, Anxious Fish, Ancient...
Science NOW stories from the AAAS meeting, including why we should serve sweet veggies to kids, the effect of anti-anxiety drugs on fish, and the info ancient scat holds about climate change.
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Science Podcast – Designing Bio-Friendly Plastics - AAAS...
Stephen Miller discusses some biomass-derived and biodegradable alternatives to synthetic polymers.
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Science Podcast – Making Crime Prevention Pay - AAAS...
Poster Session of the American Junior Academy of Sciences
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Science Podcast - Advances in Oral Reconstruction - AAAS...
Stephen Feinberg discusses some recent advances in oral reconstruction following burns, accidents, and injuries.
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Science Podcast - Scars of Human Evolution - AAAS...
Science’s Ann Gibbons speaks with Bruce Latimer and Jeremy DeSilva at the AAAS meeting in Boston about the scars of human evolution, including backs, feet, and the risks of childbirth.
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Science Podcast - Do Scientists Need Social Media? -...
From the AAAS meeting in Boston: Christie Wilcox offers some suggestions for how a strong social media presence may help further scientists' careers.
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Science Podcast - Plant Virus Ecology - AAAS Meeting...
Viruses are notorious for their role in disease but only about 1 percent of viruses are actually pathogenic. The diversity of roles viruses take on in ecological systems include protecting plants from cold and moderating nitrogen fixation.
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Science Podcast - Macroscopic uncertainty, cosmic rays,...
Investigating a macroscopic analog of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle; searching for cosmic rays in supernova remnants; what light-sensing proteins are doing outside the eye; and more.
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Science Podcast - Mercury-methylating bacteria, vultures...
Liyuan Liang answers the old question of how methylmercury accumulates in the environment; Andrew Balmford describes the resuscitation of vulture populations in India; Christina Larson discusses the urgency of climate change research in China; and more.
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Science Podcast - Carbon cycle, collective sensing,...
A previously overlooked carbon sink fills some gaps in the carbon cycle; how the schooling of fish may create a collective sensory array; the winners of the 2012 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge; and more.
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Science Podcast - Proton sizing, counting species,...
Listen to stories on uncertainty in proton sizing, naming all the species on the planet, crusading for science, and more.
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Science Podcast - Innovative imaging, protecting genomic...
Listen to stories on innovative imaging, anonymous genomes, the promise and perils of oxytocin, and more.
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Science Podcast - China's One-Child Policy,...
Listen to stories on China's one-child policy, anti-inflammatory therapy for chronic disease, selling expertise to investors and more.
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Science Podcast - Psychology of change, negative...
Listen to stories on the end of history illusion, negative absolute temperatures, the death of a star, and more.
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Science Podcast - The Breakthrough of the Year (21 Dec...
The Breakthrough of the Year, some of the runners-up, the year in news, and the top 10 ScienceNOW stories of 2012.
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Science Podcast - Pheromone attraction, insect...
Spatial learning with help from pheromones, counting insects in a forest, making smarter rocks, and more...
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Science Podcast - Sleeping sickness, kids' science...
Sleeping sickness, prize-winning children’s books, the GRAIL project, and more.
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Science Podcast - Crocodile scales, Myanmar's...
Researchers crack the code of crocodile scales; universities in Myanmar get a boost; MESSENGER mission answers decades-old question about water on Mercury; and more.
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Science Podcast - The deep Earth, chicken origins,...
A new spin on seismic surveying to image the deep Earth; the origins of the world’s most important domesticated animal; a review of 50 years of protein folding; and more.
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Science Podcast - Cartilage regrowth, mussel declines,...
The challenges of cartilage regeneration; investigating the loss of North American mussel diversity; putting a date on early humans’ hunting technology; and more.
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Science Podcast - coral bodyguards, climate and the...
A chemical symbiosis between corals and neighboring fishes; climate change and the fall of the ancient Maya; improvements and challenges in weather forecasting; and more.
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Science Policy Podcast - Lessons From an Antimalarial...
What can a malaria treatment program teach us about how to address illness in Africa? Meghna Sachdev chats with Barry R. Bloom, co-author of a Policy Forum called “From Financing to Fevers: Lessons of an Antimalarial Subsidy Program.”
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Science Podcast - Delaying quantum decisions,...
A device that probes the wave-particle duality of a photon; the consequences of scarcity; how France and Germany are bolstering their research universities; and more.
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Science Podcast - The Twitter vote, our climbing...
How political propaganda sneaks in through social media’s back door; what an ancient shoulder blade can tell us about human evolution; the scientific challenges for the next U.S. president; and more.
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Science Podcast - Angular light, the Moon's formation,...
A new spin on optical data transmission; a new interpretation of the collision that formed the Moon; why a version of “The Pill” for men hasn’t taken off; and more.
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Science Podcast - Animal development, human molecular...
The evolution of animal development; mutation rates and the pace of human history; patterns in scientific publishing; and more.
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Science Policy Podcast - The Burden of Mood Disorders (5...
Are disorders like depressionincreasing their toll on us and on society? Meghna Sachdev chats withHans-Ulrich Wittchenabout why this might be.
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Science Podcast - Preventing depression, dinosaur teeth,...
Resilience training for the treament and prevention of depression; the surprising complexity of dinosaur teeth; the mysteries of the brain; and more.
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Science Podcast - Dissolvable electronics, kid...
Melt-away electronics may prevent electronic waste; toddlers may be more scientific than we give them credit for; how the weather influences the rise of empires; and more.
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Science Podcast - Special Issue on Disease Prevention...
A special show all about disease prevention, including the economics of prevention, a task force dedicated to preventive medicine, how to combat Alzheimer’s disease, and a look at grocery stores and eating habits.
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Science Podcast - Elderly whales, the Higgs boson, DIY...
Why female killer whales live so long beyond their reproductive years; who deserves the Nobel Prize for the Higgs boson; lab equipment you can make at home; and more.
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Science Policy Podcast - Career Tools for Young...
Jim Austin, editor of Science Careers, describes a new web application called myIDP that helps scientists figure out how besttofollow a wide variety of career paths.
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Science Podcast - Regulatory DNA and disease, treatable...
The relationship between regulatory DNA and disease; a potentially treatable form of autism; the internationalization of Asia’s research institutions; and more.
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Science Podcast - Cloud seeding, antibiotic resistant...
Soil as a source of antibiotic resistant bacteria; how biogenic aerosols seed cloud formation in the Amazon; scientists sequence the first Denisovan genome; and more.
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Science Policy Podcast - Science in Africa (24 August...
Roy Maartens of the University of the Western Cape on what the winning bid for the Square Kilometer Array means for science and technology in Africa.
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Science Podcast - Supernova birth, Indo-European...
Tracking the spread and evolution of languages across Europe; how gas clouds helped hone in on supernova formation; a project to track wild guppies; and more.
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Science Podcast - Endangered species, courtroom science,...
The role of citizen science in the protection of endangered species, the use of biological evidence when sentencing the psychologically ill, looming budget cuts for the research community, and more.
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Science Podcast - Garbology 101, metal recycling, the...
Find out what happens to your trash; the challenges of recycling metals; the psychology of garbage; and looking ahead to an eventual end to waste.
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Science Podcast - Black holes, elephants calling, polio...
Classical versus quantum mechanics in black holes; how elephants produce low, infrasonic vocalizations; why polio is so hard to eradicate in Pakistan; and more.
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Science Podcast - Nanoparticle self-assembly, suicidal...
The role of entropy in the self-assembly of nanoparticles; the “self-destruct” mechanism of elderly termites; the next steps for NASA’s planetary program; and more.
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Science Podcast - Fruit fly sex chromosomes, climate...
How fruit flies generate new sex chromosomes; observing climate change in action in a South American forest; a “headhunter” offers advice to early career scientists; and more.
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Science Podcast - Recombining vaccines, pre-Clovis North...
A vaccine recombines with a virus in the wild; evidence for a North American culture that may pre-date the Clovis; the many faces of HIV and AIDS in the United States; and more.
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SciencePodcast - Quantum entanglement, resilient corals,...
Quantum physics takes another big step toward long-distance quantum communication; 6000 years of collapses and rebounds demonstrate corals’ resilience; strategies for diagnosing the dead and famous; and more.
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Science Podcast - Plant metabolism, fish eyes, China's...
The importance of plant metabolic processes in modern pharmaceuticals; how the elephantnose fish can see in the dark; the Chinese space program reaches a major milestone; and more.
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Science Podcast - H5N1 and biosecurity, influence in...
What the controversial H5N1 flu papers mean for biomedical research and publishing; measuring influence through social networks; the Curiosity rover’s highly anticipated arrival on Mars; and more.
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Science Podcast - Fearful grasshoppers, 40,000-year-old...
The fear of predation in grasshoppers influences soil chemistry; novel method of dating cave paintings finds oldest cave European art in Spain; why counting worldwide deaths is so difficult; and more.
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Science Podcast - Biological hammers, the gut...
The intricacies of the mantis shrimp’s ultra-strong club; the importance of the microbes in our gut; the health implications of major sporting events; and more.
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Science Podcast - Quantum computers, motion after...
How quantum computers may someday help simulate quantum field theories; restoration of voluntary motion after spinal cord injury; big mysteries in astronomy; and more.
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Science Podcast - Science comedy, kinship classification...
How our terms for relatives reflect our communication systems; the evolution of human teeth; the relationship between science and comedy; and more.
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Science Policy Podcast - Preventing Mass Violence (18...
David Hamburg speaks with Meghna Sachdev about the role of the scientific community in preventing violence.
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Science Podcast - Exploring human conflict: the...
A special show exploring human conflict: how our primate ancestors managed conflict and resolution; the psychological roots of racism; and the fundamentals of “peace systems.”
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Science Policy Podcast - Tackling Human Fungal...
Meghna Sachdev chats with Gordon D. Brown, co-author of an Editorial entitled "Tackling Human Fungal Infections."
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Science Podcast - Ancient Mayan calendars, news from the...
Some of the earliest Mayan astronomical tables found in Guatemala; what Vesta can teach us about the earliest solar system; a pristine fossilized forest in the path of a Chinese coal mine; and more.
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Science Policy Podcast - Empowering Science Teachers (4...
Meghna Sachdev chats with Sheila Tobias, co-author of an Editorial entitled 'Empowering Science Teachers."
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Science Podcast - Remote-controlled nanoparticles, water...
A technique for remotely activating genes via heated nanoparticles; more insights into the role of water on ancient Mars; advances in nanopore DNA sequencing; and more.
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Science Podcast - Synchronizing optical clocks,...
A fiber optic cable to connect optical clocks; the spread of Neolithic farming in Europe; roadblocks to global measles eradication; and more.
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Science Podcast - Synthetic DNA, two heads vs. one, a...
Man-made polymers that function like DNA; the role of individual confidence in group decision-making; a parasite that’s sweeping its way through U.S. citrus plants; and more.
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Science Podcast - Modeling cell polarity, women in...
Elucidating complex biological processes through quantitative modeling; why women are under-represented in scientific faculty; using virtual animals to predict real animals’ responses to climate change; and more.
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Science Policy Podcast - Why Statistics? (9 April 2012)
Meghna Sachdev chats with Marie Davidian, Professor of Statistics at North Carolina State University, and Thomas A. Louis, Professor of Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, about their editorial 'Why Statistics?'
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Science Podcast - Antimalarial resistance,...
A genetic look at resistance to antimalarial drugs; exploring flexoelectricity in writing electronic memory; the 2011 Nobel Prize rivalry; and more.
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Science Podcast - Uranium age-dating, the brain's...
New insights into uranium age-dating; elucidating the curved 3D grid of the human brain; replicating psychology experiments; and more.
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Science Policy Podcast - Community Colleges (26 March...
Foothill College President Judy Miner speaks about her editorial entitled "America's Community Colleges."
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Science Podcast - Entrepreneurship for the developing...
Encouraging entrepreneurship in the developing world; the immune system and early microbe exposure; robots that fly like birds; and more.
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Science Policy Podcast - Open access (19 March 2012)
Maria Leptin discusses how her varied scientific roles have affected her understanding of open access.
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Science Podcast - Earth governance, alcoholic fruit...
Balancing environment, economy, and accountability in global governance; sex, alcohol, and fruit flies; improving mental health care in Indonesia; and more.
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Science Podcast - Lunar magnetism, nuclear meltdowns,...
Why the Moon’s surface is inconsistently magnetized; the importance of studying nuclear fuel during reactor accidents; how deep-sea creatures adapt to deep-sea darkness; and more.
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Science Podcast - Cumulative culture, microbial fuel...
Exploring the sociocognitive precursors for cumulative culture; microbes that produce energy from wastewater; approaching peak gold; and more.
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Science Podcast - Food webs, horse evolution, science in...
Restoring ecological “networks of networks;” how early horse evolution reflected climate change; the history and state of science in India; and more.
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Science Podcast - Junior Scientists - AAAS Meeting...
Poster Session of the American Junior Academy of Sciences
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Science Podcast - Monday ScienceNOW - AAAS Meeting...
ScienceNOW Stories From the AAAS Meeting
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Science Podcast - Anthropology and Engineering - AAAS...
Anthropology and Engineering: Technological Innovations in Global Health
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Science Podcast - Oceans of the Future - AAAS Meeting...
Predicting the Future Ocean: The Nereus Program
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Science Podcast - Mineral Resource Dependence - AAAS...
The Future of Mineral Resource Dependence in the 21st Century
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Science Podcast, 18 February 2012 - AAAS Meeting Special...
Life in the Pressure Cooker: Evolution at the Bottom of the Ocean
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Science Podcast, 18 February 2012 - AAAS Meeting Special...
Science Now Stories from the AAAS Meeting
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Science Podcast, 17 February 2012 - AAAS Meeting Special...
Endangered and Minority Languages Crossing the Digital Divide
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Science Podcast, 17 February 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.
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Science Podcast, 10 February 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.
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Science Podcast, 03 February 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.
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Science Podcast, 27 January 2012
Observing coevolution in viruses; the relationship between livestock grazing, nitrogen and locusts; the next frontier in supercomputing; and more.
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Science Podcast, 20 January 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.
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Science Podcast, 13 January 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.
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Science Podcast, 06 January 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.
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Science Podcast, 23 December 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.
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Science Podcast, 16 December 2011
The hardy naked mole-rat, finding patterns in large datasets, a new shot at a tuberculosis vaccine, and more.
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Science Podcast, 09 December 2011
Using satellite imagery to map measles outbreaks; how honeybees dance to make decisions; bolstering Europe’s research funding; and more.
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Science Podcast, 02 December 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.
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Science Podcast, 25 November 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.
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Science Podcast, 18 November 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.
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Science Podcast, 11 November 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.
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Science Podcast, 04 November 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.
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Science Podcast, 28 October 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.
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Science Podcast, 21 October 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.
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