May 15, 2015
What’s it take to clone a woolly mammoth? Plus, proposed cuts to earth science funding at NASA, communicating through emoji, new microbiome research, and more.
May 8, 2015
An evolutionary biologist brings big data to bear on 50 years of pop music history. Plus, a look inside hog farming, how to bake pi, a challenge to explain the sun, and more.
May 1, 2015
A new book probes psychiatry’s history. Plus, the debate around gene editing, seismic risk and safety in Nepal , the other side of Oliver Sacks, and more.
April 24, 2015
A conversation with NASA administrator Charles Bolden. Plus, an unusual lab located in space, YouTube science star Destin Sandlin, a graphic novel about pioneers in computing, and more.
April 17, 2015
A new book uses physics to answer pop culture questions. Plus, a different kind of dark matter, drinking coffee in space, a historical view of science on screen, and more.
April 10, 2015
What questions should we be asking as research on artificial intelligence progresses? Plus, how undersea cables support the Internet, a new video about babies, “science publication pollution,” and more.
April 3, 2015
The science of egg cookery. Plus, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz talks Iran, Mercury’s propensity to collect dust, building a cancer vaccine from tumor cells, and more.
March 27, 2015
Scientists discuss the “darker” side of physics. Plus, tackling the climate conversation through dance, a new book about the brain’s hemispheres, malaria’s bait-and-switch strategy, and more.
March 20, 2015
This Women’s History Month, we celebrate unsung heroines of science. Plus, a talk with White House CTO Megan Smith, navigating the tech hurdles of a Mars mission, and more.