Dealing with the consequences of removing the world largest dam, and building a quantum computer using sound waves
Restoring land after dam removal, and phonons as a basis for quantum computing
First up on this week’s show, planting in the silty soil left behind after a dam is removed and reservoirs recede. Contributing Correspondent Warren Cornwall joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about the world's largest dam removal project and what ecologists are doing to revegetate 36 kilometers of new river edge.
Next up on the show, freelance producer and former guest Tanya Roussy. She talks with Andrew Cleland, a professor at the University of Chicago, about a Science paper from this summer on using the phonon—a quantum of sound en...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - October 19, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Mysterious objects beyond Neptune, and how wildfire pollution behaves indoors
The Kuiper belt might be bigger than we thought, and managing the effects of wildfires on indoor pollution First up on this week’s show, the Kuiper belt—the circular field of icy bodies, including Pluto, that surrounds our Solar System—might be bigger than we thought. Staff Writer Paul Voosen joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the distant Kuiper belt objects out past Neptune, and how they were identified by telescopes looking for new targets for a visit by the New Horizons spacecraft. Next up on the show, the impact of wildfire smoke indoors. Producer Kevin McLean talks with Delphine Farmer, a chemist at Colorado S...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - October 13, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Mysterious objects beyond Neptune, and how wildfire pollution behaves indoors
The Kuiper belt might be bigger than we thought, and managing the effects of wildfires on indoor pollution
First up on this week’s show, the Kuiper belt—the circular field of icy bodies, including Pluto, that surrounds our Solar System—might be bigger than we thought. Staff Writer Paul Voosen joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the distant Kuiper belt objects out past Neptune, and how they were identified by telescopes looking for new targets for a visit by the New Horizons spacecraft.
Next up on the show, the impact of wildfire smoke indoors. Producer Kevin McLean talks with Delphine Farmer, a chemist at Co...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - October 12, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
How long can ancient DNA survive, and how much stuff do we need to escape poverty?
Pushing ancient DNA past the Pleistocene, and linking agriculture to biodiversity and infectious diseaseFirst up on this week’s show, Staff Writer Erik Stokstad brings a host of fascinating stories, from the arrival of deadly avian flu in the Galápagos to measuring the effect of earthworms on our daily bread. He and host Sarah Crespi start off the segment discussing just how much stuff you need to avoid abject poverty and why measuring this value can help us balance human needs against planetary sustainability. Other stories from Erik mentioned in this segment: ● Elephant trunk’s ‘stunning’ microscopi...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - October 5, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
How long can ancient DNA survive, and how much stuff do we need to escape poverty?
Pushing ancient DNA past the Pleistocene, and linking agriculture to biodiversity and infectious disease
First up on this week’s show, Staff Writer Erik Stokstad brings a host of fascinating stories, from the arrival of deadly avian flu in the Galápagos to measuring the effect of earthworms on our daily bread. He and host Sarah Crespi start off the segment discussing just how much stuff you need to avoid abject poverty and why measuring this value can help us balance human needs against planetary sustainability.
Other stories from Erik mentioned in this segment:
Elephant trunk’s ‘stunning’ microsc...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - October 5, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Visiting utopias, fighting heat death, and making mysterious ‘dark earth’
A book on utopias and gender roles, India looks to beat climate-induced heat in cities, and how ancient Amazonians improved the soil
First up on this week’s show: the latest in our series of books on sex, gender, and science. Books host Angela Saini discusses Everyday Utopia: In Praise of Radical Alternatives to the Traditional Family Home with ethnographer Kristen Ghodsee, professor of Russian and Eastern European studies at the University of Pennsylvania. See this year’s whole series here.
Also this week, as part of a special issue on climate change and health, host Sarah Crespi speaks with Vaishnavi Chandrashe...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 28, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Visiting utopias, fighting heat death, and making mysterious ‘dark earth’
A book on utopias and gender roles, India looks to beat climate-induced heat in cities, and how ancient Amazonians improved the soil
First up on this week’s show: the latest in our series of books on sex, gender, and science. Books host Angela Saini discusses Everyday Utopia: In Praise of Radical Alternatives to the Traditional Family Home with ethnographer Kristen Ghodsee, professor of Russian and Eastern European studies at the University of Pennsylvania. See this year’s whole series here.
Also this week, as part of a special issue on climate change and health, host Sarah Crespi speaks with Vaishnavi Chandrashe...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 28, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Reducing cartel violence in Mexico, and what to read and see this fall
The key to shrinking cartels is cutting recruitment, and a roundup of books, video games, movies, and more
First up on this week’s show: modeling Mexico’s cartels. Rafael Prieto-Curiel, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna, joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss how modeling cartel activities can help us understand the impact of potential interventions such as increased policing or reducing gang recruitment.
Lisa Sanchez, executive director of México Unido Contra la Delincuencia, talks with Sarah about just how difficult it would be to make the model results—which show that ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 21, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Reducing cartel violence in Mexico, and what to read and see this fall
The key to shrinking cartels is cutting recruitment, and a roundup of books, video games, movies, and more
First up on this week’s show: modeling Mexico’s cartels. Rafael Prieto-Curiel, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna, joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss how modeling cartel activities can help us understand the impact of potential interventions such as increased policing or reducing gang recruitment.
Lisa Sanchez, executive director of México Unido Contra la Delincuencia, talks with Sarah about just how difficult it would be to make the model results—which show that ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 21, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Why cats love tuna, and powering robots with tiny explosions
Receptors that give our feline friends a craving for meat, and using combustion to propel insect-size robots
First up on this week’s episode, Online News Editor David Grimm joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about why despite originating from a dry, desert environment cats seem to love to eat fish.
Next on the show, bugs such as ants are tiny while at the same time fast and strong, and small robots can’t seem to match these insectile feats of speed and power. Cameron Aubin, a postdoc at Cornell University who will shortly join the University of Michigan, discusses using miniscule combustion reactions to bring sm...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 14, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Why cats love tuna, and powering robots with tiny explosions
Receptors that give our feline friends a craving for meat, and using combustion to propel insect-size robots
First up on this week’s episode, Online News Editor David Grimm joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about why despite originating from a dry, desert environment cats seem to love to eat fish.
Next on the show, bugs such as ants are tiny while at the same time fast and strong, and small robots can’t seem to match these insectile feats of speed and power. Cameron Aubin, a postdoc at Cornell University who will shortly join the University of Michigan, discusses using miniscule combustion reactions to bring sm...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 14, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Extreme ocean currents from a volcano, and why it ’s taking so long to wire green energy into the U.S. grid
How the Tonga eruption caused some of the fastest underwater flows in history, and why many U.S. renewable energy projects are on hold
First up on this week’s show, we hear about extremely fast underwater currents after a volcanic eruption. Producer Meagan Cantwell talks with sedimentary geologist Michael Clare and submarine volcanologist Isobel Yeo, both at the U.K. National Oceanography Centre. They discuss the complex aftermath of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption, including fast and powerful ocean currents that severed seafloor cables.
Watch a related video on last year’s eruption by Meagan:...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 7, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Extreme ocean currents from a volcano, and why it ’s taking so long to wire green energy into the U.S. grid
How the Tonga eruption caused some of the fastest underwater flows in history, and why many U.S. renewable energy projects are on hold
First up on this week’s show, we hear about extremely fast underwater currents after a volcanic eruption. Producer Meagan Cantwell talks with sedimentary geologist Michael Clare and submarine volcanologist Isobel Yeo, both at the U.K. National Oceanography Centre. They discuss the complex aftermath of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption, including fast and powerful ocean currents that severed seafloor cables.
Watch a related video on last year’s eruption by Meagan:...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 7, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Reducing calculus trauma, and teaching AI to smell
How active learning improves calculus teaching, and using machine learning to map odors in the smell space
First up on this week’s show, Laird Kramer, a professor of physics and faculty in the STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International University (FIU), talks with host Sarah Crespi about students leaving STEM fields because of calculus and his research into improving instruction.
We also hear from some Science staffers about their own calculus trauma, from fear of spinning shapes to thinking twice about majoring in physics (featuring Kevin McLean, Paul Voosen, Lizzie Wade, Meagan Cantwell, and FIU s...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - August 31, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Reducing calculus trauma, and teaching AI to smell
How active learning improves calculus teaching, and using machine learning to map odors in the smell space
First up on this week’s show, Laird Kramer, a professor of physics and faculty in the STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International University (FIU), talks with host Sarah Crespi about students leaving STEM fields because of calculus and his research into improving instruction.
We also hear from some Science staffers about their own calculus trauma, from fear of spinning shapes to thinking twice about majoring in physics (featuring Kevin McLean, Paul Voosen, Lizzie Wade, Meagan Cantwell, and FIU s...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - August 31, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
