Nora, Kristen, and Amanda talk about intraproton pressure, sleepless fruit flies, and why smaller teams seem to get more done than bigger teams.
Emily, Amanda, and Kristen discuss gene drives in mice, foot posture and animal size, and how implicit bias impacts pain perception.
Nora, Dave, and Nicole talk about eye cells that make us sad in the winter, levitation with sound, and solving math problems with an amoeba.
Amanda, Nicole and Greg discuss allergies and the California wildfires, plus new host Adam talks about a better opioid.
Nora, Dave, Nicole D, and new host Rebecca Gellman chat with Dr. Ryan Corces about a recent landmark study of the epigenome in cancer, as well as research on parental age and childbirth, and microbiome differences across populations!
Greg and Nicole discuss viral viruses and podcasting with our interview guest Dr. Vincent Racaniello, professor of virology at Columbia and host of five science podcasts! Then, Emily answers some listener mail about why electronics don't use red, blue and yellow as their primary colors.
Amanda, Abhijit and Jonathan cover some recently minted Nobel Prize laureates, as well as a striking new report on how much time we have to act on climate change (spoiler alert, it's now or never).
Nicole, Dave, and Greg discuss the use of gene drive to eradicate mosquitos, a new anti-filter that only lets large things through, and the effect of stress and trauma on memory.
Greg, Jonathan and Amanda discuss the role of microglia in the connection between obesity and memory loss, naturally inspired artificial photosynthesis, and the latest in the tale of Pluto's planetary status.
Dave, Nicole, and Nicole discuss restoring photoreceptors in mice, how naked mole rats share motherly instincts via poop, and the risks of drinking alcohol.