Science Magazine Podcast

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Cheese history, redating the Inca empire, and the source of the breath’s rhythm

First up on the podcast, producer Meagan Cantwell and Newsletter Editor Christie Wilcox discuss a few stories from ScienceAdviser, including why Nazi Germany was unlikely to ever make an atomic bomb, a gene that might prevent gray hairs, and 140 years of cheese history from a Swi ... Show more

. 56min 44sec

A moon heist, lava fountains, and predicting doomsday

First up on the podcast, freelance science journalist Robin George Andrews describes Japan’s upcoming Martian Moons eXploration mission that will nab a sample from the surface of Mars’s moon Phobos. The material, due back to Earth in 2031, could reveal the origins of this mysteri ... Show more

. 48min 40sec

Stimulating the brain for women’s health, and the long-term implications of menopausal symptoms

First up on the podcast, Staff Writer Jennie Erin Smith joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about new research on how noninvasive technologies such as transcranial magnetic stimulation are being used in the context of women’s health to tackle everything from postpartum depression to ... Show more

. 37min 23sec

Studying the changing of AI language inside swarms, how orangutans learn to forage, and an astrophysicist talks about loss

First up on the podcast, Staff Reporter Tom Howarth joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about the language artificial intelligence agents evolve inside their swarms. Next on the show, producer Elah Feder talks with Revathe Thillaikumar, a behavioral ecologist and postdoctoral fellow ... Show more

. 48min 42sec

Can ‘assisted migration’ save forests? And the role of philosophy in science

First up on the podcast, as the planet warms and forests burn, can we replant them with new trees that will thrive in the decades ahead? Associate Editor Katie Langin joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss research into “assisted migration” for replenishing forests after wildfires. N ... Show more

. 39min 57sec