173 - Science You Missed in 2023

On today’s episode: Life’s Last Universal Common Ancestor might not have been fully alive. Scientists wiped the memory of a bunch of lab mice… and they weren’t even EVIL scientists! All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESLife’s ‘last universal common ancestor’ m ...  Show more

On today’s episode: Personlized cancer vaccines are coming! This worm can eat plastic! All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESBobby was on Daily Tech News ShowModerna Press ReleaseNew Cancer Vaccine Could Change America in 7 Surprising Ways | NewsweekModerna, Me ...  Show more

Science doesn’t always get it right the first time—and that’s part of the journey. In this anniversary episode, we explore how ideas about nerve damage, sustainable materials and alien life have done a full 180. Recommended Reading Celebrating 180 Years of Scientific American 180 ...  Show more

Today, we’re taking time to reflect on all that 2024 brought us in the world of science, from the total solar eclipse in April to the demise of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars and the rise of the blockbuster GLP-1 weight-loss medications. SciFri producers Kathleen Davis and C ...

What happens if you overwater a plant? How does gravity actually work? And should we be cancelling mass events to contain the coronavirus? It's Q&A time on the show, and this week Phil Sansom is joined by a brainy panel of experts: plant biologist Nadia Radzman, particle physicis ...  Show more

There are now a number of biological indicators for the potential development of long covid. Immunologist Onur Boyman of Zurich University Hospital and Claire Steves, Clinical Senior Lecturer at King’s College London strives to tell us how pinpointing these factors is now helping ...  Show more