Ranked #1

Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Sandra Díaz
Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Sandra Díaz
Incorporating plant functional diversity effects in ecosystem service assessments
6 Jun 2019
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4mins
Ranked #2

How mosquitos survive raindrops
How mosquitos survive raindrops
David Hu describes his research on how mosquitos survive collisions with raindrops, which could help design better flyin... Read more
10 Jun 2019
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5mins
Ranked #3

Microbial cell factories
Microbial cell factories
Bernhard Palsson explains how bacteria can be used as factories to produce sustainable products.
10 Jun 2019
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4mins
Ranked #4

Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Albert-Laszlo Barabási
Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Albert-Laszlo Barabási
"The implications of human metabolic network topology for disease comorbidity"
7 Jun 2019
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4mins
Ranked #5

Catalysts for energy storage
Catalysts for energy storage
Daniel Nocera discusses how efficient catalysts can help us store solar energy in the same way plants do.
10 Jun 2019
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5mins
Ranked #6

Timeline of the end-Permian extinction
Timeline of the end-Permian extinction
Seth Burgess describes a timeline of events surrounding the end-Permian mass extinction.
11 Jun 2019
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6mins
Ranked #7

Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winners Robina Shaheen and Mark Thiemens
Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winners Robina Shaheen and Mark Thiemens
Robina Shaheen and Mark Thiemens discuss an oxygen isotope signature that reveals how carbonates on Mars form in the abs... Read more
7 Jun 2019
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6mins
Ranked #8

Stem cells in neuromedicine
Stem cells in neuromedicine
Fred Gage is a professor in the Laboratory of Genetics at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, CA. In this podcast, Dr. Gage ... Read more
7 Jun 2019
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7mins
Ranked #9

Visual prosthetic devices for the blind
Visual prosthetic devices for the blind
Peter Schiller discusses a device that could one day restore sight to the blind by directly stimulating the visual corte... Read more
7 Jun 2019
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5mins
Ranked #10

Malaria and vector research
Malaria and vector research
Thomas Wellems is the head of the Malaria and Vector Research Unit at the National Institutes of Health. In this episode... Read more
7 Jun 2019
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4mins
Ranked #11

The "missing link" between fish and land animals
The "missing link" between fish and land animals
Neil Shubin researches the evolutionary origin of anatomical features. Dr. Shubin's most recent discovery, Tiktaalik ros... Read more
7 Jun 2019
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4mins
Ranked #12

Keeping Congress up-to-date on the latest scientific research
Keeping Congress up-to-date on the latest scientific research
Jim Jensen, Executive Director of the Office of Congressional and Government Affairs, a branch of the National Research ... Read more
7 Jun 2019
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5mins
Ranked #13

Self-driving cars
Self-driving cars
Jeff Schneider explains how self-driving cars use machine learning to learn the rules of the road.
11 Jun 2019
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6mins
Ranked #14

Quantum computing
Quantum computing
Christopher Monroe discusses recent developments in quantum computing.
11 Jun 2019
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6mins
Ranked #15

The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Joseph DeRisi describes the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, a new privately-funded medical research center in the Bay Area.
11 Jun 2019
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5mins
Ranked #16

Interview with Nina Fedoroff
Interview with Nina Fedoroff
Elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1990 for her work in the field of Plant Biology, Nina Fedoroff is a pione... Read more
7 Jun 2019
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5mins
Ranked #17

Serotonin, platelets, and immunity
Serotonin, platelets, and immunity
Eric Boilard explains the role of serotonin and platelets in immune responses.
4 Sep 2019
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7mins
Ranked #18

Human–clam cohistory
Human–clam cohistory
Dana Lepofsky describes ancient sustainable clam gardening practices.
30 Dec 2019
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6mins
Ranked #19

Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner R. Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar
Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner R. Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar
Savanna chimpanzees use tools to harvest the underground storage organs of plants.
6 Jun 2019
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5mins
Ranked #20

Uniqueness of olfactory perception
Uniqueness of olfactory perception
Noam Sobel explains how a human olfactory fingerprint helps uncover the uniqueness of individuals’ sense of smell.
11 Jun 2019
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5mins