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American Scientist Podcast

Periodic audiocasts from American Scientist, a publication of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society.

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Synthesizing Engineering and Biology

Synthesizing Engineering and Biology

On using synthetic biology to create next-generation diagnostics and therapeutics -- an interview with James J. Collins ... Read more

1 Mar 2023

15mins

Ranked #2

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Science Curious Through Science Fiction

Science Curious Through Science Fiction

How science fiction promotes science curiosity and why that matters. Hear from science communication practitioners and s... Read more

6 Sep 2022

25mins

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Pulling Back the Cosmic Veil

Pulling Back the Cosmic Veil

The first images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are already transforming our view of the universe. Hear from... Read more

1 Aug 2022

14mins

Ranked #4

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The Genes Behind Ecosystems

The Genes Behind Ecosystems

There are many ways organisms adapt to their environments, which can be seen both with the eye and in an organism's gene... Read more

1 Jul 2022

19mins

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The Brain Cartographer

The Brain Cartographer

Researchers are working to understand the cellular composition and diversity of the brain, creating a catalog of cell ty... Read more

2 May 2022

20mins

Ranked #6

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3D Printing Medical Devices

3D Printing Medical Devices

Arrays of microneedles that could replace injections have been the subject of research for some 50 years, but have not y... Read more

1 Apr 2022

17mins

Ranked #7

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Beyond the Honeybee

Beyond the Honeybee

As entomologist Suzanne W.T. Batra has long argued, there are far better pollinator bees than they honeybee. Hear an int... Read more

1 Mar 2022

14mins

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Open Flow

Open Flow

Liquid-filled scaffolds that are not enclosed, but don’t leak? A team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory came wit... Read more

1 Feb 2022

18mins

Ranked #9

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Platforms, Echo Chambers, and Misinformation

Platforms, Echo Chambers, and Misinformation

Rewards and pitfalls to communicating science on social media: a discussion with Michael Xenos at the University of Wisc... Read more

1 Dec 2021

23mins

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Entanglement and Choice

Entanglement and Choice

Astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi discusses his memoir, A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Streets to the Stars.

1 Nov 2021

24mins

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