Neil deGrasse Tyson’s exclusive, one-on-one conversation with Edward Snowden – via robot – concludes with a deeper dive into metadata, personal privacy and covert communications, before exploring pulsars and cosmic background radiation.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: 3-parent gene therapy for mitochondrial diseases and a news roundup
Kimberly Dunham-Snary discusses the long-term health considerations of gene therapy for mitochondrial diseases and David Grimm talks about the smell of death, Mercury crashing, and animal IQ. Hosted by Susanne Bard. [Image credit: Ben Gracewood CC BY-N…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Treatment of agitation in Alzheimer disease, text messaging for CV risk modification, a newly approved PCSK9 inhibitor for dyslipidemia, and more.
Editor’s Audio Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the September 22/29, 2015 issue
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A Conversation with Edward Snowden (Part 1)
Neil deGrasse Tyson chats with whistleblower Edward Snowden via robotic telepresence from Moscow. In Part 1, they discuss Isaac Newton, knowledge and learning, the Periodic Table, encryption and privacy, and much more.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How future elites view self-interest and equality and a news roundup
Daniel Markovits discusses the preferences for fairness and equiality among potential future US leaders and David Grimm talks about finding fluorine’s origins, persistant lone wolves, and the domestiction of the chicken. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. [Image …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Time Spent Outdoors and Development of Myopia in Children, Sex Differences in Academic Rank in US Medical Schools, Mortality After Hip Fracture vs Elective Hip Replacement, and more
Editor’s Audio Summary by Phil Fontanarosa, MD, Executive Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the September 15, 2015 issue
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: StarTalk Live! Parasites and Poisons at The Bell House
A strange brew of poisons, parasites and infectious diseases is on tap at The Bell House when Neil deGrasse Tyson and Eugene Mirman welcome guests Mark Siddall, the Leech Guy, and comedians H. Jon Benjamin and Jessica Williams.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Genes and the human microbiome and a news roundup
Seth Bordenstein discusses how our genes affect the composition of our microbiome, influencing our health, and David Grimm talks with Sarah Crespi about the origins of the Basque language, the benefits of being raised in a barn, and how some flying ant…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Iron and malaria, advances in diabetes diagnosis and treatment, pushing the limits on neuroimaging, and more.
Editor’s Audio Summary by Preeti Malani, MD, Associate Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the September 8, 2015 issue
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Prevalence of and Trends in Diabetes Among US Adults
This study uses National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data collected between 1988-1994 and 1999-2012 to assess prevalence of and trends in total, diagnosed, and undiagnosed diabetes among adults in the United States.
