With Halloween just around the corner, guest host Bill Nye and co-host Chuck Nice apply a little science and rationality to fan questions about zombies, ghosts, vampires, dragons, Frankenstein’s monster, and Bill’s old boss.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The origins of biodiversity in the Amazon and a daily news roundup
Lizzie Wade discusses whether the amazing biodiversity of the Amazon Basin was the result of massive flooding, or the uplift of the Andes mountain range. David Grimm talks about microbes aboard the International Space Station, the fate of juvenile gian…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Tiotropium vs LABAs for asthma, comparison of IV fluids and noninvasive ventilation in the ICU, trends in US mortality, and more.
Editor’s Audio Summary by Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, Associate Editor, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the October 27, 2015 issue
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Buffered Crystalloid vs Saline and Acute Kidney Injury
This randomized trial determines the effect of a buffered crystalloid compared with saline on renal complications among patients in the intensive care unit.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Extended Classic: Madame Saturn – A Conversation with Carolyn Porco (Part 2)
Planetary scientist Dr. Carolyn Porco tells Neil about photographing Earth in the Pale Blue Dot and The Day the Earth Smiled and her involvement in Star Trek and Contact. Now including 12 minutes of Cosmic Queries with Neil, Bill Nye and Chuck…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The neuroscience of reversing blindness and a daily news roundup
Rhitu Chatterjee discusses Project Prakash and the neuroscience behind reversing blindness in children, teenagers, and adults in rural India; David Grimm talks about where dogs came from, when life first evolved, and holes in the brain. Hosted by Susan…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The American Cancer Society’s 2015 ****** Cancer Screening guideline update, flexeril vs percocet for low back pain in the ED, safety of Tdap vaccination in pregnant women, and more.
Editor’s Audio Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the October 20, 2015 issue
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: 2015 ****** Cancer Screening Recommendations for Women at Average Risk
This guideline updates the American Cancer Society ****** cancer screening recommendations for women at average risk for ****** cancer.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: StarTalk Live! at the Apollo (Part 2)
StarTalk’s night at the historic theater in Harlem concludes with some surprises, including a song by Neil Tyson’s nephew, the rapper, Tyson. With Eugene Mirman, Senator Cory Booker, Dr. Ainissa Ramirez, Phoebe Robinson and Maeve Higgins.
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Pluto’s mysteries revealed and a daily news roundup
Alan Stern discusses the first scientific results from the New Horizons July 14 flyby of Pluto, which revealed details about the dwarf planet’s geology, surface composition, and atmosphere; Catherine Matacic talks about dino temps, Paleo-sleeping, and …
