Everything you ever wanted to know about gravitational waves, explained by Neil Tyson, Eugene Mirman, cosmologist Dr. Janna Levin, LIGO astrophysicist Dr. Nergis Mavalvala, and comedian Michael Showalter. Recorded live at the Count Basie Theat…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Podcast: Saving wolves that aren’t really wolves, bird-human partnership, and our oldest common ancestor
Stories on birds that guide people to honey, genes left over from the last universal common ancestor, and what the nose knows about antibiotics, with Devi Shastri. The Endangered Species Act—a 1973 U.S. law designed to protect animals in the country from extinction—may need a fresh look. The focus on “species” is the problem. This has become especially clear when it comes to wolves—recent genetic information has led to government agencies moving to delist the grey wolf. Robert Wayne helps untangle the wolf family tree and talks us through how a better understanding of wolf genetics may trouble their protected status. [Image: Claire N. Spottiswoode/Music: Jeffrey Cook]
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Understanding Climate Change with Bill Nye – StarTalk All-Stars
StarTalk All-Stars Series Premiere: Host Bill Nye the Science Guy and co-host Chuck Nice answer Cosmic Queries about humanity’s major challenge, with a little help from climatologist Dr. Gavin A. Schmidt of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Radiotherapy for brain metastases, trends in C-sections and preterm birth, screening for skin cancer, and more
Editor’s Audio Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the July 26, 2016 issue
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: SRS With or Without WBRT and Cognitive Function in Patients With Brain Metastases
This randomized trial assessed whether patients with 1 to 3 brain metastases who received stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) alone vs SRS combined with whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) had less cognitive deterioration at 3 months.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Cosmic Queries: The Science of Humans at War
Author Mary Roach is back to help host Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Chuck Nice answer fan-submitted questions about the softer side of military science: people, from advances in combat medicine, to the possibility of building super soldiers…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Podcast: An omnipresent antimicrobial, a lichen ménage à trois, and tiny tide-induced tremors
Stories on a lichen *********, tremors caused by tides, and a theoretical way to inspect nuclear warheads without looking too closely at them, with Catherine Matacic. Despite concerns about antibiotic resistance, it seems like antimicrobials have crept into everything—from hand soap to toothpaste, and even fabrics. What does the ubiquitous presence of these compounds mean for our microbiomes? Alyson Yee talks with host Sarah Crespi about one antimicrobial in particular—triclosan—which has been partially banned in the European Union. [Image: T. Wheeler/Music: Jeffrey Cook]
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Burphenorphine for prevention of opioid relapse, gun law reform in Australia, cellulitis review, and more
Editor’s Audio Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the July 19, 2016 issue
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Gun Law Reforms and Firearm Deaths in Australia
This population epidemiology study uses government statistics to compare the number of mass fatal shootings, firearm deaths, and firearm-related and all-cause homicide and suicides before and after enactment of gun law reforms in Australia in 1996.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Unveiling Pluto, with Alan Stern and Neil deGrasse Tyson
Two prominent voices in the “Planet vs. Dwarf Planet” debate, Alan Stern and Neil Tyson, discuss what New Horizons has uncovered about our favorite Kuiper Belt object. In studio, astrobiologist Dr. David Grinspoon and Chuck Nice join the fun.
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