A complete clinical and genetic profile of a rare inherited disorder, steroid 11-hydroxylase deficiency, which can cause genital masculinization in females, is being reported by an international group of researchers. Postnatal screening and treatment m…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: StarTalk All-Stars – New Channel, New Shows
Effective immediately, StarTalk All-Stars will have its own RSS feed, and its own channels on SoundCloud, iTunes, Stitcher, and TuneIn.
***IMPORTANT***: That means you’ll need to subscribe to the new channels on iTunes, SoundCloud, etc. if you want to continue getting your weekly dose of StarTalk All-Stars!
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Cosmic Queries about Cosmic Phenomena
It’s time for another episode of Cosmic Queries! Neil deGrasse Tyson welcomes first time comic co-host Godfrey to ask fan-submitted questions about photons and tachyons; Einstein, black holes and multiple universes; comets, aliens, and so much more.
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Podcast: Bringing back tomato flavor genes, linking pollution and dementia, and when giant otters roamed Earth
This week, we chat about 50-kilogram otters that once stalked southern China, using baseball stats to show how jet lag puts players off their game, and a growing link between pollution and dementia, with Online News Editor David Grimm. Also in this week’s show: our very first monthly book segment. In the inaugural segment, Jen Golbeck interviews Helen Pilcher about her new book Bring Back the King: The New Science of De-extinction. Plus Denise Tieman joins Alexa Billow to discuss the genes behind tomato flavor, or lack thereof. Listen to previous podcasts. [Image: Dutodom; Music: Jeffrey Cook]
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Beating Relationship Boredom
Are you bored in your relationship? If so, there is no shortage of advice on the internet for how to combat it (from Boredom Busters to Spicy Sex Tips for Bored Couples). The overwhelming advice on the internet is to simply spice things up when bored…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Continuous glucose monitoring in type 1 diabetes, disparities in cancer mortality, screening for COPD, and more
Editor’s Audio Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the January 24, 2017 issue
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Sex Differences in Kissing: A Quick Review
Studies have shown that women place greater importance on kissing than do men. Females are more likely to use kissing “…as a means of initiating, maintaining, and monitoring the current status of their relationship with a long-term partne…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Science of Fitness, with Terry Crews
SEASON PREMIERE: It’s time to get pumped up when Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews former NFL star and actor Terry Crews about physical fitness. In studio, Neil and Chuck Nice team up with exercise physiologist Dr. Felicia Stoler and neural science profes…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Podcast: Explaining menopause in killer whales, triggering killer mice, and the role of chromosome number in cancer immunotherapy
This week, we chat about a surprising reason why killer whales undergo menopause, flipping a kill switch in mice with lasers, and Fukushima residents who measured their own radiation exposure[link tk], with Online News Editor Catherine Matacic. Plus, Science’s Alexa Billow talks to Stephen Elledge about the relationship between chromosomal abnormalities in tumors and immunotherapy for cancer. Listen to previous podcasts. [Image: Copyright Kenneth Balcomb Center for Whale Research; Music: Jeffrey Cook]
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: “Netflix and Chill?”: Are Friends With Benefits Relationships the New Norm?
In decades past, “dating” was the primary way people developed relationships – people would get a feel for each other and, if things felt right, they would eventually engage in physical intimacy. Recent research, however, suggests t…
