Venture into the wild with Neil deGrasse Tyson and legendary primatologist Jane Goodall. Featuring comic co-host Chuck Nice, biological anthropologist Dr. Jill Pruetz, primatologist Natalia Reagan, and Sarah Baeckler, former President and CEO of Projec…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: #ICYMI – Playing with Science at BAM, with Sasha Cohen & Neil deGrasse Tyson
In case you missed this episode on the Playing with Science channel… We’re taking to the ice as we explore the physics of figure skating with host Chuck Nice, Olympic medalist Sasha Cohen, neuroscientist Dr. Heather Berlin, and resident astrophysicist …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Deciphering talking drums, and squeezing more juice out of solar panels
Researchers have found new clues to how the “talking drums” of one Amazonian tribe convey their messages. Sarah Crespi talks with Online News Editor Catherine Matacic about the role of tone and rhythm in this form of communication.
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: RCT Issue: Fitbit and Exercise for PAD, Effects of DAPT on Post-CABG SVG Patency, Lonafarnib for Progeria, and more
Editor’s Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the April 24, 2018 issue
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: #ICYMI – 2018 Soccer Tech: Beyond Sports & Telstar 18
In case you missed this episode on the Playing with Science channel…We look to the future of soccer and prepare for the 2018 FIFA World Cup as we investigate Beyond Sports VR technology and the new Adidas Telstar 18 with hosts Gary O’Reilly, Chuck Nice…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Extended Classic – Cosmic Queries The Random Edition
This week, Chuck Nice asks Neil deGrasse Tyson fan-submitted questions on a range of topics we couldn’t answer in other episodes. Now extended with a session of “Neil’d It” – where Neil and Chuck comb Internet comments to see if the science is right. (…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: HIV-1 viruses transmitted at birth are resistant to antibodies in mother’s blood
Of the genetically diverse population of HIV-1 viruses present in an infected pregnant woman, the few she might transmit to her child during delivery are resistant to attack by antibodies in her blood, according to new research.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Drug use in the ancient world, and what will happen to plants as carbon dioxide levels increase
Armed with new data, archaeologists are revealing that mind-altering drugs were present at the dawn of the first complex societies some 5000 years ago in the ancient Middle East. Contributing writer Andrew Lawler joins Sarah Crespi to discuss the evide…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Does concussion recovery and symptom severity differ between men and women?
A new study comparing male and female athletes examined whether there are clear sex-related differences in post-concussion symptom severity and length of recovery.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: LDL-Lowering Benefit by Baseline LDL Levels, Comparative Efficacy of Newer Diabetes Drugs, Guideline on Vitamin D and Calcium to Prevent Fractures, and more
Editor’s Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the April 17, 2018 issue