Santa Claus is a ticking time-bomb. Not only does he eat copious amounts of sugar and drink gallons of beer, he is also at risk of altitude sickness, deep-vein thrombosis, jet-lag, zoonotic diseases from exposure to wild reindeer and countless other problems associated with lack of sleep and poor diet. Not to mention all [...]
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This week on the Nature Podcast, how iron in the oceans could clean up carbon, the genome of the hardy plant sorghum is revealed, chemists make a nausea-inducing molecule and we talk to news editor Mark Peplow about stem cell trials, abandoned plutonium and mimicking the sun’s fusion.
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This month in NeuroPod, we celebrate fifty years of pheromones, discover how brain cells know who to network with, hear why imaging might be giving us a misleading picture of brain activity, and discover how sleeping lightly at night could be making you forgetful the next day.
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In episode 82 , I continue my talk with Dr Allie Ford who is an astronomer at Monash University on the topic of astrobiology.
- Extremophiles
- Could life exist deep inside the Jovian planets?
- Why would it be beneficial to find life elsewhere?
- Europa as a possible candidate for life
- How likely is it that life [...]
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier Guest: Saul Silverstein
Vincent, Dick, and Saul talk about discoveries in virology that have had a major impact on the field.
Sem•i•nal (adjective): strongly influencing later developments
Gates Foundation donates to polio eradication effort.
Testing a bivalent oral poliovirus vaccine in India.
We played a clip from net@night episode 83.
Science blog of the week: Research Blogging
Science podcast pick of the week: Boston Museum of [...]
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In episode 81, , I talk to Dr Allie Ford who is an astronomer at Monash University on the topic of astrobiology.
What is astrobiology?
Do amino acids lead to life?
What is life anyway?
What conditions are required for life?
The possibility of life elsewhere in our solar system
Could life have come to Earth from elsewhere?
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This week, we question a basic assumption of brain imaging studies, hear how the internet is set to revolutionise emergency response systems, find uses for bendy semiconductors, and discover that the seasons, they are a changin’.
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Having worked in maths communication throughout 2008, I thought it about time to reflect on the 2008 year in maths, so here are the maths stories from 2008 that caught my eye. I’m sure I have left out many mathematical stories from the year, so please let me know of anything you think I should [...]
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Host: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Jeremy Luban
Vincent and Jeremy, in Saanen, Switzerland, review the 19th Challenge in Virology meeting, and implications of a new HIV-1 sequence from 1960 for the origin of AIDS.
NY Times article on Offit vaccine book.
Nature paper on new 1960 HIV-1 sequence.
Massive polio immunization in Pakistan.
PLoS paper on T cell responses to HERVs in HIV-1 infection.
Science blog of the week: Eye on DNA by Dr. Hsien-Hsien [...]
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Episode 53 of the Brain Science Podcast is a discussion of Did My Neurons Make Me Do It?: Philosophical and Neurobiological Perspectives on Moral Responsibility and Free Will by Nancey Murphy and Warren S. Brown. This book challenges the widespread fear that neuroscience is revealing an explanation of the human mind that concludes that [...]
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