#SciencePodcast

A newly resurfaced photo taken by Rosalind Franklin—photo 49—shows she was aware of the helical structure of DNA and explains why her published image—photo 51—does not have indications of her understanding of its shape. Learn more in the latest episode of the #SciencePodcast🎙️:

In the 1950s, scientists tried to define "normal" humans. The problem? They couldn't find any. The Normals, a #SciencePodcast🎙️ series that explores this story, has won Silver in the Science & Education: Limited Series and Specials category at the @signalawards! Check out the award-winning series:

Does democracy mean elections, freedom of the press, social mobility, or something else? In this week's #SciencePodcast🎙️, @whoisjonchu joins @boron110 to talk about how people around the world define democracy. 🎧 Listen here:

In the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, researcher Javier Birchenall discusses predictions of world-ending crises—starting with a prediction published in a Science paper in 1960 that suggested Earth’s population would reach a singularity on 13 November 2026. 🎧 Listen here:

Facebook users die. So do smart device users, YouTubers, and video game streamers. Yet few of today’s technologies are built to accommodate this reality. In the second of the #SciencePodcast🎙️ six-part series on books exploring the science of death, host Angela Saini talks with Tamara Kneese about what happens to our online lives when we die.

Why is #LightPollution so difficult to measure? A recent #SciencePodcast🎙️ episode tackled this question, and looked at how coordination between disciplines will help us darken the nights. 🎧 Listen here on #InternationalPodcastDay:

If there are many organic growers together, pesticide use goes down—but conventional farms tend to use more pesticides when side by side with organic farms. Hear more about the effects of organic farms on their neighbors on the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️:

Glucose isn’t the only molecule in the body that can be monitored in real time; proteins can be, too. In the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, researcher Jane Donnelly shares what we could learn from the live monitoring of key proteins.

In a recent #SciencePodcast🎙️, a robot that can predict your smile. Roboticist @hodlipson joins @boron110 to discuss how mirrors can help robots learn to make facial expressions and eventually improve robot nonverbal communication. 🎧 Listen here:

On this week's #SciencePodcast🎙️ with @boron110, @spoke32, @michaelpricesci, and @SeungminPark_: ▶️ The mystery behind mummy chemistry ▶️ How having a smart toilet can contribute to your health 🎧 Listen here:

Scientists are proposing a faraway fleet of telescopes that would use light bent by the Sun’s gravity to magnify a distant exoplanet. Learn more in the first #SciencePodcast🎙️ of 2026:

In this week's #SciencePodcast🎙️ with @boron110, @yashastone, @hholdenthorp, and Anthony Fauci: ➡️ The state of science in Ukraine ➡️ A conversation with Fauci as he prepares to step down 🎧 Listen here:

In the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, freelance science journalist Hannah Richter joins to discuss @NASA’s plans to send a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars in less than 3 years. 🎧 Listen here:

Are your earliest childhood memories still lurking in your mind—or gone forever? In this #SciencePodcast🎙️, Sara Reardon and @boron110 discuss ongoing experiments that aim to determine when the forgetting stops and why it happens in the first place.

Although long touted as a green fuel, the traditional approach to hydrogen production is not very sustainable. Staff writer Robert F. Service joins the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️ to discuss how researchers are aiming to improve electrolyzers with more efficient and durable designs.

On this week's #SciencePodcast🎙️: the future of science in Russia. @boron110 speaks with journalist Olga Dobrovidova about why so many scientists have left the country, and the situation for those who remain. 🎧 Listen here:

In the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, food policy researcher Ben Belton discusses what appears to drive drone use in agriculture and how they might make farming more productive and sustainable. 🎧 Listen here:

What killed off North America’s megafauna, such as dire wolves and saber-toothed cats? @MichaelPriceSci joins @boron110 on the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️ to talk about the likely culprits: climate or humans, or a new contender—fire. 🎧 Listen here:

In the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, researcher Nathalie Stroeymeyt discusses how humans aren’t the only species that takes public health measures to stop outbreaks. 🎧 Listen here:

On this week's #SciencePodcast🎙: What we can learn from two super massive blackholes that appear to be on a collision with each other, and communicating science in the age of social media. 🎧 Listen here ➡