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Oct 8

A moon heist, lava fountains, and predicting doomsday

First up on the podcast, freelance science journalist Robin George Andrews describes Japan’s upcoming Martian Moons eXploration mission that will nab a sample from the surface of Mars’s moon Phobos. The material, due back to Earth in 2031, could reveal the origins of this mysteri ... Show More

47m 40s

Oct 1

Stimulating the brain for women’s health, and the long-term implications of menopausal symptoms

First up on the podcast, Staff Writer Jennie Erin Smith joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about new research on how noninvasive technologies such as transcranial magnetic stimulation are being used in the context of women’s health to tackle everything from postpartum depression to ... Show More

37m 23s

Sep 24

Studying the changing of AI language inside swarms, how orangutans learn to forage, and an astrophysicist talks about loss

First up on the podcast, Staff Reporter Tom Howarth joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about the language artificial intelligence agents evolve inside their swarms. Next on the show, producer Elah Feder talks with Revathe Thillaikumar, a behavioral ecologist and postdoctoral fellow ... Show More

48m 42s

Apr 2023

Are Rats Running This Podcast?

This week, New York City crowned Kathleen Corradi its first rat czar. The new position is part of a multipronged approach from city officials. Reporter and New Yorker Anil Oza called up rodentologists to understand — does their approach withstand the test of scientific research? ... Show More

14m 4s

Jun 2023

Rethinking The Lab Rat

For generations, scientists have leaned on seven key species, including rats and mice, for research. They're called model organisms and they've been standardized over the year — removing as much individuality as possible. But as research questions become more complicated, some re ... Show More

12m 39s

Dec 2021

Strange News: Amazon and Phones, Poisoning an Island of Mice, and the Future of Breathing Through Your Butt

<p>In the wake of disaster, Amazon employees petition to keep their phones with them as they work. Biologists conclude mass poisoning is the best way to combat an island's invasive population of mice. Scientists are, apparently not for the first time, making some pretty serious b ... Show More

52m 48s

Dec 2023

The Rat King

The nightmare vision of black rats tangled by the tail continues to intrigue and revolt us, but what is its origin? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe venture into the sewers of history to seek answers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 2m

Sep 2025

Does warm weather mean more rats in UK towns and cities?

Summer heatwaves and missed bin collections have created panic in the press that rat numbers in the UK are increasing. We ask Steve Belmain, Professor of Ecology at the Natural Resources Institute at the University of Greenwich for the science. This summer Wales became the first ... Show More

32m 27s

Jul 2022

"Will Rats Cause the Next Pandemic?" - Steven Belmain

Professor Steven Belmain is one of the world's leading scientists researching the ecology of rodent behaviour at the Natural Resources Institute in Greenwich, London. Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Locals! https://triggernometry.locals.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnom ... Show More

59m 57s

Jun 2024

E. coli, DNA sniffing, and tracking trees

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.This week: how scientists are getting to grips with the UK's E. coli outbreak. Lettuce leaves look likely to be the source, but how? We find out how atomic bomb tests have help ... Show More

51m 11s

Mar 2025

Measles Misinformation, Ozone Recovery and Woolly Mice

With measles cases on the rise, experts are pushing back against misleading claims about vitamin A as a substitute for vaccination. A Supreme Court ruling has reshaped the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority over water pollution, raising concerns about future environmenta ... Show More

10m 4s

Oct 2021

Ep 983 | Does the Human Gut Hold the Keys to Treating COVID? | Guest: Dr. Sabine Hazan

Are tiny microbes in our digestive systems the key to outcomes from COVID-19? Today, we are joined by Dr. Sabine Hazan, a California gastroenterologist who has over 22 years of experience in clinical trials, to discuss her emerging research on the microbiome. She hypothesizes tha ... Show More

1h 11m

Nov 2024

Pinky and the (lab-grown) Brain

It’s not great to be a lab rat. And it turns out, lab rats might not be that great for science either. Could the future be little lab-grown brain clumps? Guests: Rachel Nuwer, science journalist; Lisa Genzel, professor of neuroscience at Radboud University This episode has been u ... Show More

20m 52s

Counting research rodents, a possible ca...