Episodes

California Governor Jerry Brown talks about how states can take the lead on issues like climate change and clean energy. And a strategy for building an immunity to fake news.

A hard look at how the Trump administration and GOP-dominated Congress may affect scientific research and policy. And physicist Carlo Rovelli explains how our understanding of reality has changed over centuries.

What effect has the Obama administration had on science? Plus, we discuss two new NASA missions that will investigate the metal world of asteroids.

A 140-year-old seed study and an evolution project more than 66,000 generations old—we take a look at long-lived experiments. Plus, how to talk about climate change if you want to convince someone it’s happening.

Gravitational waves, the rise of fake news, and Cassini’s mission to Saturn—the big science stories of 2016. And we talk with bubbleologists about the fizz in your champagne flute.

Apollo 13 mission commander Jim Lovell tells the story of the flight’s survival after an explosion in space. Plus, Disney animators discuss how they created the shapeshifting effects of water in the hit film “Moana.”

A deep dive on the hurdles still facing women scientists in 2016, from sexual harassment down to the grant gap. Plus, possible solutions to stem the flow of prescription pain pills contributing to the opioid epidemic.

How an astronaut’s off-duty time can lead to stunning works of art, plus U.S Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil on the future of “big data” in government.

Taxidermy brings both art and science to reanimating the dead, whether in a museum exhibit or at your kitchen table. Plus, we discuss the best science books of 2016.

Aside from writing classic tales of Peter Rabbit, author Beatrix Potter was an avid naturalist who left a large trove of scientific illustrations. Plus, laughing at, and thinking about, the Ig Nobel Awards.