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March 14, 2025
Fungal networks in the ground ferry crucial nutrients to plants. How do brainless organisms form complex supply chain networks? Plus, in this year’s baseball spring training, the new Automated Ball-Strike System is helping settle challenges to home plate pitch calls. And, the evolving science of how childhood trauma shapes adults.
25:05
Forty Years Of The Endangered Species Act
Currently, there are 2,142 U.S. and foreign species protected under the Endangered Species Act.
12:11
App Chat: Cutting Clutter From Your Inbox
Ellis Hamburger, a reporter for The Verge, talks about a few of his favorite mail-managing apps.
46:44
Oliver Sacks And The Search For The Giant Squid
In this 1997 conversation, neurologist Oliver Sacks describes the island of the colorblind, then chats with a researcher searching for giant squid.
17:13
Temple Grandin: ‘My Mind Works Like Google Images’
In this 2006 interview, Temple Grandin explains how her autism helps her understand animal behavior.
30:00
Carl Sagan: ‘Science Is a Way of Thinking’
In this 1996 interview, Carl Sagan talks about pseudoscience, UFOs, and the origins of the universe.
46:26
A Year of Ups and Downs for Science
Ira Flatow and a panel of editors and bloggers discuss the year’s biggest science stories.
6:35
Out of the Bottle: Wine Flavor
A researcher from Cornell details the chemical composition of wine’s diverse flavor profiles.
27:26
Christmas Bird Count 2013
An update from the annual birding holiday tradition: the Audubon Christmas Bird Count.
11:46
Unpacking DARPA’s and Google’s Robotics Interests
Google has purchased eight robotics companies in the last half-year.
24:30
Reggie Watts Builds a Synthesizer, Bit by Bit
How do synths work? Reggie Watts shows off a synthesizer you can build yourself.