Podcasts

For all the life-saving pharmaceuticals, surgeries and devices it provides, modern medicine is still rather imprecise. Chemotherapy drugs, for instance, ...

Paul Offit has forged a second career as an influential spokesman for scientific thinking ...

In the early 20th century, Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch revolutionized agriculture. The two German chemists developed a technique, now ...

Stories of sneaky sheep, substandard racing stallions, and news from the front lines of the sperm wars ...

Activists in Australia are manipulating politicians with fear and doubt to restrict farmer choice ...

Babies are constantly surrounded by human language, always listening and processing. Eventually they put sounds together to produce a "daddy," or a ...

South Australia is the only mainland state that bans farmers from growing genetically modified food. The ban's been in place ...

Everywhere we look these days, someone is talking about the potential for artificial intelligence and machines to change the face ...

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) often gets a bad rap, but farmers have been using them for decades to feed the ...

Geneticist Kat Arney takes a look at the science of de-extinction, asking whether it's feasible - or even ethical - ...

Bad research can put people's lives at risk, so addressing problems with peer review is essential ...

We've heard a lot in recent years about the harmful impacts of bullying, especially cyber-bullying aimed at children. But rarely ...

Exploring the latest advances in medical biotechnology including CRISPR-based gene therapies, infection-fighting viruses and a cure for HIV. Plus reflections ...

On this episode of Biotech Facts and Fallacies, Tim Lu talks to Cameron English about Senti's progress toward "outsmarting complex ...

Many millions of words have been written about GMO crops. As a result, most people know they can now buy ...

The Impossible Burger has exploded in popularity across the US, with grocery stores and popular fast-food chains like Burger King ...

We unearth the story of Edith Rebecca Saunders, co-founder of The Genetics Society and the ‘mother of British plant genetics’ ...

Looking at the massive selection of goods available in US grocery stores, most consumers likely don't realize just how hard ...

Cotton production is a global industry. Grown by approximately 80 countries, the crop is primarily harvested for fiber to make ...

In recent years, Farm Aid's laudable effort to support US agriculture has morphed into a promotional event for organic food ...

Agricultural scientists Karen Cox of West Virginia University and Dan Lima of Ohio State University offer a crash course on ...

Get your hands dirty by delving into the microbiome - the trillions of bacteria that live inside our guts ...

Farmers need nitrogen fertilizer to maximize crop yields. Without it, our food supply would be nowhere near as abundant as ...

Here's a question for you: what if there were dangerous toxins that could make their way into your food, but ...

In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) published a monograph concluding that glyphosate, the active ingredient in ...

While the GMO controversy rages, a handful of companies are taking another innovative approach to crop protection ...

Forget the headlines about ‘Frankenfoods’ - there's a much richer and more nuanced story to be told about the history ...