Biden proposes a science-led New Deal to end pandemic suffering
Friday January 15th, 2021 11:00:00 AM President-elect outlines massive investment in public health workers and more to speed COVID-19 vaccinations and therapies
New coronavirus variants could cause more reinfections, require updated vaccines
Friday January 15th, 2021 09:55:00 AM Scientists worry mutations found in Brazil and South Africa could help SARS-CoV-2 evade human antibodies
School risk calculations scrambled by fast-spreading virus strains
Friday January 15th, 2021 09:05:00 AM The Netherlands saw rapid spread through a school and into the community
Biden appoints geneticist Eric Lander as science adviser
Friday January 15th, 2021 08:45:00 AM Post will also be elevated to Cabinet level
COVID-19 cases are soaring in Indonesia. Can a new health minister turn things around?
Friday January 15th, 2021 07:30:00 AM Researchers are hopeful Budi Gunadi Sadikin will take a more science-based approach to the pandemic
Swarms of robotic fish can synchronize their swimming, for the first time
Friday January 15th, 2021 04:45:00 PM Two cameras and light-emitting diode lights enable communication
Science journals to offer select authors open-access publishing for free
Friday January 15th, 2021 02:30:00 PM “Green” open-access route complies with the Coalition S funders’ mandate
Many scientists citing two scandalous COVID-19 papers ignore their retractions
Friday January 15th, 2021 01:00:00 PM Globally discredited hospital data from the company Surgisphere continues to live as reliable evidence—even in leading journals
An elegy for Arecibo, and how our environments change our behavior
Thursday January 14th, 2021 07:00:00 AM On this week’s show: A look at the past, present, and future of the fabled Arecibo Observatory, and what we can learn about how the environment alters human behavior
‘Compelled by stories.’ A marketing expert’s tips for promoting COVID-19 vaccination
Thursday January 14th, 2021 06:20:00 AM Stacy Wood’s new research explores how to persuade people to get the shots