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Inquiring Minds

Each week we bring you a new, in-depth exploration of the space where science and society collide. W

Episodes

Total: 461

The Coyote Story

2018/9/19

We talk to writer and historian Dan Flores about his book Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural

This week: Kishore takes a closer look at some of the health claims made during the recent Apple Key

We talk to celebrated science journalist Richard Harris about the “reproducibility crisis” in scienc

We talk to political scientist Eric Oliver about the surprisingly high percentage of people who beli

This week: A new study shows we only focus on something a few milliseconds at a time, but we don’t n

We talk to author Andrea J. Buchanan about her experience with a brain injury and how she used playi

This week: A jury decided that Monsanto’s Roundup caused a man’s cancer but the science is murky and

We talk to chemist Joseph Meany about his book Graphene: The Superstrong, Superthin, and Superversat

This week: A Standford study used Google Glass to help kids with autism understand others people’s e

This week: A new study from the University of Bristol showing the way plants accumulate sugar helps

Ben Goldfarb is a writer covering wildlife conservation and fisheries management. We talk to him abo

This week: Italian scientists found a body of liquid water on mars using radar; a new study suggests

We talk to Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, the pediatrician who first proved that Flint’s kids were exposed

This week: New research suggests labeling can increase GMO acceptance; Elle Macpherson’s terrible ne

We talk to sports and business journalist Zach Schonbrun about his new book The Performance Cortex:

This week: New research into using CRISPR to destroy cancer cells with other cancer cells and a stud

We talk to author Richard Munson about his new Nikola Tesla biography Tesla: Inventor of the Modern.

This week: New research exploring the link between air pollution and diabetes; the huge potential of

We talk to Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D, lecturer at Yale university, writer in residence at Yale Medic

This week: New research shows mortality rates level off if you can reach a certain age; the problem