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Podcast: Coronavirus ‘antidote’ from recovered patient blood? Did the virus escape from a lab? Anti-science activism causes needless harm

Posted April 17, 202000:44:53

While political leaders and scientists speculate that coronavirus is beginning to loosen its grip on the world, hospitals are considering using the...

Vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit explains the 'dos and dont's' of battling scientific misinformation

Posted December 18, 201900:41:40

Doing good science is hard. Effectively communicating that science to the public might be even harder. Nobody knows this better than Paul Offit. An...

Podcast: Epidemiologist Geoffrey Kabat explains how junk science gets published—and how to spot it in the headlines

Posted November 14, 201900:51:29

Bad scientific research is everywhere. There are junk studies suggesting that the same foods cause and prevent cancer, Darwinian evolution is false...

Podcast: Can we 'outsmart' cancer with synthetic biology? Dr. Tim Lu on the progress toward customized disease treatment

Posted November 7, 201900:21:34

Cancer is a devastating disease. It kills more than half a million people annually and we spend nearly $150 billion each year on cancer care. The situation...

Podcast: Plant diseases destroy $220 billion worth of crops annually. Meet the scientists who are fighting to protect our food supply

Posted October 24, 201900:34:19

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