Top Life Sciences Episodes
Each month the Repod listeners vote on the best Life Sciences episodes on the month. To contribute to the charts download Repod and like 🧡 your favorite episodes.
The list of the top 10 Life Sciences episodes for June 2022 is compliled from Repod’s podcast app chart data. The list below is updated monthly, daily Life Sciences charts can be found inside the app.
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UnexplainableA 150-year-old humanTwo scientists. A billion-dollar wager. One unanswered question: Is the first human who will live to 150 already alive? The technology to make that happen may already be in development. But if it works, there will be new, unsettling questions for humankind to answer.For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainableIt’s a great...
"Super fascinating. Especially the 2nd half of the episode when it talks about the implications on society of living an extra long life. "
"Super fascinating. Especially the 2nd half of the episode when it talks about the implications on society of living an extra long life. "
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Lab NotesThe novelist and the scientistWhen neuroscientist Christina Kim published an important research study, her close friend, novelist Yaa Gyasi, wanted to understand more about her friend’s work, so she asked to shadow her in the lab. That experience eventually formed the basis for Gyasi’s moving novel about addiction and mental illness, Transcendent Kingdom....
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Lab NotesSCANning for coronavirusIn the winter of 2019, a series of storms dubbed “Snowpocalypse” dumped more than 20 inches of snow on the Seattle area, forcing the closure of schools and businesses. This weather-induced social-distancing caused flu cases to plummet. What researchers learned from these snowstorms helped prepare them for the coronavirus pandemic...
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Lab NotesA face mask that detects coronavirusWhat if there were a face mask that could tell you you're infected with coronavirus before you ever show symptoms? In this episode we chat with Allen Distinguished Investigator Jim Collins from MIT and the Wyss Institute, about a wearable diagnostic that could help in the fight to trace and...
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Lab NotesStarved but unable to eat: Life with Crohn'sAldan Beaubien was in high school when a smorgasbord of bagels, cream cheese and apple juice left him in agony. Months later, doctors diagnosed him with Crohn's disease. Now an IT engineer at a research institute studying the disease, Aldan has new hope for better treatments or even a cure....
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Lab NotesTaming the BeastWhen the first U.S. COVID-19 cases began arriving at the hospital, doctors nicknamed the illness "The Beast" because of the way it attacked the body. Dr. Ryan Padgett treated several patients before he himself became infected and nearly died. How can this beast be tamed? A team of researchers in...
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Editors Choice: Top Life Sciences Shows
With so many different podcasts to choose from, which ones are the best of the best? We've combed through the top podcast shows and have come up with a list of the best Life Sciences podcasts to listen to in 2020.
The list of the top 3 best Life Sciences podcasts of 2022 is a compilation of the editor’s choice + collaboration with the Repod community.
Short WaveEvery weekday, podcast host Madie Sophia takes listeners on a journey of science “on a different wavelength”. Science is beautiful when it's not all jargon and equations. On Short Wave, non-science folks get a chance to appreciate the most basic elements of science. They get to learn discoveries, new mysteries, exciting knowledge, and elemental science life hacks. ...
UnexplainableUnexplainable is a science show about everything we don’t know. Host Noam Hassenfeld is joined by an array of experts and Vox reporters each week to look at the most fascinating unanswered questions in science and the mind-bending ways scientists are trying to answer them. New episodes drop every Wednesday. From Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network....
The Naked Scientists PodcastThe Naked Scientists flagship science show brings you a lighthearted look at the latest scientific breakthroughs, interviews with the world's top scientists, answers to your science questions and science experiments to try at home....
Travis Osterhaus | June 01, 2022
Selecting a new podcast isn't always easy as it depends on the style of the podcast, host, guests, length of the episode, whether it's an interview or a story, an episode or an entire series, topic at hand, and many other factors. You could waste lots of time randomly listening to podcasts or, with the help of the Repod community, explore the best Life Sciences podcasts as voted upon by the Repod community. Read on to discover podcast recommendations that we've organized by 1) the top episodes and 2) our pick for the top shows.