No Inoculation without Representation!
Vaccinations, in one form or another, have been around longer than the United States. In fact, during the Revolutionary War in 1776, future...
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Transistor is podcast of scientific curiosities and current events, featuring guest hosts, scientists, and story-driven reporters. Presented by radio and podcast powerhouse PRX, with support...
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Listen to Transistor, a Science & Medicine podcast by PRX. Stream 62 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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Cosmic Ray Catchers
Cosmic rays from outer space sound like science fiction. They’re not—invisible particles flung from outer space pass through our bodies ever...
Three Letters on Broom Bridge
Every October 16th hundreds of people gather in Dublin to celebrate Ireland's greatest mathematician, William Rowan Hamilton. And get this –...
After A Flood
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma left devastation in their wake all across the southern United States as unimaginable quantities of water swallowe...
Bowl Tastes Delicious
What if the size of our dinner plate, its color, the material of our cutlery - even background sounds - all affect how our food tastes? In o...
Hurry Up and Listen
Underneath our vrooms, beeps, and rumbles, natural sound may be more important than we think.
A Job for the Bee Team
On May 2, 2015, beekeepers Pam Arnold and Kristy Allen got hit with a pesticide. They couldn't see it or smell it, but when they saw their b...
An Ovarian Transplant Between Twins
Thirty-six-year-old twins Carol and Katy are physically identical in every way but one: Katy was born without ovaries, and wanted to start a...
Tick Tock Biological Clock
The headlines are often full of advice for women about when they should have children. Marnie Chesterton goes digging into the fertility sta...
Owning the Clouds
Humans have always been interested in controlling the weather. In the past we used raindances and sacrifices; today we turn to science. Clou...
Spotting Fake Art -- with Math
Visual stylometry is a branch of mathematics that can determine the style of a particular artist’s body of work.
Engineering NYC from Below
Head underground to hear how some of the first subways were built, and how they are built today. This story was originally produced by Bisho...
700 Fathoms Under the Sea
This 1948 graphic shows sound traveling on an axis 700 fathoms down in the Atlantic. Something unusual happens about a half mile under the s...
Sidedoor from the Smithsonian: Shake it Up
For the next few episodes, we’re featuring the Smithsonian’s new series, Sidedoor , about where science, art, history, and humanity unexpect...
Sidedoor from the Smithsonian: Butting Heads
For the next few episodes, we’re featuring the Smithsonian’s new series, Sidedoor , about where science, art, history, and humanity unexpect...
Sidedoor from the Smithsonian: Masters of Disguise
For the next few episodes, we’re featuring select episodes from the Smithsonian’s new series, Sidedoor, about where science, art, history, h...
Dance: It’s Only Human
Bronwyn Tarr with Carimbó dancers. Oxford evolutionary neuroscientist Bronwyn Tarr was in a remote area of Brazil to begin an experiment. On...
The Words are a Jumble
Vissarion Shebalin was not a great composer. But his music could unlock an important truth about how the brain processes music and language....
The Art and Science of Polynesian Wayfinding
Ancient navigators traveled across the Pacific without the aid of maps or instruments. We’ll hear from modern-day navigators in New Zealand,...
Remaking the Science Fair
This episode is brought to you by… science fair memories. I ( your host Genevieve ) remember being inspired to create my sixth grade science...
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