David Grimm
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Baltimore, MD, United States
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Harvard studies on infant monkeys draw fire, split scientists
Neuroscience experiments involving eyelid suturing and maternal separation seen as important by some, cruel by others → Read More
Major coronavirus variant found in pets for first time
Infected cats and dogs experience serious symptoms, but it’s unclear whether the virus is causing them → Read More
These adorable puppies may help explain why dogs understand our body language
Study suggests social intelligence is genetically hardwired in our canine companions → Read More
The archaeological record is full of dog poop
Method designed to distinguish ancient human from canine feces reveals surprises → Read More
Watch wolf puppies stun scientists by playing fetch
Some dog behaviors may have been present before domestication → Read More
Yes, You Should Walk Your Cat
Today’s indoor cat is a tiger robbed of his dominion, a Lamborghini left idling in the garage. → Read More
A big increase in monkey research and an overhaul for the metric system
On this week’s show: Record numbers of monkeys are being used in labs, and the metric system is set to be transformed → Read More
A polio outbreak threatens global eradication plans, and what happened to America’s first dogs
On this week’s show: A vaccine-derived polio outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo leads to tough choices for public health experts, and new evidence points to Siberian origins for America’s first dogs. → Read More
Tracking ancient Rome’s rise using Greenland’s ice, and fighting fungicide resistance
On this week’s show: What lead pollution from the Roman Empire that fell on Greenland can tell us, and the emergence of resistance to antifungal drugs challenges human health and food security → Read More
A possible cause for severe morning sickness, and linking mouse moms’ caretaking to brain changes in baby mice
Stories on a possible cause for severe morning sickness and how a mother mouse's care for her pups might trigger changes to the genomes in their brain cells → Read More
Neandertals that made art, live news from the AAAS Annual Meeting, and the emotional experience of being a scientist
Live news stories from the AAAS Annual Meeting, new dates on cave paintings reveal a Neandertal’s hand, and a review of a geologist’s book on wild times in Iceland → Read More
Genes that turn off after death, and debunking the sugar conspiracy
Stories on what we can learn from gene activity after death, and whether the sugar industry really influenced U.S. nutrition policy → Read More
Happy lab animals may make better research subjects, and understanding the chemistry of the indoor environment
Stories on how making lab animals happy may make them better experimental models, and the chemistry that’s happening in the air and on surfaces in our homes → Read More
Following 1000 people for decades to learn about the interplay of health, environment, and temperament, and investigating why naked mole rats don’t seem to age
Stories on a comprehensive study of all the babies born in 1 year at small New Zealand hospital, and how naked mole rats break a biological aging law → Read More
Salad-eating sharks, and what happens after quantum computing achieves quantum supremacy
Stories on seagrass-consuming bonnethead sharks, tracing whale routes through their barnacles, and which domains of science might benefit from quantum computing → Read More
Who visits raccoon latrines, and boosting cancer therapy with gut microbes
Stories on the dangers of masked-bandit bathrooms and microbiotic clues to why some cancer patients respond better to immunotherapy → Read More
The biggest scientific breakthroughs of the year, now in video form!
A video compilation of some of the biggest advances of 2017 → Read More
Science’s Breakthrough of the Year, our best online news, and science books for your shopping list
Stories on our Breakthrough of the Year, top online stories, and science books to hit or miss → Read More
Putting the breaks on driverless cars, and dolphins that can muffle their ears
Questioning our assumptions on autonomous vehicles, and dolphins and whales that can protect themselves from loud noise → Read More
Debunking yeti DNA, and the incredibly strong arms of prehistoric female farmers
Podcast: Debunking yeti DNA, and prehistoric women’s manual labor exceeded that of modern athletes, according to their bones → Read More