Cargo-sorting molecular robots, humans as the ultimate fire starters, and molecular modeling with quantum computers

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Science Podcast

News, News Commentary, Science

4.3 • 842 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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This week we hear stories on the gut microbiome’s involvement in multiple sclerosis, how wildfires start—hint: It’s almost always people—and a new record in quantum computing with Online News Editor David Grimm. Andrew Wagner talks to Lulu Qian about DNA-based robots that can carry and sort cargo. Sarah Crespi goes behind the scenes with Science’s Photography Managing Editor Bill Douthitt to learn about snapping this week’s cover photo of the world’s smallest neutrino detector. Listen to previous podcasts. [Image: Curtis Perry/Flickr; Music: Jeffrey Cook] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast is supported by the Icon School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,
0:04.0	the academic arm of the Mount Sinai health system in New York City,
0:07.5	and one of America's leading research medical schools.
0:10.7	What are scientists and clinicians working on to improve medical care and health for women?
0:15.5	Find out in a special supplement to Science magazine prepared by the Icon School of Medicine
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0:43.0	Welcome to the Science Podcast for September 15, 2017.
0:44.5	I'm Sarah Crespi.
0:51.1	In this week's show, Lulu Chen talks about building a cargo sorting molecular robot.
0:57.7	Bill Douthit joins us to discuss this week's cover photo of the world's smallest neutrino detector.
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