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Chimpanzee retirement gains momentum, and x-ray ‘ghost images’ could cut radiation doses

Science Magazine Podcast

Science Podcast

News, News Commentary, Science

4.3842 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Two of the world’s most famous research chimpanzees have finally retired. Hercules and Leo arrived at a chimp sanctuary in Georgia last week. Sarah Crespi checks in with Online News Editor David Grimm on the increasing momentum for research chimp retirement since the primates were labeled endangered species in 2015. Sarah also interviews freelancer Sophia Chen about her piece on x-ray ghost imaging—a technique that may lead to safer medical imaging done with cheap, single-pixel cameras. David Malakoff joins Sarah to talk about the big boost in U.S. science funding signed into law over the weekend. Finally, Jen Golbeck interviews author Stephanie Elizabeth Mohr on her book First in Fly: Drosophila Research and Biological Discovery for our monthly books segment. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. [Image: Crystal Alba/Project Chimps; Music: Jeffrey Cook] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This podcast is supported by the Icon School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,

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the academic arm of the Mount Sinai health system in New York City,

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the world. Morgan continues to address the needs and challenges of the modern urban environment.

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and eight new National Centers of Excellence, Morgan is positioned to achieve Carnegie R1 designation in the next five years.

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To learn more about Morgan and their ascension to R1, visit morgan.edu slash research.

1:17.6

Welcome to the science podcast for March 30, 2018. I'm Sarah Crespi. In this week's show, online news editor, David Grimm, is back with a story on a possible tipping point for chimp retirement in the United States.

1:34.3

Sophia Chen, a freelance science writer, brings a story on ghost imaging or using single pixel detectors to take pictures.

1:42.8

Deputy News editor David Malikoff is here with a rundown of

1:46.0

the record funding boost in U.S. science research. And finally, we have our monthly book segment

1:51.8

with Jen Goldbeck. She interviews Stephanie Elizabeth Moore about her book, First in Fly,

1:57.5

Drozofala Research and Biological Discovery.

2:05.0

Now we have David Grimm, online editor for science.

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