Dog noses detect heat, the world faces coronavirus, and scientists search for extraterrestrial life

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4.3 • 842 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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On this week’s show, Online News Editor David Grimm joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss how dogs’ cold noses may be able to sense warm bodies. Read the research. International News Editor Martin Enserink shares the latest from our reporters covering coronavirus. And finally, from a recording made at this year’s AAAS annual meeting, host Meagan Cantwell talks with Jill Tarter, chair emeritus at the SETI Institute, about the newest technologies being used to search for alien life, what a positive signal would look like, and how to inform the public if extraterrestrial life ever were detected. Episode page: https://www.sciencemag.org/podcast/dog-noses-detect-heat-world-faces-coronavirus-and-scientists-search-extraterrestrial-life This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast Download a transcript (PDF). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Morgan State University, a Baltimore, Maryland Carnegie R2 doctoral research institution,
0:05.0	offers more than 100 academic programs and awards degrees at the Baccliorate, Masters, and Doctoral Levels,
0:12.0	is furthering their mission of growing the future leading the world.
0:16.0	Morgan continues to address the needs and challenges of the modern urban environment.
0:20.0	With a four-year quadrupling of research, more than a dozen new doctoral programs,
0:25.7	and eight new National Centers of Excellence, Morgan is positioned to achieve Carnegie R1 designation in the next five years.
0:33.7	To learn more about Morgan and their ascension to R1, visit morgan.edu slash research.
0:46.1	Welcome to the science podcast for March 6, 2020. I'm Sarah Crespi.
0:51.0	First up this week, I talk with online news editor David Grimm about how dogs' noses may be able to detect heat.
0:58.6	Next, we have international editor Martin Ensring, and he's going to tell us about the latest news on coronavirus.
1:04.8	Finally, in an interview from the AAAS annual meeting, producer Megan Cantwell talks with Jill Tarter about the latest technologies being
1:12.7	used to search for alien life. Now we have online news editor David Grimm, and he's here to share
1:21.6	his favorite online story from the week. Hi, Dave. Hey, Sarah. Okay, so I think I know why this is your favorite.
1:29.3	It involves animals.
1:31.3	It doesn't just involve animals, Sarah.
1:32.7	It involves one of my favorite animals, which is a dog.
1:36.5	Oh, domesticated animals.
1:37.9	Domesticated animals, yes.
1:39.2	Yeah.
1:39.8	So, yes, we love to do dog and cat stories as much as we can.
1:43.8	And this is a really cool one because we sort of feel like we kind of figured everything out
1:47.7	about dogs and even cats.
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