Podcast: Science lessons for the next U.S. president, human high altitude adjustments, and the elusive Higgs bison

Science Magazine Podcast

Science Podcast

News, News Commentary, Science

4.3 • 842 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2016

⏱️ 27 minutes

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This week, we chat about some of our favorite stories—jumping spiders that can hear without ears, long-lasting changes in the human body at high altitudes, and the long hunt for an extinct bison—with Science’s Online News Intern Jessica Boddy. Plus, Sarah Crespi talks to Deputy News Editor David Malakoff about six science lessons for the next U.S. president. [Image: Gil Menda at the Hoy Lab; Music: Jeffrey Cook] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:20.3	Welcome to the science podcast for October 21st, 2016.
1:21.6	I'm Sarah Crespi.
1:26.3	In this week's show, Deputy News Editor David Malikoff is here to talk about scientific issues the next U.S. President
1:28.8	might face, and Jessica Bodie is here with a roundup of stories from our daily news site.
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