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Science Magazine Podcast

Probing beyond our Solar System, sea pollinators, and a book on the future of nutrition

Science Magazine Podcast

Science Podcast

News, News Commentary, Science

4.3842 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s show: Plans to push a modern space probe beyond the edge of the Solar System, crustaceans that pollinate seaweed, and the latest in our series of author interviews on food, science, and nutrition After visiting the outer planets in the 1980s, the twin Voyager spacecraft have sent back tantalizing clues about the edge of our Solar System and what lies beyond. Though they may have reached the edge of the Solar System or even passed it, the craft lack the instruments to tell us much about the interstellar medium—the space between the stars. Intern Khafia Choudhary talks with Contributing Correspondent Richard Stone about plans to send a modern space probe outside the Solar System and what could be learned from such a mission. Next up on the show, Myriam Valero, a population geneticist at the evolutionary biology and ecology of algae research department at Sorbonne University, talks with host Sarah Crespi about how a little crustacean might help fertilize a species of algae. If the seaweed in the study does use a marine pollinator, it suggests there may have been a much earlier evolutionary start for pollination partnerships. Finally, we have the next in our series on books exploring the science of food and agriculture. This month, host Angela Saini talks with biochemist T. Colin Campbell about his book The Future of Nutrition: An Insider’s Look at the Science, Why We Keep Getting It Wrong, and How to Start Getting It Right.   This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy.   [Image: Johns Hopkins APL/Mike Yakovlev; Music: Jeffrey Cook]   [alt: illustration of an interstellar probe crossing the boundary of the heliosphere with podcast symbol overlay]   Authors: Sarah Crespi; Rich Stone; Angela Saini; Khafia Choudhary   ++ LINKS FOR MP3 META   Episode page: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade1292     About the Science Podcast: https://www.science.org/content/page/about-science-podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Morgan State University, a Baltimore, Maryland Carnegie R2 doctoral research institution,

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offers more than 100 academic programs and awards degrees at the Baccliorate, Masters, and Doctoral Levels,

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is furthering their mission of growing the future leading the world.

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

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With a four-year quadrupling of research, more than a dozen new doctoral programs,

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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.

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This podcast is supported by the Icon School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, one of America's leading research medical schools.

0:48.1

Icon Mount Sinai is the academic arm of the eight hospital Mount Sinai health system in New York City.

0:55.7

It's consistently among the top recipients of NIH funding. Researchers at ICONMount Sinai have made breakthrough discoveries in

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many fields vital to advancing the health of patients, including cancer, COVID and long COVID,

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cardiology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.

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The Icon School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, we find a way.

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This is the science podcast for July 29, 2022. I'm Sarah Crespi. Each week we talk about the most interesting

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news and research from science and the sister journals. Up first, our intern, Kaffia Chowdrey.

1:37.0

She's going to talk with contributing correspondent Rich Stone about plans to launch an

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interstellar probe, which would leave the solar system and venture out into the space between the stars.

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Up next, researcher Miriam Valero talks with me about tiny crustaceans that appear to be pollinating a red algae.

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This is a very unexpected interaction in a marine setting.

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Finally, we have the latest installment of our series

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of book interviews on science, food, and agriculture. This time, host Angela Saney talks with

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biochemist T. Colin Campbell about his book, The Future of Nutrition.

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