The contagious buzz of bumble bee positivity, and when snow crabs vanish

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4.2 • 791 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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First up on the podcast, the Bering Sea’s snow crabs are bouncing back after a 50-billion-crab die-off in 2020, but scientists are racing to predict what’s going to happen to this important fishery. Contributing Correspondent Warren Cornwall joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss what’s next for snow crabs. Next on the show, freelance producer Elah Feder talks with Fei Peng, a professor in the department of psychology in the School of Public Health at Southern Medical University in Guangzhou, China, and principal investigator at the Great Bay Area Brain Science and Brain Inspired Research Center, about detecting emotions—or more scientifically “affect”—in bumble bees. His group observed how a bumble bee that appears to be hopeful can share this state with other bees. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. About the Science Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast is supported by Jian Zhao Tong, Liverpool University, where East meets West to redefine the future of learning and discovery.
0:08.9	We're turning 20 in 2026.
0:11.6	Celebrate with us as we honor two decades of breakthroughs, cross-cultural exchange, and world-changing research.
0:18.8	Curious about how we're making waves?
0:24.8	Join the party at www.xjtl.org.org.org.
0:26.2	c.n.
0:26.6	slash E.N.
0:30.4	This is a science podcast for October 23rd, 2025.
0:34.9	I'm Sarah Crespi.
0:36.1	First this week, the Bering Seed snow crabs are bouncing back after 50 billion died off in 2020.
0:43.8	But scientists are racing to predict what's going to happen next to this important fishery.
0:48.4	Contributing correspondent Warren Cornwall joins me to discuss what's next for snow crabs.
0:54.1	Next on the show, freelance producer Ella Fetter is back with more bugs.
0:58.5	She talks with researcher Fay Pung about detecting emotions, or more scientifically affect, in bumblebees.
1:05.2	His group observed how a bumblebee, that appears to be hopeful hopeful can share the state with other bees.
1:17.3	This week of the science, we go back to the Arctic with contributing correspondent Warren Cornwall.
1:22.4	He delves into the enormous snow crab die-off in 2020.
1:27.1	It's recovery and the implications for fisheries worldwide.
1:30.6	Hi, Ward.
1:31.0	Welcome back.
1:31.7	Hi, Sarah.
1:32.2	Great to be here.
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