Science Times

The New York Times

4.0 (88)
SCIENCE

Want to know more about black holes? Or progress in the cure for cancer? Learn about the latest news and trends in science, medicine and the environment from the reporters and editors of the popular Science Times section of The New York Times. David Corcoran is your host.

04/07/2015

Crowing of a Red Junglefowl

The crowing of a red junglefowl, ancestor to farm chickens, is shorter.

1 sec
12/22/2014

Climate-Friendly Nuclear Energy

Nuclear energy could help stem climate change, but economic conditions aren’t favorable for many existing nuclear power plants.

7 min
12/22/2014

Farewell

A final word, in alphabetical order, to bid farewell to the Science Times podcast.

2 min
12/22/2014

Is Natural Gas Better?

Natural gas seems to be better for the environment than coal because of its reduced carbon emissions, but environmentalists say it may not be better after all.

10 min
12/22/2014

One-Legged Cycling

Can exercise change our DNA?

10 min
12/16/2014

Infusing Fun Into Cancer Treatment

In California, young patients can lose themselves in a digital dreamworld during their grueling treatments.

8 min
12/16/2014

Monitoring Earth’s Temperature

Scientists arrived at a limit of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit for Earth’s temperature to increase, arguing anything above that will cause significant damage.

9 min
12/16/2014

Reviving an Ancient Pulse

Using modern digital processing, researchers have given sound to some of the earliest written recordings of pulses and heartbeats.

8 min
12/09/2014

Exploring Mars

James B. Garvin, a chief scientist with NASA, discusses the history of Mars exploration, current technological advances and what is still to come in understanding our planetary neighbor.

22 min
12/02/2014

Robot Swarm

A robot exhibit at New York City’s Museum of Math shows how simple interactions lead to large-scale, organized behavior.

7 min

10 Episodes

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88 Ratings

A little bit of everything

08/22/2015

D20chick

A great overview of science news. It doesn't go as in-depth as I'd like but I suppose there are other podcasts for that. It hasn't updated in a whole, though.
This has been cancelled

09/04/2015

theFrederick

Please note there are no new episodes. It's necessary to vote this out of the top 100.
Audio quality has degraded

06/27/2013

sick of idiots

The topics are still interesting, but sometimes the audio quality is just way to poor to listen to. It's frustrating and disappointing, because I know they could be better. The telephone interviews often sound particularly bad. I wish NYT would dedicate some of my print subscription fee to improving the audio quality of the Science Times podcast.
great science podcast

07/08/2015

Saj in ny

Please bring these back

Want to know more about black holes? Or progress in the cure for cancer? Learn about the latest news and trends in science, medicine and the environment from the reporters and editors of the popular Science Times section of The New York Times. David Corcoran is your host.