Science (Audio)

From Electronic Health Records to Space Medicine: Building the Future of Space Healthcare

30 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Space healthcare depends on connected health data that can follow people wherever care happens. Peter DeVault, Epic, explains how electronic health re...

Climate Faith and Collective Responsibility with Bill McKibben

23 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Environmentalist and author Bill McKibben has helped shape how the world understands climate change. In this conversation with Marco Werman, host of T...

Extreme Events in California’s Changing Climate

22 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

How does global warming connect to the extreme weather people experience close to home? Drawing on the work of the Weather Extremes and Climate Impac...

Microgravity at Scale: Turning Insight into Impact

18 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Microgravity can change biological systems in ways that may open new paths for biomedical research and commercialization in space. Twyman Clements, Sp...

Leveraging Space

15 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Stem cell health in space matters for astronaut health and cancer research. Jessica Pham, UC San Diego, explains how spaceflight shapes normal hematop...

Protecting Patients: Privacy-Preserving Computing in Patient Data

12 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Privacy-preserving computation can help hospitals and researchers use sensitive health data without exposing it. Farinaz Koushanfar, Ph.D., UC San Die...

Writing PrairieLearn Questions and Computer-Based Test Practices

11 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Computer-based assessment can change how students practice, test, and learn. Craig Zilles, Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, explains ho...

Green Building in the Age of Wild Fires with Drew Hubbell

09 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Architect Drew Hubbell explores the intersection of sustainable design and architectural artistry, highlighting how thoughtful, aesthetically rich str...

The Geometry of Reasoning and Learning in the Age of Agentic AI with Stefano Soatto

06 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Artificial intelligence affects how we understand the behavior of machine learning systems. Stefano Soatto, VP of Applied Science, Amazon Web Services...

Youth Mental Health and Conversational AI: AI Use for Emotional Support In the Wild

04 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Youth mental health is increasingly shaped by how teens use AI for emotional support outside clinical care. Cinnamon Bloss, Ph.D., UC San Diego, expla...

Growing Human Brains in Space

01 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Brain aging and neurological disease are hard to study because living human brain tissue is difficult to access. Alysson Muotri, Ph.D., UC San Diego, ...

My Life Has Been Lucky! with Shun-Ichi Amari 2025 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Advanced Technology

30 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Shun-ichi Amari received the Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology, specifically in the field of Information Technology, for his work on neural network d...

Design Principles of Development and Renewal Across the Oral-Gut Axis

24 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Organs renew and repair themselves through stem cell systems that respond to injury, microbes, and local signals. Ophir Klein, M.D., Ph.D., of Cedars-...

CARTA: The Idea Organ - Questions Answers and Closing Remarks

22 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Humans live in a world of ideas—born in the brain, shared through language, accumulated in culture across generations, and made reality. From the fi...

Where Are We Now? Bias in Health AI

20 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Bias in health AI can shape who gets care, how fairly risk is measured, and whether automation helps or harms patients. Karandeep Singh, M.D., M.M.S.C...

CARTA: Development and Evolutionary Specializations of Human Cognitive Networks with Nenad Sestan

17 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The extraordinary abilities of the cerebral cortex are central to what sets humans apart from other species. A defining feature of the cortex is its o...

CARTA: The Costs of Big Brains with Alex Pollen

15 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Human brain expansion is often discussed in terms of the genetic and molecular innovations that drove uniquely human cognitive abilities. Yet evolutio...

Artificial Intelligence in (AI-Driven) Healthcare

13 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

AI in healthcare raises urgent questions about bias, privacy, and power. Safiya U. Noble, Ph.D., examines how AI systems can reproduce social and raci...

CARTA: The Human Brain in its Usual Extraordinary and Compromised States with Bruce Miller

11 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Bruce Miller, director of the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center, examines what neurodegenerative disease reveals about the neural...

Germline Epigenetic Imprints Regulate Mammalian Development with Azim Surani 2025 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Basic Sciences

06 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Azim Surani, Director of Research at the Gurdon Institute and Professor Emeritus at University of Cambridge, received the Kyoto Prize in Basic Science...

CARTA: The Transformational Potential of Computer-assisted Brains with Joseph Paradiso

03 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From stone tools and shelters to symbolic art and abstract thought, human history is shaped by a brain built to form and share ideas. Joseph Paradiso,...

Mapping Cognitive Resilience: How Environment Aging and Inflammation Shape Information Encoding in the Hippocampus

02 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Cognitive resilience depends on how the brain responds to environment, aging, and inflammation. J. Tiago Gonçalves, Ph.D., studies the hippocampus to...

Learning Beyond the Data: Adam Klivans on Distribution Shift and the Future of AI

01 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Trustworthy machine learning requires models that still work when real-world data changes, and Adam Klivans, Ph.D., Director of the Institute for Foun...

CARTA: The Evolution of the Human Brain through Shifts in Gene Regulation with Miles Wilkinson

27 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A fundamental question in biology is: how did humans acquire their unique characteristics? What allows us to stand upright, while our primate ancestor...

CARTA: Human Brain Specializations Related to Language and Theory of Mind with James Rilling

21 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Humans excel at transmitting ideas, skills, and knowledge across generations, and at building on those competencies in a cumulative manner. James Rill...

CARTA: Hominin Paleoneurology During the Stone Age - and Before! with Dean Falk

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The distinct biology of the human brain, scaffolded by language and culture, allows ideas to be formed, named, shared, and accumulated across generati...

CARTA: Human-specific Alterations in Brain Cellular Proportions with Genevieve Konopka

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Our brains are engines of imagination—an “idea organ” that has transformed both our species and the planet. Genevieve Konopka, Chair of the Depa...

CARTA: The Idea Organ - Welcome and Opening Remarks

12 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Humans live in a world of ideas—born in the brain, shared through language, accumulated in culture across generations, and made reality. From the fi...

CARTA: Neanderthalizing Brain Organoids with Alysson Muotri

02 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Humans live in a world of ideas—born in the brain, shared through language, accumulated in culture across generations, and made reality. Professor A...

Science and Seafood: Understanding and Protecting a Precious Natural Resource

23 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

If you love seafood, you’re not alone — but every bite comes from a complex and fragile marine ecosystem. To keep our ocean ecosystems thriving an...

Three Ages and Three Intelligences: Exploit Explore Empower with Alison Gopnik

18 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A common model of AI suggests that there is a single measure of intelligence, often called AGI, and that AI systems are agents who can possess more or...

Water Wealth and the Ancestral Circular Economy with Kamanamaikalani Beamer

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The extractive linear economy and policies focused on endless growth have produced unparalleled socioeconomic inequality and the climate crisis. Commu...

CARTA: Ancient DNA: New Revelations - Questions Answers and Closing Remarks

01 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Dramatic advances in ancient DNA technologies have revolutionized our understanding of the human past. As part of the CARTA symposium on Ancient DNA, ...

CARTA: Population Genetics of Latin America and Oceania with Andrés Moreno-Estrada

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Genetic data is transforming the understanding of our own species and refining historical chapters at different scales around the globe. However, desp...

Big Data Better Answers: Optimization at Scale with Courtney Paquette

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Large-scale optimization and machine learning shape modern data science, and Courtney Paquette, Ph.D., McGill University, studies how to design and an...

CARTA: Genetic History of Humans and Animals in South Asia with Maanasa Raghavan

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The human genetic history of South Asia has been shaped by its pivotal location at the crossroads of East and West Eurasia, dramatic landscapes such a...

Stem Cell Pathways Targeting Neurodegenerative Diseases - Medicine Informing Novel Discoveries (MIND)

19 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Stem cell science is reshaping treatment for complex disorders of the brain and spinal cord. Researchers develop cell based therapies to replace lost ...

CARTA: Central Asian Population Genetics and Natural Selection with Ainash Childebayeva

15 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ancient DNA has revolutionized the study of the human past, providing unprecedented insights into ancient migrations and interactions among population...

Technology's Influence on Self-Esteem

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We’re surrounded by digital devices — from phones and tablets to streaming platforms and social media. In this excerpt, Kristy Hamilton, Assistant...

CARTA: The Genetic History of Europe with Johannes Krause

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past decade, archaeogenetics has analyzed more than 15,000 ancient genomes spanning 45,000 years of western Eurasian prehistory, uncovering d...

CARTA: Ancient DNA - New Revelations Welcome and Opening Remarks

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Dramatic advances in ancient DNA technologies have revolutionized our understanding of the human past. Since the publication of the first ancient huma...

Harnessing Nature's Innovations from the Sea

05 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

How do most organisms in the natural world communicate? It's through the language of chemistry. Scripps Institution of Oceanography marine biologist...

The Squiggly Line with Katelyn Jetelina

03 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

How do you navigate a nonlinear, “squiggly line” career in science and public health? Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist and scientific comm...

Technology's Influence on Decision-Making

02 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We’re surrounded by digital devices — from phones and tablets to streaming platforms and social media. In this excerpt, Kristy Hamilton, Assistant...

CARTA: Human Population History in North and East Asia with Choongwon Jeong

26 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Kazakh and Mongolian Steppes span 5,000 kilometers west to east along the northern latitude of Asia. This unique ecozone allowed rapid movements o...

CARTA: Human Microbiome Evolution with Christina Warinner

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Humans have a deep and complex relationship with microbes. Beyond disease, microbes also profoundly shape human health and behavior through their acti...

CARTA: Evolutionary Switches - How Regulatory Variants Shaped Human Evolution with David Gokhman

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

David Gokhman of the Weizmann Institute of Science explores how changes in gene regulation shaped recent human evolution. His team used massively para...

Evolution and Animal Minds with Peter Godfrey-Smith

06 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Godfrey-Smith, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney, explores the evolutionary roots of consciousness by s...

CARTA: Archaic Human Genomes with Diyendo Massilani

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The sequencing of genomes from archaic humans, such as Neanderthals and Denisovans, has transformed our understanding of human evolutionary history. T...

Dissecting the Biological Complexity of Animal Regeneration

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, Ph.D., argues that real progress in understanding regeneration comes from studying whole organisms rather than cells grow...

Economics Always Wins: Climate and Electrification in the 21st Century with Tom Steyer

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Climate investor and philanthropist Tom Steyer, recipient of the 2025 Charles David Keeling Memorial Lecture, talks about the current and future state...

CARTA: Archaic Introgression Reveals Human Dispersals with Janet Kelso

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The genome sequences of Neandertals and Denisovans have provided a wealth of new information about the origins, migrations, and interactions of ancien...

In Vivo Brain Organoid Model to Study Human Neuronal-glia Interactions

22 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

An in vivo brain organoid platform reveals how human neurons and glia interact across development, aging, and disease. Fred H. Gage, Ph.D., generates ...

Genes Communicate Through Twisting: The Story of Supercoiling in DNA

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It is well known that inside nearly every living cell on this planet, there are instructions powering the dynamics of everything in the cell, known as...

A Closer Look at...Stem Cells and Clinical Trials

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Clinical trials turn scientific discoveries into real options for patients and volunteers, advancing care while safeguarding participants. Sheldon Mor...

Following Nature's Lead: Chemistry in Water

10 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nature has been running chemistry experiments for over 4 billion years—yet today, much of modern organic chemistry still depends on wasteful, resour...

Thinking in a Digital World

03 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’re surrounded by digital devices—from phones and tablets to streaming platforms and social media. With so many options at our fingertips, each ...

Sustainably UC Davis Episode 4: Zero Waste

03 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does it really mean to go zero waste? At UC Davis, the answer is both innovative and inspiring. Episode 4 of ‘Sustainably UC Davis’ explores...

That May Be the Chancellor - Episode 12

03 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Wine down with Chancellor May as he meets up with some of the students, staff and faculty from the Department of Viticulture and Enology — recognize...

The Challenge of Building Better Batteries

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Batteries have become an essential component of our daily life. They power our smartphones, laptops, tablets, and many of the cars around us. They are...

Stem Cells for Conservation: Trials and Tribulations of a Non-Model System

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marisa Korody, Ph.D., leads groundbreaking work at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s Beckman Center for Conservation Research, where scientists ...

Stem Cells and Precision Regenerative Medicine in Breast Cancer - Medicine Informing Novel Discoveries (MIND)

11 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Advances in precision medicine and patient advocacy are transforming the way cancer is understood and treated. Nikoo McGoldrick shares her personal jo...

Targeting the MLL Complex in Leukemia

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Scott A. Armstrong, M.D., Ph.D., of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, studies how certain aggressive forms of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) develop and...

Lessons from La Jolla Shores

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For many people, a personal connection to the ocean ties into bigger issues like conservation and climate change. As the biodiversity of marine life a...

Inspiring Young People To Get Out in Nature

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What’s the best way to get college students interested in nature? By getting them outside and teaching them valuable skills in wildlife conservation...

Scientists Find the BEST Lighting Color for Emotional Well-Being

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why does amber light ease stress and anxiety? One theory is that it’s similar to the natural orange light experienced in nature, like sunsets and ca...

Sustainably UC Davis Episode 2: The Student Farm

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At the UC Davis Student Farm, students bring sustainable food systems to life. In Episode 2 of 'Sustainably UC Davis', we explore student-led efforts...

Enzymes Are Everywhere: Here’s How Our Students Design Them

21 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

UC Davis students from multiple disciplines are learning to design enzymes that address challenges in food, energy and health. Through the Design2Data...

From Uncertainty to Early Warning: Advancing Sundowner Wind Science to Reduce Wildfire Risk

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Coastal Santa Barbara is considered one of the most idyllic locations on the North American West Coast, but its beauty is frequently disrupted by fast...

The History of Food: The Universalization of Regional Food Practices

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Stanley Chodorow, Emeritus Professor of History at UC San Diego, traces the evolution of food preservation, preparation, and production from ancient t...

From Labs to Lives: How Research Funding Solves Real-World Problems

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

UC Davis is a powerhouse for breakthroughs and impact. Our interdisciplinary research plays a vital role in building the region’s economy. Our resea...

The Hematopoietic Stem Cell Niche and Implications for Clinical Transplantation

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sean Morrison, Ph.D., from the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern, investigates how stem cells function, regenerate, an...

Sustainably UC Davis Episode 3: Food and Dining

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From sourcing ingredients to sorting waste, sustainability is baked into every part of campus dining. Episode 3 of ‘Sustainably UC Davis’ highlig...

Cellular Reprogramming in Human Disease

13 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Deepak Srivastava, MD, explores how cellular reprogramming offers new hope for treating heart disease. He highlights innovative strategies to regenera...

Bach Lives!

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Considered the godfather of A.I. music, UC Santa Cruz professor and composer David Cope, who died in May, 2025, developed the computer program EMI, or...

The Exploration of Space Asteroids: The Fossils of the Universe

06 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Asteroids, often called “fossils of the solar system,” are remnants from its formation that offer clues about planetary origins and the potential ...

This Fungus Turns Food Waste Into Cuisine

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Chef-turned-chemist Vayu Hill-Maini has a passion: to turn food waste into culinary treats using a fungus called Neurospora intermedia. Visit the post...

Stem Cells and Next Generation Regenerative Medicine Therapies - Medicine Informing Novel Discoveries (MIND)

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about cutting-edge advances in regenerative medicine, from lab breakthroughs to patient impact. Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD, introduces efforts at...

A Closer Look at…Genetic Medicine and Artificial Intelligence

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI and genetic medicine are converging to transform how we diagnose, treat, and prevent disease. Gene Yeo, Ph.D., unites RNA biology with artificial i...

The Art of Scientific Storytelling

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Science communication expert Lisa Warshaw and scientist Rob Signer, Ph.D., offer a practical guide to turning complex research into clear, memorable s...

Bottom-Up Midbrain-Subthalamic Control of Feeding

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

UCLA’s Avishek Adhikari, PhD, presents new research on the role of GABAergic neurons in the brain’s periaqueductal gray (PAG) region. Previously s...

Kumeyaay Ha Kwaiyo - Indigenous Ocean Culture: A Renaissance

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The land we now call Scripps Oceanography has been home to the Kumeyaay people for thousands of years. A history of encroachment, colonization and dis...

Seas the Day: A New Narrative for the Ocean

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for a new narrative for the ocean, one that reflects current scientific knowledge and acknowledges innovative new partnerships and solutions...

Science in the White House: Integrating Solutions to the Triple Crises of Climate Change Loss of Biodiversity and Inequality/Inequity

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Three major global challenges – climate change, loss of biodiversity and its benefits, and inequality and inequity among people – are typically ta...

CARTA: Mismatch: Human Origins and Modern Disease - Questions Answers and Closing Remarks

06 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The human body has traits that evolved at different times, from 1.5 billion to 2 million years ago, each bringing health benefits and risks. Multicell...

CARTA: Three Smokes in the Evolution of the Human Exposome with Caleb Finch

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Humans have long been exposed to three main types of smoke: from early domestic fires, modern wildfires, and more recently, tobacco and fossil fuel po...

CARTA: The Industrialized Gut Microbiome with Justin and Erica Sonnenburg

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The human gut microbiome is tightly linked our health. Our analyses of diverse human populations from around the globe, ranging from hunter-gatherer t...

CARTA: Biocultural Reproduction: The Human Style of Hyper-cooperation with Barry Bogin

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The essence of Being Human is the practice of Biocultural Reproduction (BCR). BCR is defined as the set of marriage and kinship based rules for extra-...

CARTA: Osteoarthritis Back Problems Difficult Birth - Scars of Our Evolution? with Martin Häusler

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Musculoskeletal disorders are one of the most important challenges of modern medicine worldwide. They are often attributed to maladaptations of our bo...

CARTA: Primate Skeletal Gene Regulation: Risks of Human Skeletal Disease Specifically Osteoarthritis with Genevieve Housman

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Phenotypic variation within the skeleton has biological, behavioral, and biomedical functional implications for individuals and species. Thus, it is c...

Walking the Pier: Women in Scripps Plankton Research

15 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Birch Aquarium celebrates the incredible contributions of women in the rich history of marine plankton research at Scripps. Judit Hersko performs ...

CARTA: Does the Placenta Drive the Evolution of Cancer Malignancy with Günter Wagner

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The rate of cancer and cancer malignancy differ greatly among mammalian species. The placental – maternal interface is also highly variable between ...

CARTA: Is There a Point to Periods? The Evolutionary History of Menstruation and Implications of Women's Health with Deena Emera

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Menstruation is the cyclical shedding of the endometrium triggered by falling progesterone levels. Menstruation is a rare trait found in less than 2% ...

Defining the Limits of Metabolic Flexibility of Squamous Cell Carcinoma with William Lowry - Sanford Stem Cell Symposium 2023

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

William Lowry, Ph.D., discusses manipulating metabolic pathways in hair follicle stem cells to inhibit tumorigenesis. By blocking glycolysis and gluta...

CARTA: The Evolution of Powerful Yet Perilous Immune Systems with Andrea Graham

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Pressures of life on Earth experienced by our ancestors – as multicellular beings, as hosts to parasites, and as home to microbes – shaped the evo...

Superradiance: Embodying Earth

01 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Superradiance: Embodying Earth is a multiscreen video and sound installation by artists Memo Akten and Katie Peyton Hofstader that serves as a centerp...

CARTA: Cancer is Normal Development Spun Out of Control with Steve Frank

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Cancer is normal development spun out of control. It is the great plasticity and power of development, without the overarching controls that guide nor...

CARTA: Mismatch: Human Origins and Modern Disease - Welcome and Opening Remarks

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The human body has traits that evolved at different times, from 1.5 billion to 2 million years ago, each bringing health benefits and risks. Multicell...

Artificial Intelligence and Security: A Conversation with Yaron Singer

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Yaron Singer, Vice President of AI and Security at Cisco, co-founded a company specializing in artificial intelligence solutions, which was acquired b...

The History of Metamaterials

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Metamaterials are special structures made of tiny components that give them unique electromagnetic properties not found in nature. One key feature is ...