Radio Archives - Science Update

Here you can browse the extensive archive of Science Update’s flagship daily, minute-long, syndicated radio show (now also known as the Science Update Podcast – Daily Edition)—by date or by topic. You can also find past episodes of the Science Update Podcast – Weekly Edition. And don’t forget: you can search by keyword in the box on the upper right of every page.

Recent Archives

Motor Skills Roundup

Apr 9, 20101 min read

Children with impaired muscle coordination may benefit from learning to perform magic tricks.

Nose Biometrics

Apr 8, 20101 min read

Your nose may be an efficient and useful form of ID.

Sizing Up Dogs II

Apr 7, 20101 min read

A listener asks whether it’s true that large dogs don’t live as long as small dogs.

Sizing Up Dogs I

Apr 6, 20101 min read

A listener asks whether large dogs are more intelligent than small dogs.

Reindeer Clocks

Apr 5, 20101 min read

Most mammals have internal clocks that regulate their daily cycles, but not reindeer.

Podcast

Apr 2, 20100 min read

Contact lenses that could treat glaucoma, and could you get more out of a 20-minute workout than a 4-hour one? Also, a nose for identification, and why we can’t smell deadly carbon monoxide gas.