Treehoppers are tiny bugs with some of the funkiest exoskeletons! Recent research suggests that in some species, the extravagant ornamentation on their shell can actually help sense the tiny electric fields given off by their predators and friendlier bugs. This episode covers the wonderful research of Music:"Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"Evening" Kevin MacLeod

Meet the colugo, nature’s attempt at making a squirrel, a bat, and a blanket all at once. It doesn’t actually fly, it just commits to falling with style. By day, it clings to trees, snoozing away the daylight. By night, it launches itself from tree to tree, munching on leaves with their very very special chompers.Music:Kalimba Relaxation Music Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Ethereal

If you ask me, the giraffe assassin bug gets a little too cozy with spiders for comfort. But then again, when you’re a tiny predator with a towering neck and a dagger for a mouth—living in Australia, no less—you’re probably not losing sleep over a few creepy crawliesIf you would like a more visual experience with me speaking over my sketches, please visit Sketchbook Biology on YouTube.Here's a few scientific articles where you can learn more about this not-so adorable, but very cool bug:Biology

This week on BioTech Nation, Dr. Neal Kassell, founder of the Focused Ultrasound Foundation, introduces us to a powerful, non-invasive technology that’s already changing lives, and it doesn’t involve surgery, injections, or pills.

Neeru A. Vallabh, MBBS, FRCOphth, PhD, FEBOS-GL, recaps her article, “The Role of Anterior Segment OCT in MIGS,” which was featured in the March/April issue of Glaucoma Today. Dr. Vallabh explores how this mode of advanced imaging can enhance the patient evaluation and surgical results, reviewing its utility for preoperative evaluation and intraoperative adjustments and its ability to provide insights into postoperative outcomes.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comThree years ago, Razib recorded two podcasts with two immigration experts on different sides of the issue, Alex Nowrestah and Jason Richwhine. While Nowrasteh, who works for the libertarian Cato Institute as Vice President for Economic and Social Policy Studies, supports higher levels of legal immigration, Richwine, a Resident Scholar at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), favors lower levels of inflows into the US

The results from a new longitudinal study contradict classic findings in monkeys but may not warrant a rewriting of the textbooks just yet.

In Fiscal Year 2024, whistleblower cases reached an all-time high of 979, signaling increased scrutiny of healthcare fraud. Just days after announcing a massive $14.6 billion healthcare fraud takedown involving 324 defendants, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a False Claims Act (FCA) Working Group on July 2, 2025. This cross-agency task force is laser-focused on tightening enforcement and closing regulatory loopholes across the life sc...

Jeffrey Cohen, MD, Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, and Director of the Experimental Therapeutics Program at the Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, reviews the latest international guidelines from the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) and EBMT on the use of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) in relapsing multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica

What if the secret to making continuous bioprocessing practical, sustainable, and far simpler has been shaking - literally - just beneath our feet? For years, the industry has grappled with the complexities of continuous manufacturing, with technologies like ATF (alternating tangential flow) steadily dominating the perfusion landscape. But what if there's a game-changer right around the corner - a technology that vibrates membranes, not workflows, promising both higher performance and a green...

In this second episode of the Goddess Journey Meditation Series the focus is on reconnecting with oneself amidst the busyness of life.Join host, Mary as she explores the importance of setting boundaries and practicing self-love, using meditation as a tool to nurture and protect one's energy. Inspired by the Archangel Fire Oracle cards and the divine feminine energy of Shekinah, the Archangel know as the Divine Mother, listeners are guided through a soothing meditation to release burdens, affirm

In this Back To School episode we consider the "List of Life": the criteria that define what it is to be a living thing. Some are easy calls: A kitten is alive. A grain of salt is not.But what about the tricky cases, like a virus? Or, more importantly, what about futuristic android robots?As part of our Black History Month celebration, developmental biologist Crystal Rogers and Short Wave co-host Regina G. Barber dig into what makes something alive, and wade into a Star-Trek-themed debate.Listen to

Summary: This session was recorded at the March 2025 Patients as Partners conference. In this session, Pfizer addressed how they were working to ensure continuity in the patient insights they were collecting, throughout the product life cycle. This included: Approaches for aligning internal processes to facilitate the seamless flow of patient insights from early-phase to late-phase teamsSuggested tools, including an AI Insights tool designed to centralize and leverage previous patient feedback,

Summary: From the DPHARM Archives, this podcast was recorded at the September 2024 DPHARM conference. In this podcast, BMS present how they specifically targeted the challenge of recruiting patients for clinical trials, aiming to make the process faster and easier. By bringing trials directly to patients, their ultimate objective was to significantly expedite patient enrollment. In this case example, they brought the audience through their new product model approach, for the organization's

In this special episode celebrating 80 years of QIMR Berghofer, one of the Institute’s longest-serving scientists about his early days in biochemistry, the mentors who shaped him, and the world-first research that’s changing lives. It’s funny, heartfelt, and full of science that hits close to home.

Around 30 minutes of imaging per person seems to be the “sweet spot” for linking functional connectivity differences to traits in an accurate and cost-effective way.

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Mosquito Diversity and Public Health Risk in Kerala, India: A Synthesis of a Multi-District SurveySource: Mathiarasan, L., Natarajan, R., Aswin, A. et al. Diversity and spatiotemporal distribution of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) with emphasis on disease vectors across agroecological areas of Kerala, India. Sci Rep 15, 30603 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-16357-yDate: Received - 29 May 2025 | Accepted - 14 August 2025 | Published - 20 August 2025Executive SummaryThis document

Send us a text CONTENT ADVISORY - this podcast contains information on disease diagnosis that includes professional discussion on necropsy, and graphic aspects of animal disease diagnosis. Listener discretion is advised. Drs. Amanda Jones and Anthony Pilny take an unflinching look at how RHDV2 affects rabbits, how the disease is assessed (forensically), and then give their respective opinions on what's next for the disease's inevitable mutation. Recorded Jan, 2025 - 06:46 minutes #veter...