Paper Boys

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Each week, two PhD students read the research papers behind headline science news and give you the details you can't get in the stories.

Episode Date
What happened to the mice of Universe 25? (BONUS EPISODE)
May 21, 2020
Is solar reflective pavement the cure for hot cities?
May 14, 2020
What’s inside a Martian meteorite?
May 07, 2020
Is eating sugar a gut instinct?
Apr 30, 2020
What happened in the Stanford Prison Experiment? (Bonus episode)
Apr 23, 2020
Did Oumuamua come from a destroyed planet?
Apr 16, 2020
Does traffic spread like a virus?
Apr 09, 2020
Why is Uranus losing its atmosphere?
Apr 02, 2020
Why do water balloons pop?
Mar 26, 2020
How can we suppress COVID-19?
Mar 19, 2020
Why do gray whales strand during solar storms?
Mar 12, 2020
What has InSight discovered on Mars?
Mar 05, 2020
Can you stimulate consciousness?
Feb 27, 2020
Why do extragalactic “fast radio bursts” repeat?
Feb 20, 2020
Do penguins speak like humans?
Feb 13, 2020
How should you talk to babies?
Feb 06, 2020
How did Mount Vesuvius' victims die?
Jan 30, 2020
How fast is the world's fastest spin?
Jan 23, 2020
Does tongue fat cause sleep apnea?
Jan 16, 2020
What's OSIRIS-REx doing at asteroid Bennu?
Jan 09, 2020
The best science of 2019
Jan 02, 2020
Christmas special - Why do we believe in Santa?
Dec 24, 2019
Does Europa actually have water plumes?
Dec 19, 2019
Why does Enceladus have “tiger stripes”?
Dec 12, 2019
Is eating healthier better for the planet?
Dec 05, 2019
How does hibernation work genetically?
Nov 28, 2019
Is there a universal "bit rate" of speech?
Nov 21, 2019
Can we save penguins from climate change?
Nov 14, 2019
Can lasers hack your voice devices?
Nov 07, 2019
Did Google really achieve quantum supremacy?
Oct 31, 2019
Could Skin-On make your smartphone ticklish?
Oct 24, 2019
Can physical exertion lead to mental burnout?
Oct 17, 2019
Nobel Prize edition: what was the first exoplanet?
Oct 10, 2019
Is Planet 9 actually a black hole?
Oct 03, 2019
How is the "darkest black" created?
Sep 26, 2019
What’s the difference between vegetarians and meat-eaters?
Sep 19, 2019
Is intermittent fasting healthy?
Sep 12, 2019
Can you find a supernova in Antarctic snow?
Sep 05, 2019
Are self-citations a problem for science?
Aug 29, 2019
How does an artificial tongue taste whiskey?
Aug 22, 2019
Can you hide secret messages in music?
Aug 15, 2019
Do you really need 10,000 steps a day?
Aug 08, 2019
How is Neuralink hacking the brain?
Aug 01, 2019
Was Stonehenge built using pig fat?
Jul 25, 2019
Can your brain see into the future?
Jul 18, 2019
How can you measure the expansion of the universe?
Jul 11, 2019
Does caffeine make you burn fat?
Jul 04, 2019
Can seals learn to sing and talk?
Jun 27, 2019
Is the Critical Brain Hypothesis correct?
Jun 20, 2019
Does human endurance have a hard limit?
Jun 13, 2019
Did supernovae make us walk upright?
Jun 06, 2019
How deep does "bomb carbon" go?
May 30, 2019
Are synthetic genomes in our future?
May 23, 2019
Are moonquakes reshaping the Moon?
May 16, 2019
How bad is the Replication Crisis? feat. Ood Gallifrey from Occultae Veritatis
May 09, 2019
Is there a wrong side of the time zone?
May 02, 2019
Can you bring a dead brain back to life?
Apr 25, 2019
Do mosquitoes hate Skrillex?
Apr 18, 2019
How do you image a black hole?
Apr 11, 2019
Are eggs really bad for you?
Apr 04, 2019
Does space affect male and female astronauts differently?
Mar 28, 2019
Did F-words come from a change in diet?
Mar 21, 2019
Why does pain hurt?
Mar 14, 2019
Is Titan's organic atmosphere coming from inside?
Mar 07, 2019
How did tardigrades become immortal?
Feb 28, 2019
Are female brains really "more youthful?"
Feb 21, 2019
Can you understand talking brain waves?
Feb 14, 2019
How did the Curiosity rover weigh a mountain on Mars?
Feb 07, 2019
How can 3D printed filters improve chemotherapy?
Jan 31, 2019
Why is the giant ice disk in Maine spinning?
Jan 24, 2019
Can an LED control your nervous system?
Jan 17, 2019
Did Leonardo da Vinci have strabismus?
Jan 10, 2019
How often did humans breed with Neanderthals?
Jan 03, 2019
Does negative mass explain dark matter?
Dec 27, 2018
How does an "ion plane" actually fly?
Dec 20, 2018
Did climate change cause the "Great Dying?"
Dec 13, 2018
Could you prove you're human in one word?
Dec 06, 2018
How hard was the InSight Mars landing?
Nov 29, 2018
Is paralysis a thing of the past?
Nov 22, 2018
Is Oumuamua an alien spacecraft?
Nov 15, 2018
Does cloud seeding work?
Nov 08, 2018
How many faces do you know?
Nov 01, 2018
Should we kill all the mosquitoes?
Oct 25, 2018
Can we terraform Mars?
Oct 18, 2018
Can you hear meteors?
Oct 11, 2018
Magnetic fields can blow up your lab
Oct 04, 2018
Are microwave weapons attacking the US embassy?
Sep 27, 2018
Can goats read your face?
Sep 20, 2018
Pollution is damaging your cognition
Sep 13, 2018
Saturn is whistling to Enceladus
Sep 06, 2018
How to find water on Mars
Aug 30, 2018
How do spiders fly?
Aug 30, 2018