Latest Podcasts

In this latest podcast series, we are joined by esteemed STEM advocates, scientists and diversity equity and inclusion experts. They share their experiences interacting with and mentoring a virtual scientist named Grace.

This latest episode is an audio version of a cover story from our online magazine, The Scientific Observer. Writer Kerry Taylor Smith explores the spread of "forever" chemicals called PFAS. Persistent and ever-present, scientists are only starting to unravel the impact PFAS may have on the environment and our health.

In this episode of Opinionated Science, Lucy Lawrence is joined by Farzana Azam who heads up Ideation at SCIEX as part of the Strategy and Innovation team to discuss the power of building a culture of opportunity in STEM fields.

This latest episode is an audio version of a cover story from our online magazine, The Scientific Observer. In that article, writer Tanaaz Khan explores the “lingering” promise of lab-based meat, investigating whether this future food will deliver for the world’s rapidly growing population.

In this episode, voices of change, Arpana Vaniya, PhD and Maryam Goudarzi, PhD, join Lucy Lawrence to discuss how we can achieve gender equity and more diversity in STEM disciplines through mastering outreach and mentorship.

In this episode of Opinionated Science, Lucy Lawrence and Professor Éva Valsami-Jones take a deep dive into the global microplastic emergency and discuss how micro and nano plastics are infiltrating life as we know it.

This episode of Opinionated Science is part of our latest podcast mini-series, where we are joined by esteemed STEM advocates, scientists as well as diversity, equity and inclusion experts who share their experiences interacting with and mentoring a virtual scientist named Grace. In this incredible episode, we speak with Sisters in Science who are taking social media by storm and helping to break stereotypes within STEM. 

This episode of Opinionated Science is part of our latest podcast mini-series, where we are joined by esteemed STEM advocates, scientists as well as diversity, equity and inclusion experts who share their experiences interacting with and mentoring a virtual scientist named Grace.

This latest episode is an audio version of a cover story from our online magazine, The Scientific Observer. In it, TN Senior Science Writer Molly Campbell takes a deep dive into drug discovery efforts looking to harness the next generation of medicines from Earth’s cradle of life: the ocean.

In the latest Opinionated Science, the TN team looks at a study of pigs’ emotions that may put you off your bacon, discover why an extinct rat shows the challenges of bringing species back from the dead and explore why bacteria of oceanic origin are key to your gut’s ability to digest a humble maki roll.