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Episode #11: How to Save Aggregate-Spawning Fish
Globally declining fish populations are a frequently cited ecological and commercial calamity, but relatively little attention has been paid to the specific threats ...
Episode #10: Nitrogen's Threat to Biodiversity
Habitat destruction and the direct exploitation of species often occupy center stage in discussions of biodiversity perils. However, indirect harms, such as that pos...
Episode #9: Plague-Afflicted Prairie Dogs and Modeling Animal-Borne Disease
Animal-borne diseases have ruled the news cycle recently—from Zika and Ebola to SARS and MERS. However, little is known about the spread of these diseases in their an...
Episode #8: Preventing Midwest Grain Failures
Across the United States, record quantities of corn and soybeans have been harvested in recent years. However, according Dr. David Gustafson of the International Life...
Episode #7: Contact with Nature May Mean More Social Cohesion, Less Crime
Numerous studies have demonstrated the benefits of contact with nature for human well-being. However, despite strong trends toward greater urbanization and declining g...
Bonus Episode: Complex Data Integration
The integration of data from two or more domains is required for addressing many fundamental scientific questions and understanding how to mitigate challenges affectin...
Episode #6: A Successful Intervention Boosts the Gender Diversity of STEM Faculty
Eighty-one percent of US science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) university faculty members are men. The relative dearth of women in the field is a long-reco...
Episode #5: When Tree Planting Hurts Ecosystems
"Forest restoration" is a common conservation theme, often promoted as a means of repairing degraded landscapes and boosting carbon storage. But when the planting area...
Episode #4: Fire in the Amazon
Human-caused fires have the potential to hugely alter tropical forests—and the world at large. In this episode, we talk to Dr. Jennifer Balch, of the University of Col...
Episode #3: Extracellular Vesicles Everywhere
Extracellular vesicles (EVs; article here) are one of the biggest stories in biology. These tiny "packets" are released by cells and constitute a previously misunderst...
Episode #2: Transgenic Fish on the Loose?
Fast-growing transgenic salmonids are currently being developed for eventual human consumption. Dr. Robert Devlin and his team seek to evaluate the ecological threats ...
BioScience Talks Episode #1: Coupled Human and Natural Systems
In our first episode, we discuss the concept of coupled human and natural systems (CHANS) with Dr. Jiquan Chen, of Michigan State University, who studies CHANS on the ...
Preview of BioScience Talks Episode 1
This episode previews BioScience Talks' upcoming first episode on coupled human and natural systems, to be released on 10 June. Stay tuned!
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