Undark: Truth, Beauty, Science
Summary: Undark is delighted to announce that it is relaunching its podcast to extend its prizewinning, feature-length narrative journalism to a new format. We'll be taking a short hiatus over the summer and be back in the fall to continue our mission of illuminating the places where science intersects — and sometimes collides — with our everyday lives as a 25-minute audio documentary. Scientific questions and challenges, after all, are woven deeply into our politics, our economics, our culture — and they are animated by a wide spectrum of competing values and interests. Our goal is to present rich, narrative-driven audio stories of science as it manifests amid that push-and-pull of human society.
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This month: Ground-up waste leftover from asbestos mining still lines the landscape of Quebec. Now, a number of companies are eager to transform that waste into profitable product — but health officials worry this new industry might reawaken an old problem the province finally seemed to be moving away from.
This month: Tailoring medicine to each individual patient could make health care more affordable and effective. But that reality won’t come to fruition unless researchers, industry, the government, and the public reach a consensus on issues like patient privacy, data bias, and sharing of medical records.
A snippet of everyday traffic noise in Mumbai. Incessant honking is one of the biggest noise offenders in India, and several recent studies have found high rates of hearing loss among the nation's traffic police officers. Credit: Chris Berdik
This month: The impulse to “fix” intersex infants with invasive surgeries is facing increased and, some would argue, long overdue scrutiny. As doctors, parents, and intersex people face decisions that may affect their long-term health, researchers grapple with defining and measuring outcomes.
This month: Proponents of a new farming technique called regenerative agriculture argue that it can restore the earth, combat climate change, and alleviate the economic needs of farmers in debt. Now, farmers and researchers alike are putting claims about what this method can actually accomplish to the test.
This month: Harm reduction organizations take a controversial step in checking illicit drugs for fentanyl.
On this episode: The story of a devastating wildfire in India reveals how a complex tangle of law, policy, and science are hindering the country's efforts to contain and prevent forest fires.
This month: The history of a destigmatizing message about HIV transmission and how it finally made it to the public.
The Undark Podcast returns in a brand new format. This episode takes a deep look at the uncertain and challenging paths of patients diagnosed with kidney failure, and the doctors working to make more lifesaving transplants possible.
This month: testing the effect of Skrillex on mosquitos, addressing poaching in Uganda, and public response to the first black hole image.
This month: using social media in search and rescue, developing a more accurate way to track citations, and tackling sexual harassment in science.
This month: the quest for a universal flu shot, the trend of environmentally-friendly burials, and understanding medical consent laws for minors. Transcript is available at Undark.org
This month: using audio data to track sea ice loss, the efficacy of medication-assisted treatment, and fighting for a national underwater monument. Transcript is available at Undark.org 538642
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This month: a boom of citizen science projects, teaching young doctors to balance empathy and professionalism, and a near-death encounter with C. Diff.
