Ep. 54: Translating Portugal’s Approach to Drugs and Addiction
Twenty years ago Portugal decriminalized all drugs as part of a bigger national strategy to fight addiction. Last month Oregon became the first U.S. s...
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This is Undark. We’re a digital science magazine situated at that place where science, culture, and politics collide. Tune in for in-depth interviews with some of the world’s top science journalists, a healthy serving of media criticism, and reported pieces from the intersection of science and society. Hosted by science comedian Kasha Patel
Ep. 53: ‘Mainstreaming’ Psychedelic Drugs to Treat Mental Health
Amid a worldwide mental health emergency, the discovery of new pharmaceuticals to treat conditions like depression has stalled. But researchers and th...
Ep. 52: In India, Mismanaging the Monkey Menace
In India, macaque monkeys are a menace — attacking people for food, breaking into offices, and in one state, damaging at least 54 million dollars wort...
Ep. 51: A Scramble to Define ‘Habitat’ — and the Future of Conservation
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on the dusky gopher frog now has conservationists and developers squaring off over the legal definition of the te...
Ep. 50: Studying and Surviving the Pandemic's Collective Trauma
In South Africa, trauma researchers are studying — and working to ease — the psychological toll of Covid-19, while trying to endure the pandemic thems...
Ep. 49: When Wildfires and a Pandemic Collide
As smoky summers resulting from wildfires have become the new normal across much of the West Coast, communities have tried to put better systems in pl...
Ep. 48: Capturing the Songs of a Changing Climate
This month: Acoustic ecologists are racing to record Earth’s shifting soundscapes before they disappear. Some researchers are using their recordings t...
Ep. 47: The Toll of the Culture of Silence in Animal Research
This month: Communicating about animal research with the public can open early career scientists up to social stigma and even campaigns that threaten ...
Ep. 46: A Debate on the Dregs of Asbestos Mining
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 ...
Ep. 45: Making Precision Medicine a Reality
This month: Tailoring medicine to each individual patient could make health care more affordable and effective. But that reality won’t come to fruitio...