The origins of the dino-killing asteroid, and remapping the scientific enterprise
Description
First up this week, Deputy News Editors Elizabeth Culotta and Shraddha Chakradhar join host Sarah Crespi to talk about the launch of a new series highlighting the latest in postcolonial science. They cover how researchers around the world, but especially in the Global South, are reckoning with colonial legacies and what is in store for the rest of the series.
Next, producer Meagan Cantwell talks with Mario Fischer-Gödde, a research scientist at the University of Cologne about the origins of the giant asteroid thought to have killed off the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy.
About the Science Podcast
Authors: Sarah Crespi, Elizabeth Culotta, Shraddha Chakradhar, Meagan Cantwell
Episode page: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.zjugpvu
About the Science Podcast: https://www.science.org/content/page/about-science-podcast
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