News: Point of Discovery

Today we’re doing something a little different. We’re bringing you an excerpt from another great podcast produced here at the University of Texas at Austin...

Liz Gershoff thinks that as a society, we should get away from the idea that violence is integral to teaching children.

According to a new review in the journal Science, when highly social animals — such as ants, mice and bats — get sick, their social interactions change...

When Risto Miikkulainen and Padmini Rajagopalan simulated hyenas forming mobs to steal prey from lions, they found something surprising.

An epidemiologist and two molecular bioscientists get to the bottom of your burning COVID-19 questions.

Astronomer Caroline Morley speculates on the possibility of finding life on other planets in the near future.

Can we simulate life — in all its messy complexity and at the scale of each individual atom — in a computer?

A compilation from our previous episodes that we hope will help you find some solace right now: in rediscovering life, the people we're closest with...

Artificial intelligence is becoming more and more a part of our daily lives. But will AI have mostly positive or negative impacts on society?

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to be able to follow a specific diet or exercise plan and others fail? The answer might...