For its latest episode, Stereo Chemistry handed its recorders over to kid journalists interviewing grown-up chemists about cutting-edge research. Listen in as the children get answers to questions about DNA, environmental clean-up, and even C-H activation. The kids’ reporting was part of an outreach event called Science Storytellers that took place during the American Chemical Society National Meeting in San Diego in August. Science Storytellers empowers kids to ask questions as they interact, one-on-one, with real scientists. In this episode, you’ll hear from the creator of the Science Storytellers program, Jenny Cutraro, to learn how this outreach activity is designed to break down barriers between scientists and the public. 

For a full transcript and additional resources, visit https://cen.acs.org/education/outreach/Podcast-Science-Storytellers-outreach-program/97/i47

And checkout the Facebook Live from the ACS Kid Zone here: https://www.facebook.com/CENews/videos/727704737663062/

Ep. 24: Kids are happy to get to ask whatever they want

Go inside Northvolt’s Swedish pilot plant with reporter Mark Peplow as he takes you on an audio tour of the facility designing greener Li-ion batteries for electric vehicles. 

Read more about Northvolt here: https://cen.acs.org/energy/energy-storage-/Northvolt-building-future-greener-batteries/97/i48

You can find the script for this audio piece on our website https://cen.acs.org/content/dam/cen/97/48/WEB/09748-feature1-transcript.pdf

Photo credit: Northvolt

Northvolt: building Europe’s greenest battery gigafactory

The discovery of the ozone hole in the mid-1980s sent shock waves through the scientific community and society at large. As scientists scrambled to make sense of the unprecedented phenomenon, a clear culprit emerged. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)—once thought of as near-miraculous compounds that revolutionized refrigeration—were suddenly revealed to be one of the biggest environmental dangers known to humankind. What followed was an international push by scientists, media, and policy makers to ban CFCs. In October 2019, NASA announced the ozone hole is the smallest recorded since 1982. In this episode of Stereo Chemistry, we hear from some of the scientists who were instrumental in discovering—and helping heal—the ozone hole and who think lessons learned could help us fight climate change.

A script of this episode is available at https://cen.acs.org/environment/atmospheric-chemistry/Podcast-solve-problem-like-ozone/97/web/2019/12.

To read more from C&EN on hot trends in chemistry, check out our 2019 Year in Chemistry issue at cenm.ag/yic2019.

Stereo Chemistry is a production of C&EN, the newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society. This episode was written by Giuliana Viglione and produced by Giuliana Viglione and Kerri Jansen. It was edited by Matt Davenport, Lauren Wolf, and Amanda Yarnell. Sabrina Ashwell is our copyeditor.

Music:
"New Land" by Ian Post
https://artlist.io/song/3201/new-land
"Breathe" by Ian Post
https://artlist.io/song/7532/breathe
"Verve" by Assaf Ayalon
https://artlist.io/song/28/verve

Ep. 25: It was like, bam, half the ozone layer over Antarctica is gone

M&amp;A, the FDA, and an empty elevator. In this bonus episode, C&amp;EN reporters Ryan Cross and Megha Satyanarayana share their takeaways from their time at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference a few weeks ago. Image credit: Credit: Megha Satyanarayana/C&amp;EN

Bonus episode: It's this big, giant brouhaha of pharmaceutical companies

Climate change is on the public’s mind, thanks in no small part to the efforts of Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and protests and rallies involving young people around the world. In the latest episode of Stereo Chemistry, host Kerri Jansen talks to early-career researchers developing the tools and knowledge we’ll need to thrive in a changing climate. These scientists are part of a generation who will experience the effects of climate change throughout their lifetimes. They share what drew them to climate science and what keeps them motivated when the questions—and the obstacles—are so vast. A script of this episode will be available shortly at cen.acs.org. Read C&amp;EN’s special issue on climate change adaptation at cenm.ag/adapt. Image credit: Ink Drop/Shutterstock

Ep. 27: The earth is going to be fine; what we’re saving is ourselves

Stereo Chemistry talked with six chemists who spent a year in Washington on a policy fellowship to find out what they learned and what advice they would give to other scientists who are interested in science policy.&nbsp; Check out Andrea Widener’s AAAS policy fellows story on C&amp;EN at . And learn more about the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship at . Photo credit: James Kegley

Bonus episode: We saw a lot of that scientific sage savior syndrome

As the novel coronavirus responsible for causing COVID-19 continues to spread, questions about the virus, the disease, and its impacts on our daily lives mount. To help you stay current with the science, policy, and business implications of this outbreak, C&amp;EN has made all of its coronavirus coverage freely available at cenm.ag/coronavirus. And in the latest bonus episode of Stereo Chemistry, we discuss one of the largest questions on the business front: How is the coronavirus affect-ing the global drug supply? Image credit: Shutterstock

We’re watching it very closely

Chemistry is going the way of computing: It’s getting smaller and faster. High-throughput experimentation, or HTE, is part of this push. Borrowing from biologists and biochemists, HTE has brought in microplates and multichannel pipettes to miniaturize reactions, as well as robots to run those reactions rapidly without sacrificing precision. But it’s also been around for decades. So why are so many in the field excited about HTE right now? Stereo Chemistry looks at the technology and culture shift behind the current buzz. See more at cenm.ag/showmetherobots. Nominate an amazing early-career chemist for our annual Talented 12 feature at cenm.ag/t12nom Photo credit: Shutterstock

Ep. 28: So that's why we threw a robot into the back of a truck

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