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The contagious buzz of bumble bee positivity, and when snow crabs vanish

The contagious buzz of bumble bee positivity, and when snow crabs vanish

Update: 2025-10-23
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First up on the podcast, the Bering Sea’s snow crabs are bouncing back after a 50-billion-crab die-off in 2020, but scientists are racing to predict what’s going to happen to this important fishery. Contributing Correspondent Warren Cornwall joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss what’s next for snow crabs.


Next on the show, freelance producer Elah Feder talks with Fei Peng, a professor in the department of psychology in the School of Public Health at Southern Medical University in Guangzhou, China, and principal investigator at the Great Bay Area Brain Science and Brain Inspired Research Center, about detecting emotions—or more scientifically “affect”—in bumble bees. His group observed how a bumble bee that appears to be hopeful can share this state with other bees.


This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy.


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The contagious buzz of bumble bee positivity, and when snow crabs vanish

The contagious buzz of bumble bee positivity, and when snow crabs vanish

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