A space-based telescope to hunt dark energy, and what we can learn from scaleless snakes

<p><em>On this week’s show: Euclid, a powerful platform for detecting dark energy, and a slithery segment on how snakes make scales</em></p> <p> </p> <p>First up on the show this week, we’re <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/into-the-dark">taking the hunt for dark energy to space</a>. Staff Writer Daniel Clery joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss a new space-based telescope called Euclid, set to launch next month. Euclid will kick off a new phase in the search for dark energy, the mysterious force that is accelerating the expansion of the universe.</p> <p> </p> <p>Also on this week’s show, snakes reveal a new way to pattern the body. <a href="https://genev.unige.ch/research/laboratory/Athanasia-Tzika">Athanasia Tzika</a>, a senior lecturer in the genetics and evolution department at the University of Geneva, talks about her <em>Science Advances</em> paper on <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adf8834">the novel way snakes organize their scales</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p>This week’s episode was produced with help from <a href="https://podigy.co/">Podigy</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://www.science.org/content/page/about-science-podcast">About the <em>Science</em> Podcast</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Authors: Sarah Crespi; Daniel Clery</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>