Science Quickly
Host Rachel Feltman, alongside leading science and tech journalists, dives into the rich world of scientific discovery in this bite-size science variety show.
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Are Blue Zones real?
The data behind Blue Zones might not be that strong
15 min
2
Fighting Fear with Facts: Navigating Infectious...
23 min
3
Nobel winners, neutrino detectors and nature’s...
Breaking down this year’s Nobel Prize–winning science, from switching brain cells on and off with light to catching cosmic neutrinos in Antarctic ice to building mirror-image molecules. Plus, a 194-year-old tortoise’s DNA might hold the key to a longer life.
9 min
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The doctor fighting for pain-free IUDs
A new study shows promising results in lowering pain during IUD placements
17 min
5
Who’s accountable when AI goes wrong?
A deeper debate over accountability, safety and control.
13 min
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El Niño flood threats, measles risks and a risk...
The flood threat, measles risk and TikTok trend to know about
13 min
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You’re probably walking past edible plants ever...
How foraging can change the way we think about food and nature
17 min
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Can you spot a romance scam?
What you can do to protect yourself
16 min
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Navigating Science and Health Misinformation [S...
20 min
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Fire amoebas, fossilized vomit and AI energy d...
From the smallest building blocks of life to prehistoric vomit and a newly discovered amoeba that can really take the heat.
9 min
11
Unexplainable: Dark matter and the end of answers
What if the universe’s biggest mystery has no answer?
33 min
12
Rethinking Age-Related Vision Loss [Sponsored]
20 min
13
Should you be ‘poop maxxing’?
Is it possible to optimize our poop?
15 min
14
Space weapons are here, and AI experts are soun...
From orbital weapons to AI risks and weaker emissions rules
14 min
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Can you hear a forest disappear?
Filmmaker and journalist Leah Varjacques takes listeners inside an Indonesian forest that’s quickly changing as the country attempts to move its capital city
18 min
16
Unexplainable: What happened before the big bang?
Rachel Feltman joins Vox’s Unexplainable
24 min
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From 9/11’s lasting legacy to AI’s disruptive ...
As new 9/11 documents emerge, AI transforms power and progress
11 min
18
Is AI making us less human?
What do we lose when machines become our closest confidants?
25 min
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The surprising science of friendship
New research challenges assumptions about the kind of friendships we need
16 min
20
What if a dating app matched you with a dead b...
A novelist imagines the extreme answer
14 min
21
The hackers fighting to keep our water safe
Critical infrastructure needs a cybersecurity glow-up
14 min
22
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope launches
On a mission to probe dark energy, hunt for distant worlds and transform our view of the universe
13 min
23
Is Trump abandoning endangered species?
Recent changes to the implementation of the Endangered Species Act could put wildlife at risk
18 min
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Could damaged sperm be causing miscarriages?
New recommendations spotlight sperm’s role in recurrent miscarriage
11 min
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What happens when Arctic ice melts and forests ...
Forests, extreme weather and the realities of a warming world
10 min