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Radiolab

WNYC Studios

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Radiolab is on a curiosity bender. We ask deep questions and use investigative journalism to get the answers. A given episode might whirl you through science, legal history, and into the home of someone halfway across the world. The show is known for innovative sound design, smashing information into music. It is hosted by Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser.

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Science Friday

Science Friday and WNYC Studios

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Brain fun for curious people.

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Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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Deep in the back of your mind, you’ve always had the feeling that there’s something strange about reality. There is. Join Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick as they examine neurological quandaries, cosmic mysteries, evolutionary marvels and our transhuman future.

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Unexpected Elements

BBC World Service

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The news you know, the science you don’t. Unexpected Elements looks beyond everyday narratives to discover a goldmine of scientific stories and connections from around the globe. From Afronauts, to why we argue, to a deep dive on animal lifespans: see the world in a new way.

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Nature Podcast

Springer Nature Limited

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The Nature Podcast brings you the best stories from the world of science each week. We cover everything from astronomy to zoology, highlighting the most exciting research from each issue of the Nature journal. We meet the scientists behind the results and provide in-depth analysis from Nature's journalists and editors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Infinite Monkey Cage

BBC Radio 4

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Brian Cox and Robin Ince host a witty, irreverent look at the world through scientists' eyes.

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BBC Inside Science

BBC Radio 4

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A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.

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The Naked Scientists Podcast

The Naked Scientists

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The Naked Scientists flagship science show brings you a lighthearted look at the latest scientific breakthroughs, interviews with the world's top scientists, answers to your science questions and science experiments to try at home.

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BrainStuff

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Whether the topic is popcorn or particle physics, you can count on BrainStuff to explore -- and explain -- the everyday science in the world around us.

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This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast

Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media

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The kickass science and technology radio show that delivers an irreverent look at the week in science and technology.

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Science Vs

Spotify Studios

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There are a lot of fads, blogs and strong opinions, but then there’s SCIENCE. Science Vs is the show from Gimlet that finds out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between. We do the hard work of sifting through all the science so you don't have to and cover everything from 5G and Pandemics, to Vaping and Fasting Diets.

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TED Talks Daily

TED

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Every weekday, TED Talks Daily brings you the latest talks in audio. Join host and journalist Elise Hu for thought-provoking ideas on every subject imaginable — from Artificial Intelligence to Zoology, and everything in between — given by the world's leading thinkers and creators. With TED Talks Daily, find some space in your day to change your perspectives, ignite your curiosity, and learn something new.

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Discovery

BBC World Service

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Explorations in the world of science.

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TED Radio Hour

NPR

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Exploring the biggest questions of our time with the help of the world's greatest thinkers. Host Manoush Zomorodi inspires us to learn more about the world, our communities, and most importantly, ourselves. Get more brainy miscellany with TED Radio Hour+. Your subscription supports the show and unlocks a sponsor-free feed. Learn more at plus.npr.org/ted

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The Science Show - Full Program Podcast

ABC listen

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The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, from the physics of cricket to prime ministerial biorhythms.

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Science In Action

BBC World Service

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The BBC brings you all the week's science news.

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Brains On! Science podcast for kids

American Public Media

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Brains On!® is a science podcast for curious kids and adults from American Public Media. Each week, a different kid co-host joins Molly Bloom to find answers to fascinating questions about the world sent in by listeners. Like, do dogs know they’re dogs? Or, why do feet stink? Plus, we have mystery sounds for you to guess, songs for you to dance to, and lots of facts -- all checked by experts.

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Science Weekly

The Guardian

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Twice a week, the Guardian brings you the latest science and environment news

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The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry

BBC Radio 4

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Science sleuths Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries sent by listeners.

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Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

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Volcanoes. Trees. Drunk butterflies. Mars missions. Slug sex. Death. Beauty standards. Anxiety busters. Beer science. Bee drama. Take away a pocket full of science knowledge and charming, bizarre stories about what fuels these professional -ologists' obsessions. Humorist and science correspondent Alie Ward asks smart people stupid questions and the answers might change your life.

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The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

Pushkin Industries

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You might think you know what it takes to lead a happier life… more money, a better job, or Instagram-worthy vacations. You’re dead wrong. Yale professor Dr. Laurie Santos has studied the science of happiness and found that many of us do the exact opposite of what will truly make our lives better. Based on the psychology course she teaches at Yale -- the most popular class in the university’s 300-year history -- Laurie will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surpr ...

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Invisibilia

NPR

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Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently.

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TED Talks

TED

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Curiosity Daily

Discovery

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The award-winning Curiosity Daily podcast from CuriosityDaily.com will help you get smarter about the world around you. In less than 10 minutes, you’ll get a unique mix of research-based life hacks, the latest science and technology news, and more. Nate Bonham and Calli Gade will help you learn about your mind and body, outer space and the depths of the sea, and how history shaped the world into what it is today.Head to discovery+ to stream even more science content, from Animal Planet to Sc ...

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5 Live Science Podcast

BBC Radio 5 Live

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5 Live's science podcast, featuring Dr Chris and Naked Scientists with the hottest science news stories and analysis.

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Wow in the World

Tinkercast | Wondery

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The #1 science podcast for kids and their grown-ups. Hosts Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz share stories about the latest news in science, technology, and innovation. Stories that give kids hope, agency and make us all say "WOW"! New episodes come out every Monday for free. Listen 1-week early and to all episodes ad-free with Wondery+, Wondery+ Kids on Apple Podcasts, or Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription.

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The Life Scientific

BBC Radio 4

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Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future

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Science Vs

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Science journalist Wendy Zukerman dissects the latest fad framing itself as scientific fact, wading through the mass of information so you don't have to.

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CrowdScience

BBC World Service

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We take your questions about life, Earth and the universe to researchers hunting for answers at the frontiers of knowledge.

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Dr Karl Podcast

triple j

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Join Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, Lucy Smith and their scientific guests, with a bunch of curious triple j listeners for a weekly injection of science, myth-bashing and answers!

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The Story Collider

Story Collider, Inc.

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Whether we wear a lab coat or haven't seen a test tube since grade school, science is shaping all of our lives. And that means we all have science stories to tell. Every year, we host dozens of live shows all over the country, featuring all kinds of storytellers - researchers, doctors, and engineers of course, but also patients, poets, comedians, cops, and more. Some of our stories are heartbreaking, others are hilarious, but they're all true and all very personal. Welcome to The Story Collider!

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In Our Time: Science

BBC Radio 4

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Scientific principles, theory, and the role of key figures in the advancement of science.

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

Sean Carroll | Wondery

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Ever wanted to know how music affects your brain, what quantum mechanics really is, or how black holes work? Do you wonder why you get emotional each time you see a certain movie, or how on earth video games are designed? Then you’ve come to the right place. Each week, Sean Carroll will host conversations with some of the most interesting thinkers in the world. From neuroscientists and engineers to authors and television producers, Sean and his guests talk about the biggest ideas in science, ...

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The Science of Everything Podcast

James Fodor

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I discuss a variety of topics in both the natural and social sciences, exploring the many fascinating insights that the scientific method yields about the world around us.

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Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

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A fun-filled discussion of the big, mind-blowing, unanswered questions about the Universe. In each episode, Daniel Whiteson (a Physicist who works at CERN) and Jorge Cham (a popular online cartoonist) discuss some of the simple but profound questions that people have been wondering about for thousands of years, explaining the science in a fun, shorts-wearing and jargon-free way.

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Science Rules! with Bill Nye

Stitcher & Bill Nye

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Bill Nye is on a mission to change the world — one voicemail at a time. Bill and science writer Corey S. Powell take your burning questions and put them to the world's leading experts on just about every topic in the universe. Should you stop eating cheeseburgers to combat climate change? Could alien life be swimming inside the moons of Jupiter and Saturn? Does your pet parakeet learn to sing the way that you learned to speak? Bill, Corey, and their special guests will answer those questions ...

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Overheard at National Geographic

National Geographic

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Come dive into one of the curiously delightful conversations overheard at National Geographic’s headquarters, as we follow explorers, photographers, and scientists to the edges of our big, weird, beautiful world. Hosted by Peter Gwin and Amy Briggs.

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Big Picture Science

SETI Institute

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The surprising connections in science and technology that give you the Big Picture. Astronomer Seth Shostak and science journalist Molly Bentley are joined each week by leading researchers, techies, and journalists to provide a smart and humorous take on science. Our regular "Skeptic Check" episodes cast a critical eye on pseudoscience.

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Science, Spoken

WIRED

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Get in-depth coverage of current and future trends in technology, and how they are shaping business, entertainment, communications, science, politics, and society.

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Great Moments In Science

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From the ground breaking and life saving to the wacky and implausible, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki reveals some of the best moments in science.

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omega tau - English only

Markus Voelter, Nora Ludewig

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How do scientists uncover phenomena and explain their connections? How do engineers design machines, methods and infrastructure? At omega tau, experts give detailed answers. Over the last ten years, we have produced over 350 episodes in which we dug deeper, until we ran out of questions. Join us on our journey through the world of science and engineering: the closer you look and listen, the more interesting things get.

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omega tau science & engineering podcast

Markus Voelter, Nora Ludewig

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Wissenschaft und Technik im Kopfhoerer / Science and Engineering in your Headphones

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StarTalk Radio

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Science, pop culture, and comedy collide on StarTalk Radio! Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and Director of New York's Hayden Planetarium, and his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities, and scientific experts explore astronomy, physics, and everything else there is to know about life in the universe. New episodes premiere Tuesdays. Keep Looking Up! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts to listen to new episodes ad-free and a whole week early.

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Ask the Naked Scientists

Dr Chris Smith

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How many organs could you donate and remain alive? How many planet Earths could fit inside the Sun? How high is a giraffe's blood pressure? Why is the sea blue? To find out, Ask The Naked Scientists!

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Science Friction

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Artificial Intelligence has suddenly gone from the fringes of science to being everywhere. So how did we get here? And where's this all heading? In this new series of Science Friction, we're finding out.

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Science Vs

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Unexplainable

Vox

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Unexplainable takes listeners right up to the edge of what we know … and then keeps on going. Host Noam Hassenfeld and an all-star team of reporters — Byrd Pinkerton, Meradith Hoddinott, and Mandy Nguyen — tackle scientific mysteries, unanswered questions, and everything we learn by diving into the unknown. New episodes drop every Wednesday.

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Discovery

BBC World Service

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Explorations in the world of science.

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StarTalk All-Stars

StarTalk All-Stars

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"I’m Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of StarTalk Radio. I’ve recruited a crack team of scientists and science educators to help me bring the universe down to Earth. They are… The StarTalk All-Stars." New episodes premiere Tuesday nights at 7pm ET.

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Short Wave

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New discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines — in just under 15 minutes. It's science for everyone, using a lot of creativity and a little humor. Join hosts Emily Kwong and Regina Barber for science on a different wavelength. If you're hooked, try Short Wave Plus. Your subscription supports the show and unlocks a sponsor-free feed. Learn more at plus.npr.org/shortwave

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The first documentation of static electricity dates back to 600 BCE. Even after 2,600 years worth of tiny shocks , however, researchers couldnt fully explain how rubbing two objects together causes ...

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The first documentation of static electricity dates back to 600 BCE. Even after 2,600 years worth of tiny shocks , however, researchers couldnt fully explain how rubbing two objects together causes it.

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Animalia Stupendium: Moles 6:40

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Bored with dragons, the wizard Argomandanies turns his arcane attention to the fantastic fauna of the natural world. Welcome to Animalia Stupendium, a chronicle of Earth’s amazing biodiversity with all the enthusiasm of a fantasy monster book. In this episode, the wizard will consider the mole! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Your Questions About The Updated COVID Vaccines, Answered 18:12

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SciFri producer Kathleen Davis talks with Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire, assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health to help answer our listeners’ top questions about the updated COVID-19 vaccines. This Q&A, which includes questions from our audience members, has been adapted from our int…

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Your Questions About The Updated COVID Vaccines, Answered 18:12

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Somewhere in the Koesberg Mountains of South Africa, located deep in the arid Karoo region north-east of Cape Town, theres an exquisite cave painting of a curious creature.

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Somewhere in the Koesberg Mountains of South Africa, located deep in the arid Karoo region north-east of Cape Town, theres an exquisite cave painting of a curious creature.

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Astronauts perform so many out-of-this-world experiments on the International Space Station (ISS) .

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Astronauts perform so many out-of-this-world experiments on the International Space Station (ISS) .

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Coffee and Caffeine Health Benefits, Weird Wednesday Has a Python Catching Competition, Bird of the Year, and the Oldest Person Alive, and TDIH - The First White Female Native American Chief 19:55

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Coffee and caffeine may be good for your health, we’ll explain. Weird Wednesday has a python catching competition, the bird of the year, and the oldest person alive is honored in Japan. Plus, on This Day in History, the first white female to be recognized as a chief in the Native American community. Moderate coffee and caffeine consumption is assoc…

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The teamwork that solved a life-and-death puzzle 26:03

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It’s been almost 30 years since a team joined forces to investigate a particularly aggressive form of stomach cancer that was afflicting one Tauranga whānau. Kimihauora Health and Research Clinic in Tauranga and University of Otago geneticists together found the cancer-causing genetic change, helping save thousands of lives worldwide. Justine Murra…

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Time traveling with AI to connect with lost loved ones | Amy Kurzweil 20:18

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What if AI could bring the past to life? Cartoonist Amy Kurzweil shares how she helped train an AI chatbot on her late grandfather’s archives, allowing her to connect with a family member she never met — and discover family history she never knew. Backed by her own original drawings, she reveals the profound impact art and AI can have in keeping me…

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Time traveling with AI to connect with lost loved ones | Amy Kurzweil 20:18

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Time traveling with AI to connect with lost loved ones | Amy Kurzweil 20:18

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Remember Total Recall ?

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Remember Total Recall ?

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Whales are known for their noises, from humpback whale songs to the clicks and whistles of orcas and other toothed cetaceans.

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Whales are known for their noises, from humpback whale songs to the clicks and whistles of orcas and other toothed cetaceans.

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The Office 's portrayal of corporate is pretty hilarious, but one thing's clear after watching this show: you definitely don't want to be known as the Michael Scott of your office.

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The Office 's portrayal of corporate is pretty hilarious, but one thing's clear after watching this show: you definitely don't want to be known as the Michael Scott of your office.

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A newly discovered, distant duo of black hole jets is the largest of its kind ever seen.

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A newly discovered, distant duo of black hole jets is the largest of its kind ever seen.

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Saul Perlmutter: Third Millennium Thinking 2:26:12

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Saul Permutter won the Nobel Prize for his eventual role in the discovery of dark energy. In 1996 when I was lecturing at LBL he bet me that he would show dark energy didn't exist. His group had been measuring supernova distances for years, in hopes of determining the deceleration rate of the universe. Instead, after recalibrating some of his earli…

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Colossal 'jets' shooting from a black hole defy physicists' theories 34:13

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In this episode: 00:45 The biggest black hole jets ever seen Astronomers have spotted a pair of enormous jets emanating from a supermassive black hole with a combined length of 23 million light years — the biggest ever discovered. Jets are formed when matter is ionized and flung out of a black hole, creating enormous and powerful structures in spac…

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The Restorative Revolution: How Indigenous Leadership and Allyship Catalyzed the Biggest River Restoration in US History 29:15

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Yurok fisherman and tribal leader Sammy Gensaw and environmental scientist-turned-activist Craig Tucker share the epic story of how Indigenous leadership and non-Indian allyship made the impossible inevitable: the biggest-ever dam removal and salmon restoration in history. It represented a literal watershed moment; unprecedented co-equal decision-m…

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Dark Energy May Be Weakening, Major Astrophysics Study Finds 20:13

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A generation of physicists has referred to the dark energy that permeates the universe as “the cosmological constant.” Now the largest map of the cosmos to date hints that this mysterious energy has been changing over billions of years. The post Dark Energy May Be Weakening, Major Astrophysics Study Finds first appeared on Quanta Magazine…

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Incest: what happens when you inbreed? 1:00:28

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CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECTS AND THE FACTS CAN BE TENSE - WE ARE ASAPSCIENCE HERE TO MAKE THINGS MAKE SENSE. Inbreeding is weirdly an important concept to understand in biology, so today we break down the history of incest and what happens when species inbreed. It is a fascinating question, with a lot of complicated genetics, moral and bioethical implica…

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Viruses Can Help Us 1:30

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How do bacteria stay alive and relevant? They make sure they're well-cultured!By LAist 89.3

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Incest: what happens when you inbreed? 1:00:28

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Should you be eating poison oak? 30:40

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Probably not. But Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz decided to try anyway, putting his body — and specifically his butt — on the line to answer a seemingly straightforward question: Is it possible to build up a tolerance to poison oak by eating it? For show transcripts, go to vox.com/unxtranscripts For more, go to vox.com/unexplainable And …

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Marta Fijak and Artur Ganszyniec, "How and Why We Make Games" (CRC Press, 2024) 32:51

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How and Why We Make Games (CRC Press, 2024) delves into the intricate realms of games and their creation, examining them through cultural, systemic, and, most notably, human lenses. It explores diverse themes such as authorship, creative responsibility, the tension between games as a product and games as a form of cultural expression, and the myth …

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Are Crabs The Final Form? 13:55

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Evolution keeps making crabs. In fact, it's happened so often that there's a special scientific term for an organism turning crab-like: carcinization. But how many times has it happened, and why? When did the very first crab originate? What about all the times crabs have been unmade? And does all this mean that we, too, will eventually become crabs…

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Are Crabs The Final Form? 13:55

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Larynx Transplant, Sleep Studies, Mammal Brains 13:24

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Today, you’ll learn about the first ever total larynx transplant that gave one cancer patient his voice back, a new way to conduct gold-standard sleep studies without all the wires, and how a new discovery is changing the way scientists understand the mammalian brain. Larynx Transplant “Mayo Clinic marks medical milestone with world’s first known s…

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Larynx Transplant, Sleep Studies, Mammal Brains 13:24

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Tardigradology (TINY SEMI-INDESTRUCTIBLE WATER BEAR MOSS PIGLET CREATURES CALLED TARDIGRADES) with Paul Bartels 1:17:36

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Smaller than you can imagine. Potato-shaped. Mysterious. Romantic. And tough enough to survive the vacuum of space or decades of desiccation. Join professor and confirmed Tardigradologist Dr. Paul Bartels to saunter into a microscopic wonderland of bizarrely long naps, foreign genomes, moon landings, glow-in-the-dark moss piglets, cryptobiosis, kit…

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Tardigradology (TINY SEMI-INDESTRUCTIBLE WATER BEAR MOSS PIGLET CREATURES CALLED TARDIGRADES) with Paul Bartels 1:17:36

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Alex Erwin, Florida International University – Predator in the Crosshairs – and on the Ballot

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How does hunting affect the population of a species? Alex Erwin, assistant professor of law at Florida International University, explores this. Professor John (Alex) Erwin is an Assistant Professor of Law at Florida International University College of Law. Combining his legal training with his background as a wildlife biologist, his research is sit…

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Thousands of years before a tiny pygmy hippopotamus from a zoo in Thailand named Moo Dang became an internet sensation , an extinct species of dwarf hippos ( Phanourios minor ) roamed a lush ...

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Thousands of years before a tiny pygmy hippopotamus from a zoo in Thailand named Moo Dang became an internet sensation , an extinct species of dwarf hippos ( Phanourios minor ) roamed a lush Mediterranean island.

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After being announced back in June, iOS 18 is finally making its way to Apple devices .

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After being announced back in June, iOS 18 is finally making its way to Apple devices .

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Animals have evolved all manner of methods to evade danger.

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Animals have evolved all manner of methods to evade danger.

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If you want to watch free over-the-air TV without cluttering up your living room, an attic antenna provides an elegant solution.

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If you want to watch free over-the-air TV without cluttering up your living room, an attic antenna provides an elegant solution.

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Companies dig the deepest depths to mine valuable metals from the ocean floor 9:26

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Mankind has mined the earth's surface for thousands of years. Now there's a furious race to find even more metal that will enable the world's energy transition away from fossil fuels. In Papua New Guinea, one company is digging what may become the world's first operational deep-sea mining site. Videographer Edward Kiernan and special correspondent …

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Companies dig the deepest depths to mine valuable metals from the ocean floor 9:26

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Skinwalker Ranch: Journey to a Notorious Hotspot for the Unexplained | MHP 09.17.24. 1:03:02

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Skinwalker Ranch, located in the Uintah Basin of northeastern Utah, is renowned for its reputation as a hotspot for unexplained phenomena. The 512-acre property has garnered international attention for a wide variety of strange events, ranging from UFO sightings and cattle mutilations to paranormal activities like poltergeist-like occurrences. With…

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A healthy dose of purposeful bathroom humor sets the stage for exploration in engineer and illustrator Jorge Chams new graphic novel Volcanoes Are Hot: Olivers Great Big Universe #2 .

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A healthy dose of purposeful bathroom humor sets the stage for exploration in engineer and illustrator Jorge Chams new graphic novel Volcanoes Are Hot: Olivers Great Big Universe #2 .

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To Confront Climate Change, Imagine Getting It Right 18:07

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Part of the reason it’s difficult to talk about climate change is that it can be hard to see a long-term positive outcome for people and the planet. But Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, a marine biologist and co-founder of the Urban Ocean Lab, argues that to prevent the worst effects of climate change, we have to start by asking ourselves, what if we g…

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To Confront Climate Change, Imagine Getting It Right 18:07

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Mosses and Matriculation 29:00

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Jess talks with California State University, Los Angeles Biology Department Chair Dr. Kirsten Fisher about desert mosses, climate change, and the changing state of science in higher education.By Union of Concerned Scientists

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Are We Living in a Simulation? Nick Bostrom (2022) 1:03:50

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What if everything you know is just a simulation? In 2022, I was joined by the one and only Nick Bostrom to discuss the simulation hypothesis and the prospects of superintelligence. Nick is a Professor at Oxford University, where he heads the Future of Humanity Institute as its founding director. He is the most-cited professional philosopher in the…

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Apple has received Federal Drug Association (FDA) approval for a new Watch feature it says can detect signs of sleep apnea.

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Apple has received Federal Drug Association (FDA) approval for a new Watch feature it says can detect signs of sleep apnea.

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"God of Chaos" Asteroid's Close Encounter with Earth and TDIH - The First Transcontinental Flight of the US 20:45

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A city-killer sized asteroid’s close encounter with Earth could provide us with new data - but what are the odds it actually hits us? Plus, on This Day in History, how long did the first transcontinental flight of the US take? We’ll have the answer and tell who and how he did it. 'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis could still hit Earth in 2029, study …

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Taming Silicon Valley: AI’s Perils and Promise 1:11:21

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AI could bring unprecedented advancements in science and technology, but Gary Marcus, in Taming Silicon Valley, warns it might also lead to democracy’s collapse or even human extinction. With Big Tech manipulating both the public and government, are we prepared for the consequences of AI’s unchecked power? Marcus urges that the choices we make toda…