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Leading science journalists provide a daily minute commentary on some of the most interesting developments in the world of science. For a full-length, weekly podcast you can subscribe to Science Talk: The Podcast of Scientific American . To view all of our archived podcasts please go to www.scientificamerican.com/podcast

Episodios

  • How to Avoid Holiday Hangovers

    22/12/2023 Duración: 08min

    The holidays are a time for indulgence, but there are ways to drink alcohol without suffering the painful effects.

  • Podcasts of the Year: What Better Gift for the Holidays Than a Monstrous Mystery?

    20/12/2023 Duración: 10min

    We’re looking back at 2023 for our favorite podcast shows and one about the largest bird to ever fly the skies just flew to the top of the list.

  • Are Orca Whales Friends or Foes?

    18/12/2023 Duración: 14min

    The stories we tell about orcas might say more about us than about them

  • Turns Out Undersea Kelp Forests Are Crucial to Salmon

    15/12/2023 Duración: 08min

    The beloved fish that feed orcas and humans depend on kelp forests’ unique habitat.

  • Researchers Just Created the World's First Permafrost Atlas of the Entire Arctic

    13/12/2023 Duración: 07min

    The Arctic Permafrost Atlas, which took years to create, is both beautiful and sobering, given the pace of climate change.

  • A New Type of Heart Disease is on the Rise

    11/12/2023 Duración: 07min

    Problems with the heart, kidneys and metabolic health are all connected

  • AI Can Now Read Your Cat's Pain

    08/12/2023 Duración: 08min

    Thanks to researchers, new AI tech is delving into feline feelings to see when cats could need medical help. 

  • These Researchers Put Sperm Through a Kind of 'Hunger Games'

    06/12/2023 Duración: 06min

    The research focused on figuring out what enables certain sperm to gain some competitive advantage over millions of others fighting for the same prize.

  • Is Too Little Play Hurting Our Kids?

    04/12/2023 Duración: 14min

    A long-term decline in unsupervised activity may be contributing to mental health declines in children and adolescents.

  • How Misinformation Spreads through Conflict

    01/12/2023 Duración: 24min

    Three experts break down how misinformation and propaganda spread through conflict and how to debunk it yourself.

  • Why Childhood Vaccination Rates Are Falling

    29/11/2023 Duración: 08min

    Fewer kids got their routine childhood vaccines since before the pandemic. Are lack of access and a loss of trust in science to blame?

  • Climate Adaptation Can Backfire If We Aren't Careful

    27/11/2023 Duración: 11min

    The choices we make in how we adapt to climate change can sometimes come back to bite us

  • The Members of This Reservation Learned They Live with Nuclear Weapons. Can Their Reality Ever Be the Same?

    24/11/2023 Duración: 14min

    The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara peoples are learning more about the missiles siloed on their lands, and that knowledge has put the preservation of their culture and heritage in even starker relief.

  • What Would It Mean to 'Absorb' a Nuclear Attack?

    22/11/2023 Duración: 19min

    The missiles on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota make it a potential target for a nuclear attack. And that doesn’t come close to describing what the reality would be for those on the ground.

  • If You Had a Nuclear Weapon in Your Neighborhood, Would You Want to Know about It?

    20/11/2023 Duración: 16min

    The Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota has had nuclear missile silos on its land for decades. Now the U.S. government wants to take the old weapons out and replace them with new ones, and it’s unclear how many living there know about that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Just One U.S. Reservation Hosts Nuclear Weapons. This Is The Story of How That Came to Be

    17/11/2023 Duración: 17min

    15 nuclear missiles deployed in underground concrete silos across the Fort Berthold reservation in North Dakota. It took displacement and flood to get them there.

  • How Did Nuclear Weapons Get on My Reservation?

    14/11/2023 Duración: 18min

    A member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation digs into a decades-long mystery: how 15 intercontinental ballistic missiles came to be siloed on her ancestral lands.

  • Quick Naps Are Good for Your Brain

    13/11/2023 Duración: 08min

    Daytime naps of about 30 minutes really improve your thinking and may spark creativity.

  • Funding for Research on Psychedelics Is on the Rise, Along with Scientists' Hopes for Using Them

    10/11/2023 Duración: 10min

    As interest and support for psychedelic research grows, scientists share their hopes for the future.

  • Do You Need to 'Trip' for Psychedelics to Work as Medicine?

    08/11/2023 Duración: 13min

    Psychedelic researchers are engaged in heated debate over whether the mind-altering effects of the drugs are necessary for realizing their therapeutic potential.

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