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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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Climate Adaptation Can Backfire If We Aren't Careful 27.11.2023 13:08

The choices we make in how we adapt to climate change can sometimes come back to bite us Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Members of This Reservation Learned They Live with Nuclear Weapons. Can Their Reality Ever Be the Same? 24.11.2023 16:10

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Would It Mean to 'Absorb' a Nuclear Attack? 22.11.2023 20:20

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If You Had a Nuclear Weapon in Your Neighborhood, Would You Want to Know about It? 20.11.2023 16:51

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 18:39

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Did Nuclear Weapons Get on My Reservation? 14.11.2023 19:52

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Quick Naps Are Good for Your Brain 13.11.2023 9:17

Daytime naps of about 30 minutes really improve your thinking and may spark creativity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Funding for Research on Psychedelics Is on the Rise, Along with Scientists' Hopes for Using Them 10.11.2023 11:46

As interest and support for psychedelic research grows, scientists share their hopes for the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do You Need to 'Trip' for Psychedelics to Work as Medicine? 08.11.2023 14:47

Psychedelic researchers are engaged in heated debate over whether the mind-altering effects of the drugs are necessary for realizing their therapeutic potential. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Search for New Psychedelics 06.11.2023 11:26

As companies join the hunt, can the field of mind-altering synthetic substances stay true to its original pioneering spirit of wonder, curiosity and connection? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Are Ultraprocessed Foods, and Are They Bad for You? 01.11.2023 12:22

More than half of our diet consists of foods that have been industrially processed in some way, and they may be harmful to our health Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

These Creatures Are Probably the Closest Thing Nature Has to Real Werewolves 30.10.2023 11:30

Under the right conditions, the spadefoot tadpole will transform into a voracious predator of its own species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The World's Most Frightening Animal Sounds like This 27.10.2023 9:57

Lions, tigers, bears: this creature sends all of those beasts running for the hills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Tale of the Rotifer That Came Back to Life after 25,000 Years in an Icy Tomb 25.10.2023 6:58

Can something spring back to life if it last moved around when woolly mammoths roamed the earth? The answer appears to be yes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Generative AI Models Are Sucking Up Data from All Over the Internet, Yours Included 23.10.2023 12:36

In the rush to build and train ever larger AI models, developers have swept up much of the searchable Internet, quite possibly including some of your own public data—and potentially some of your private data as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some Parents Show Their Kids They Care with a Corpse 20.10.2023 8:18

If you’re a silphid beetle, a dead body is all your children really want, and it’s your job—no matter how difficult—to get one for them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Handle This New COVID Season 18.10.2023 9:40

The dangerous virus is still here. Here’s how you can stay safe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Arctic Sea Ice Breaks Up, AI Is Starting to Predict Where the Ice Will Go 16.10.2023 9:14

Sea ice is changing fast. Are forecasts created by artificial intelligence the best way to keep up with the pace of a warming climate in the far north? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scientists Argue Conservation Is under Threat in Indonesia 13.10.2023 5:13

Researchers have been banned from working in Indonesia’s tropical rain forests after the government disagreed with their scientific conclusions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Soggy Mission to Sniff Out a Greenhouse Gas 'Bomb' in the High Arctic 11.10.2023 9:07

A needlelike tower, hung with sensors, “sniffs” the air above the Arctic Circle for signs of catastrophic thaw in the sodden ground below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Indigenous Community Records the Climate Change That Is Causing Its Town to Erode Away 09.10.2023 8:48

In a tiny village north of the Arctic Circle in the Northwest Territories, the Inuvialuit of Tuktoyaktuk have taken climate science into their own hands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Journey to the Thawing Edge of Climate Change 06.10.2023 9:57

What is a permafrost thaw slump? Just imagine a massive hole with an area the size of more than nine football fields—and growing—where ice-cold ground once stood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Popular Decongestant Doesn't Work. What Does? 04.10.2023 9:34

The popular decongestant phenylephrine is not effective, an FDA panel found. Here’s what to use instead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The State of Large Language Models 02.10.2023 12:33

We present the latest updates on ChatGPT, Bard and other competitors in the artificial intelligence arms race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Song of the Stars, Part 3: The Universe in all Senses 29.09.2023 11:30

An astronomy festival in Italy opted to make all of its events and workshops multisensory. The organizers wanted to see whether sound, touch and smell can, like sight, transmit the wonders of the cosmos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices