Scientific American

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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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What the End of the COVID Emergency Means for You 24.05.2023 11:04

What you pay for tests, vaccines, and medicine will change Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heat Waves Are Breaking Records. Here's What You Need to Know 22.05.2023 6:54

From North America to South Asia, summer heat waves are becoming longer, stronger and more frequent with climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why We're Worried about Generative AI 19.05.2023 18:02

From the technology upsetting jobs and causing intellectual property issues to models making up fake answers to questions, here’s why we’re concerned about generative AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dismantling the PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Legacy [Sponsored] 18.05.2023 9:05

More sustainable ways of removing persistent chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the environment are on the horizon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder through the 'Community' of Ella 17.05.2023 16:13

We learn the story of “Ella,” a patient with 12 different personalities, or “parts,” and of her therapist, who helped her form a peaceful community—many selves in one body and mind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Time Travel Even Possible? 15.05.2023 8:41

Two SciAm editors duke it out to see if wormholes and multiverses could in fact exist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Parrot Babies Babble Just like Us 12.05.2023 7:33

Parrot nestlings spend time stringing together jumbled mixtures of sound—a rehearsal for more adult conversations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A 19th-Century Obscenity Law Is Being Used Again to Limit Abortion 10.05.2023 10:00

Recent rulings on the abortion pill cite the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old law that’s still on the books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

These Mini Ecosystems Existed Underfoot of Dinosaurs, but Our Parking Lots Might Pave Them to Extinction 08.05.2023 9:50

Vernal pools are safe havens for creatures such as fairy shrimp, and they have lived through the end of the dinosaurs, the breakup of Pangaea and multiple ice ages. But humans are paving them over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This $600-Million Room Contains the World's Largest Collection of These Tiny Endangered Animals 05.05.2023 9:31

Inside a vault at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles lies a microscopic population of immense value—the repository for vernal pool fairy shrimp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Surviving in the Ephemeral Pools of Life 03.05.2023 10:31

Carpets of gold, burrowing toads and fairy shrimp all depend on vernal pools—habitats that, most of the time, do not exist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Fleeting Ecosystem Is Magical, and You Have Probably Never Heard of It or Even Noticed It 01.05.2023 8:50

Vernal pools are home to spectacular residents such as fairy shrimp, but these unusual natural wonders are under threat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do We Need To Save the Whales Again? 28.04.2023 8:25

A scientist who does whale necropsies — or in layman's terms, whale autopsies — tells us why so many dead whales are washing up on beaches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bad Side of 'Good' Cholesterol 26.04.2023 9:14

Very high HDL cholesterol levels almost double your risk of heart problems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them 24.04.2023 13:38

Humans are building meaningful relationships with AI chatbots. What will the consequences be? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Mission to Jupiter's Strange Moons Is Finally on Its Way 19.04.2023 8:43

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) and Europa Clipper missions will search for signs of habitability on three of Jupiter’s potentially ocean-bearing moons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Surprising Backstory behind Witch Hunts and Reproductive Labor 18.04.2023 8:31

Two of the foremost experts on witch hunts talk about the link between the formation of domestic labor and the rise of witch hunting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What You Need to Know about GPT-4 14.04.2023 10:42

The AI GPT-4 has emergent abilities—but that’s not why it’s scary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good News for Coffee Lovers 12.04.2023 11:06

A careful new study reveals coffee is generally safe for your heart and may boost your daily step count. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meet the Magnificent Microbes of the Deep Unknown 10.04.2023 13:32

These two researchers journey toward the center of Earth—via windows to the crust—to find bacteria that can breathe iron, arsenic and other metals that would kill us pretty quickly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Zombifying Fungi Became Master Manipulators 07.04.2023 13:07

The real-life fungi that inspired The Last of Us hijack the bodies of ants, wasps, cicadas, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Science Has New Ideas about 'Oumuamua's Weirdness 05.04.2023 6:10

Our first known interstellar visitor is now long gone, but new research has some ideas about why it moved the way it did while it was in our cosmic neighborhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Open Offices Aren't Working, so How Do We Design an Office That Does? 03.04.2023 12:44

Insights from Deaf and autistic communities could finally make office spaces better for everyone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cosmos, Quickly: Remembering the Genius of Vera Rubin 31.03.2023 11:57

Vera Rubin went from a teenager with a cardboard telescope to the “mother of dark matter.” Some of her colleagues and mentees weigh in on her fascinating life and how she was a champion for women in astronomy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Long COVID's Roots in the Brain: Your Health, Quickly, Episode 3 29.03.2023 12:16

Post-COVID symptoms can linger for months or years, and more and more evidence points to problems with the nervous system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices