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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 Luddites Can Teach Us about AI 01.09.2023 11:21

The Luddites did not hate technology—but they did fight the way it was used to exploit humans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Pig Kidney Was Just Transplanted Into a Human Body, and It Is Still Working 30.08.2023 13:29

Xenotransplants could help to solve the organ transplant crisis—if researchers can get the science right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Migratory Birds Are in Peril, but Knowing Where They Are at Night Could Help Save Them 28.08.2023 15:25

Light is a very dangerous, if not so obvious, threat to birds who migrate at night. But researchers are using weather radar to track birds and provide “lights out” forecasts to help keep their paths clear of visual distraction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Artificial Intelligence Is Helping Us 'See' Some of the Billions of Birds Migrating at Night 25.08.2023 13:16

Science is turning to machines to unlock the secrets of the vast, mysterious pulse-of-the-planet phenomenon that is nocturnal migration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's How You Go Birding in the Middle of the Night 23.08.2023 12:49

If you really want to challenging your bird identification skills, try using them at night, when bird calls are less than 100 milliseconds long. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Using Human-Sized Microphones and Hay Bales, They Unlocked the Mysteries of Bird Migration 21.08.2023 16:39

For thousands of years, no one truly knew how birds migrated—that is, until a few unlikely pioneers sat in an empty field with hundreds of pounds of kludged together recording gear and waited to hear sounds that no one had ever captured. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They Tap Into the Magical, Hidden Pulse of the Planet, but What is the Nighttime Bird Surveillance Network? 18.08.2023 10:17

On any given night, dense clouds of dark, ghostly figures pass over your head as you sleep. Maybe you never knew they were there, but there are people out there who are deciphering all the unseen movement that happens amid the darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hearing Aids Stave Off Cognitive Decline 16.08.2023 13:33

Hearing aids may help maintain better brain functions in older people and better health overall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In This Ancient Garden, Plants Can Cure or Kill You 14.08.2023 9:33

Apothecaries founded this famous garden—one of the most ancient botanical gardens in Europe—to teach their students which plants poison and which plants cure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Fungi Economy, Part 3: Can Climate Modeling from Space Save Our Forests? 09.08.2023 14:03

Here’s how scientists are planning on getting underground fungi data from space using satellites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Fungi Economy, Part 2: Here's How Plants and Fungi Trade beneath Our Feet 07.08.2023 17:01

Atmospheric carbon is a currency that plants use to “buy” nutrients from fungi in the soil. To find out where this economy will go next, the devil is in the details. And the details are in the dirt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Fungi Economy, Part 1: Just like Us, Trees Are Experiencing Inflation 04.08.2023 14:32

Like us, plants and fungi have complex economies. By burning fossil fuels, we’ve been devaluing their currency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could Weight-Loss Drugs Curb Addiction? Your Health, Quickly, Episode 12 02.08.2023 10:27

Drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic might help people tackle substance abuse as well as shed pounds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Roll a Joint Perfectly, according to Science 31.07.2023 9:48

Scientists used a smoking machine—complete with a 3-D-printed mouthpiece—to figure out how to get the most cannabinoid per puff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's How AI Can Predict Hit Songs With Frightening Accuracy 28.07.2023 11:41

New AI technology predicts hit songs—by listening to someone’s body. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's Why Actors Are So Worried about AI 26.07.2023 10:29

Here’s what’s behind the A.I technology that has worried so many actors—including something called “the orb.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are You a Lucid Dreamer? 24.07.2023 11:27

A sleep researcher who studies what dreams can tell us about the possible onset of some mental disorders believes lucid dreamers might hold a lot of answers in their head. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's What 'Oppenheimer' Gets Right--And Wrong--About Nuclear History 21.07.2023 15:27

Here’s what a historian who has studied J. Robert Oppenheimer for two decades has to say about the new Christopher Nolan film on the father of the atomic bomb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Stress Messes With Your Gut 19.07.2023 10:14

Inflammatory bowel disease flare-ups can be traced to mental stress Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should We Care About AI's Emergent Abilities? 17.07.2023 14:01

Here’s how large language models, or LLMs, actually work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What That Jazz Beat Tells Us about Hearing and The Brain 14.07.2023 13:55

Very small delays in swing jazz point to our evolution as a supremely auditory species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just like People, Orangutans Get Smoker's Voice 10.07.2023 13:20

New research has discovered that wildfire smoke hurts these primates’ voice—and health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doctor AI Will See You Now 07.07.2023 9:22

ChatGPT and other AI programs can offer medical advice. But how good are they? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

El Niño is Back. What Does That Mean For You? 05.07.2023 7:43

The famous climate pattern El Niño could usher in a new hottest year on record and will have domino effects on the world’s weather. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Kavli Prize Presents: How Your Brain Maps the World [Sponsored] 29.06.2023 9:55

John O’Keefe shared the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2014 for discovering that neurons in the hippocampus encode an animal’s location and create a cognitive map for navigation. This podcast was produced for the Kavli Prize by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices