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Science Quickly

Science EN ↓ 1981 episodes

Host Rachel Feltman, alongside leading science and tech journalists, dives into the rich world of scientific discovery in this bite-size science variety show.

Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: www.sciencequickly.com

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The Universe Is Abuzz with Giant Gravitational Waves, and Scientists Just Heard Them (Maybe) 28.06.2023 16:39

Researchers, using the galaxy as a detector, believe they have detected gravitational waves from monster black holes for the first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Poisons and Perils on the Salton Sea 26.06.2023 11:13

Toxic dust plagues marginalized communities on the shores of this disappearing salt lake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

These Ants Are Probably Better at Navigating Than You Are 23.06.2023 4:34

Desert ants living in the featureless salt plains of Tunisia count their steps and erect tall entrances at their nests to find their way back home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Cool Down Fast in Summer Heat 21.06.2023 11:38

Your body has a secret cooling method, and scientists explain how to use it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Follow a Hurricane Expert into the Heart Of the Beast 19.06.2023 12:25

Along with an expert, we take you into some of nature's most monstrous storms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have Astronomers Seen the Universe's First Stars? 16.06.2023 6:19

The James Webb Space Telescope is giving us our first glimpse of stars in the early universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cleo, the Mysterious Math Menace 14.06.2023 13:01

In 2013 a new user named Cleo took an online math forum by storm with unproved answers. Today she’s an urban legend. But who was she? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MDMA Moves from Party Drug Back to Therapy Tool 12.06.2023 11:01

The party drug MDMA could soon be approved for treating people with severe PTSD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Five Things You Need to Know about Wildfire Smoke Right Now 09.06.2023 11:30

Where is it coming from? How long will it last? What's in the smoke? Whose health is at risk? How do you clean your own air? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

These Predators Had a Face like an Axe and Will Haunt Your Nightmares 07.06.2023 8:51

Terror birds were the grizzly bears of birds, the great white sharks of the land, Jack the Ripper but with feathers. They were also truly fascinating. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Thunderous Goose Relative Was Built like a Tank with the Wings of a Songbird 05.06.2023 10:03

Officially, these prehistoric birds are the dromornithids, but everyone who studies them calls them thunderbirds—and for good reason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Gargantuan Bird Weighed as Much as a Sports Car 02.06.2023 10:07

The elephant bird was the heaviest bird to ever walk the earth. Also, its eggs were 150 times the size of a chicken egg and thick as a dinner plate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Massive Scientific Discovery Sat Hidden in a Museum Drawer for Decades 31.05.2023 11:18

The fossil was a prehistoric bird called Pelagornis sandersi, and its wings stretched out twice as wide as those of the great albatross. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding the Machinery of the Cell [Sponsored] 30.05.2023 10:40

James Rothman shared The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2010 for discovering the molecular basis of neurotransmitter release. How did a biochemist come to win such a prestigious prize in neuroscience? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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