Scientific American
Science Quickly
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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Jun 22, 2026
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Researchers Analyzed Folk Music like It Was DNA: They Found Parallels between Life and Art 03.03.2022 11:06
Using software designed to align DNA sequences, scientists cataloged the mutations that arose as folk songs evolved Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How Hong Kong 'Sees' Invisible Tailpipe Emissions and Pulls Polluters Off the Road 25.02.2022 3:41
The city has deployed a system of sensors to flag highly polluting vehicles. Nearly all of them have been repaired, helping to clean Hong Kong’s air. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This Maine Farm Is Harvesting the Sun's Power while it Picks the Blueberries 22.02.2022 8:42
In Rockport, Me., an array of nearly 11,000 solar panels will soon begin a solar harvest as the sweet berries growing below them ripen on the bush. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tracking Outbreaks through Sewers, and Kids' Vaccines on Hold Again: COVID Quickly, Episode 24 15.02.2022 7:18
Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Romantic Temptation of the Monogamous Prairie Vole 14.02.2022 6:34
The small rodents are one of the few known monogamists in the wild—and their faithfulness was put to the test in a lab. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Answering an Age-Old Mystery: How Do Birds Actually Fly? 11.02.2022 7:29
Equally surprising is the fact that we still do not know how birds actually stay airborne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
More Kids Get COVID, Long Haulers and a Vaccine Milestone: COVID Quickly, Episode 23 04.02.2022 7:43
Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What Is the Shape of This Word? 02.02.2022 7:26
What shape do you see when you hear “bouba”? What about “kiki”? It turns out that nonsense words that evoke certain shapes have something to say about the origins of language. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tiger Sharks, Tracked over Decades, Are Shifting Their Haunts with Ocean Warming 25.01.2022 3:37
Using a combination of fishing data and satellite tracking, scientists found that the sharks have shifted their range some 250 miles poleward over the past 40 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How Marine Wildlife Can Coexist with Offshore Wind [Sponsored] 20.01.2022 7:33
Harnessing the wind to blow back emissions is not without its own impacts, so researchers are developing technologies to coexist with whales and other ocean-dwelling species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
COVID Quickly, Episode 22: Colds Build COVID Immunity and the Omicron Vaccine Delay 19.01.2022 8:29
Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Surprising Physics of Finger Snapping 10.01.2022 6:26
You might not think that you can generate more body acceleration than a big-league baseball pitcher, but new research shows you can. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Salvador Dali's Creative Secret Is Backed by Science 03.01.2022 4:57
The painter described falling into the briefest of slumbers to refresh his mind. Now scientists have shown the method is effective at inducing creativity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Growing Force of Fiery Zombies Threatens Cold Northern Forests 27.12.2021 11:35
Wildfires, appearing dead in winter, are actually smoldering and then bouncing back to life in spring to consume increasingly more land in the Far North. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listen to This New Podcast: Lost Women of Science 21.12.2021 6:03
A new podcast is on a mission to retrieve unsung female scientists from oblivion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Canary Islands Eruption Resets Volcano Forecasts 20.12.2021 3:57
A volcanologist says the eruption on the island of La Palma is a unique window into the “personality” of basaltic volcanoes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
COVID Quickly, Episode 21: Vaccines against Omicron and Pandemic Progress 17.12.2021 6:37
Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As Forests Burn, a Climate Puzzle Materializes in the Far North 14.12.2021 10:02
A 15-year study of where carbon lies in boreal forests has unearthed a surprising finding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Astronomers Spot Two Dust Bunnies Hiding in the Early Universe 08.12.2021 3:35
The scientists found several previously hidden galaxies that date back to 13 billion years ago—and many more might be missing from our current census of the early universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
COVID Quickly, Episode 20: The Omicron Scare, and Anti-COVID Pills Are Coming 03.12.2021 8:02
Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
To Better Persuade a Human, a Robot Should Use This Trick 01.12.2021 13:15
A new study finds that, for robots, overlords are less persuasive than peers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Redo of a Famous Experiment on the Origins of Life Reveals Critical Detail Missed for Decades 26.11.2021 6:50
The Miller-Urey experiment showed that the conditions of early Earth could be simulated in a glass flask. New research finds the flask itself played an underappreciated, though outsize, role. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
COVID Quickly, Episode 19: Mandate Roadblocks, Boosters for All and Sickness in the Zoo 19.11.2021 10:25
Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Flocking Together May Have Helped Dinosaurs Dominate the Earth 12.11.2021 3:46
A fossil bed in Patagonia provides evidence of complex social structure in dinosaurs as early as 193 million years ago. And scientists say that herding behavior could have been key to the beasts’ success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Engineered Bacteria Use Air Bubbles as Acoustically Detonated Tumor TNT 10.11.2021 9:17
Ultrasound triggered cells home in on tumors and then self destruct to deliver damage or therapeutics from inside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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