Overview
713 Episodes
RFK Jr. canceled nearly $500 million in mRNA vaccine research funding. Plus, the latest climate news, from flooding in Alaska to new EVs.
Transcribed - Published: 15 August 2025
There are a lot of claims about breast milk, but we know little about this sophisticated substance. Two researchers update us on the latest.
Transcribed - Published: 14 August 2025
In “The Headache,” a science journalist documents his quest to understand his own cluster headaches.
Transcribed - Published: 13 August 2025
The late James Lovell was commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission. In 1995, he recounted the story of the real-life space drama.
Transcribed - Published: 12 August 2025
Underground fungal networks are crucial to life on Earth. But a new map shows that less than 10% of fungal hotspots are in protected areas.
Transcribed - Published: 11 August 2025
This important breakthrough and other research projects have lost funding because of Trump’s cuts to the NIH.
Transcribed - Published: 8 August 2025
A researcher who studies the effects of extreme cold on the body throws a few drops of icy water on the social media trend. Also, why mammoths make great mascots.
Transcribed - Published: 7 August 2025
Dr. Masao Tomonaga was 2 years old when the US bombed Nagasaki. Eighty years later, he reflects on a lifetime of treating other survivors.
Transcribed - Published: 6 August 2025
Researchers closely examined the genomes of 65 individuals to paint a more complex, and more complete, picture of human genetic diversity.
Transcribed - Published: 5 August 2025
A new book explores how the moon changed us—and how we’ve changed the moon.
Transcribed - Published: 4 August 2025
The “endangerment finding” is the basis for regulations on emissions from cars, power plants, and more. Plus, a robot performs surgery.
Transcribed - Published: 1 August 2025
Whistling requires attention to your mouth, muscles, and breath. Here’s how it works, and how to get better at it.
Transcribed - Published: 31 July 2025
Paleontologists identified a new ancient reptile appendage. And, how fast did dinosaurs run? A longstanding equation for dino speed may be wrong.
Transcribed - Published: 30 July 2025
Retired astronaut Cady Coleman explains why she felt compelled to sign “The Voyager Declaration.”
Transcribed - Published: 29 July 2025
Menopause research began in earnest about 30 years ago. Two experts want you to know that we’ve actually learned a lot—and it’s not all bad.
Transcribed - Published: 28 July 2025
The EPA’s Office of Research and Development studies things like PFAS, air pollution, and chemical safety to develop environmental standards.
Transcribed - Published: 26 July 2025
The newly released images from a December flyby are so detailed that scientists can see explosions and the flow of solar winds.
Transcribed - Published: 25 July 2025
Across the country, premiums are rising and insurers are pulling out of markets that are most at risk for climate change-fueled disasters.
Transcribed - Published: 24 July 2025
You might think sticking out your gyatt for the rizzler is chopped, but “Algospeak” author Adam Aleksic says we should let Gen Alpha cook.
Transcribed - Published: 23 July 2025
The New World Screwworm is creeping north, threatening cattle in Mexico and the US. Fighting flies with flies has worked before.
Transcribed - Published: 22 July 2025
A century after a teacher went on trial for teaching evolution, the role of science in the classroom and in society remains in contention.
Transcribed - Published: 21 July 2025
Tick seasons are getting worse, raising concerns about the risk of Lyme disease. Dogs can get vaccinated for it. Why can’t humans?
Transcribed - Published: 18 July 2025
A controversial treatment offers a painless route to ridding veterans of their trauma responses. But does it really work?
Transcribed - Published: 17 July 2025
Is the Hubble constant—a key part of how we measure the expansion of our universe—in a crisis? Some cosmologists say yes.
Transcribed - Published: 16 July 2025
Newburgh, New York, is one of 10 communities involved in a CDC-led study to understand the effects of PFAS—forever chemicals—on health.
Transcribed - Published: 15 July 2025
Oceanographer Victoria Orphan’s dream was coming true—she was onboard the Alvin submersible. But the trip was anything but smooth sailing.
Transcribed - Published: 14 July 2025
With the help of methane-munching-microbes, these translucent sea spiders gobble up a potent greenhouse gas to stay alive.
Transcribed - Published: 13 July 2025
With the help of methane-munching-microbes, these translucent sea spiders gobble up a potent greenhouse gas to stay alive.
Transcribed - Published: 13 July 2025
The president has said he wants to leave disaster response to the states. Plus, how much can climate change be blamed for extreme flooding?
Transcribed - Published: 11 July 2025
The mysterious properties of pasta have been tested by physicists for decades. Also, social media influencers claim that taping your mouth shut during sleep has life-changing effects. But the evidence isn’t airtight.
Transcribed - Published: 10 July 2025
Microbes—from deep in the ocean to inside your AC—might play a key role in our fight against climate change.
Transcribed - Published: 9 July 2025
In his new book, a former FDA commissioner unpacks the latest science on metabolism, weight loss, and how GLP-1 drugs actually work.
Transcribed - Published: 8 July 2025
Karmella Haynes doesn’t need to fit in—in life or in work. So when a research space didn’t exist for her, she created it.
Transcribed - Published: 7 July 2025
In this story from 2022, undersea archaeologist Robert Ballard shares adventures from beneath the waves and his love for deep sea exploration.
Transcribed - Published: 4 July 2025
Picking a sunscreen can be overwhelming. We’ll break down what to look for, and what ingredients matter.
Transcribed - Published: 3 July 2025
We talked to the movie’s paleontology consultant about the new ways they wanted to bring these magnificent dinosaurs to life.
Transcribed - Published: 2 July 2025
People are turning to AI chatbots for emotional and social support. While chatbot friends can ease loneliness, they can also cause real harm.
Transcribed - Published: 1 July 2025
Geologist Steve Squyres risked his career and millions of dollars to get the Spirit and Opportunity rovers on Mars.
Transcribed - Published: 30 June 2025
Katie Edwards has lost millions of dollars in grant money, bringing her research to a standstill. She’s taking the fight to court.
Transcribed - Published: 27 June 2025
The telescope has the largest digital camera ever made. It's so precise that one image alone contains 10 million galaxies.
Transcribed - Published: 26 June 2025
Last month, a baby got the world’s first personalized gene-editing treatment. What will this mean for millions of others with genetic diseases?
Transcribed - Published: 25 June 2025
Collagen from a fossilized bone fragment can identify the animal it came from. And, some new info about our galaxy’s eventual extinction.
Transcribed - Published: 24 June 2025
Physicist Suchitra Sebastian may have discovered a new state of matter. But the hardest part was convincing the doubters.
Transcribed - Published: 23 June 2025
JWST has detected the earliest galaxies in the universe, but some look “more mature” than expected. Is it time to rethink how galaxies form?
Transcribed - Published: 20 June 2025
Super agers are folks who stay fit into their 80s and beyond. What’s behind their unique health and longevity?
Transcribed - Published: 19 June 2025
Scientists look inside the fossilized stomach contents of a massive dinosaur. And, why some birds listen for prairie dogs’ alarm calls.
Transcribed - Published: 18 June 2025
Former President Joe Biden’s diagnosis with an aggressive form of prostate cancer has put a spotlight on prostate cancer screening.
Transcribed - Published: 17 June 2025
Biochemist Virginia Man-Yee Lee has spent her career unlocking the proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases. Her secret? Happiness.
Transcribed - Published: 16 June 2025
The health secretary fired the entire panel that recommends vaccines. Plus, the EPA moves to expedite cleanup of Superfund sites.
Transcribed - Published: 13 June 2025
From lunar missions to a space station to an asteroid rendezvous, China has been making impressive strides in spaceflight.
Transcribed - Published: 12 June 2025
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