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What to Know About The Measles Outbreak
Episode 1240
Measles is one of the most contagious infectious diseases known to science – more contagious than Ebola, smallpox or COVID-19. Declining vaccination …
1 year, 1 month ago
Could 'Severance' Become Our Reality?
Episode 1239
What if we had the ultimate work-life balance? This fundamental question underlies the hit Apple TV+ show Severance – now in its second season. Ahead…
1 year, 1 month ago
Love Fruit? Thank (Dinosaur) Mass Extinction
Episode 1238
Move over, TikTokers. It's time to shine a spotlight on some of the earliest influencers around: dinosaurs. When these ecosystem engineers were in th…
1 year, 1 month ago
Let's Talk About (Biological) Sex, Baby
Episode 1237
Biological sex is all over the news lately. Whether it's via President Trump's executive order affecting passport policy, moving trans inmates betwee…
1 year, 1 month ago
Is The Trump Administration Breaking Science?
Episode 1236
In its first 50 days, the Trump administration made sweeping changes to scientific arms of the government like the Department of Health and Human Ser…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Great Antarctic Food Web Puzzle
Episode 1235
Tourists to Antarctica are fueling research on some of the tiniest, most influential organisms on Earth: phytoplankton. These itty bitty critters mak…
1 year, 1 month ago
Stone Age To Bone Age?
Episode 1234
Archeologists know early humans used stone to make tools long before the time of Homo sapiens. But a new discovery out this week in Nature suggests e…
1 year, 1 month ago
Will Bark For Science
Episode 1233
On their second job ever, Collette Yee and her partner were assigned a difficult job: locate transient whale poop in the ocean before it sinks. Lucki…
1 year, 2 months ago
Reviving The Woolly Mammoth ... With Mice
Episode 1232
You've heard of the woolly mammoth. But have you heard of woolly mice? These critters were genetically modified by the Dallas-based biotech company C…
1 year, 2 months ago
What It's Like Taking Alzheimer's Drugs
Episode 1231
There are now two fully approved drugs on the market that can, sometimes, slow down the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Both have been shown to s…
1 year, 2 months ago