Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchExploring the Science of Spookiness at the Recreational Fear Lab
Why do so many of us love a good scare? Whether it’s horror movies, haunted houses or creepy podcasts, there’s something thrilling about feeling spoo…
1 year, 4 months ago
Scurvy, Bird Flu and a Big Old Meteorite
An enormous meteorite’s impact 3.26 billion years ago may have made conditions on Earth more hospitable for life in the long run. Washington State is…
1 year, 4 months ago
Spooky Lakes and the Science of Haunted Hydrology
Artist and author Geo Rutherford created Spooky Lake Month to highlight the strange and eerie waters of the world. She first fell in love with the Gr…
1 year, 4 months ago
What Do Societal Beauty Standards Have to Do with Breast Cancer?
Host Rachel Feltman is joined by Jasmine McDonald, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, t…
1 year, 4 months ago
Microbes Are Evolving to Eat Cleaning Supplies, and Whooping Cough Is Making a Comeback
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have confirmed we’re in the solar maximum, a period of increased solar activity that cou…
1 year, 4 months ago
What The Next President Will Do about Artificial Intelligence
There’s a lot of excitement and apprehension over the seemingly sudden proliferation of artificial intelligence in just about everything. Technologic…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Doctor Will See You, and Stop Judging You, Now
How do you stop implicit bias from getting in the way of better health? This doctor wants to make learning how to manage bias as important as learnin…
1 year, 4 months ago
Your Rundown of the Science Nobels, and Europa Clipper Is Delayed
Everything you need to know about last week’s physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine Nobels. COVID could raise the risk of heart attacks and …
1 year, 4 months ago
Is Singing an Evolutionary Accident or a Critical Way to Connect?
Scientific American associate news editor and music enthusiast Allison Parshall takes Science Quickly through what we know about how singing came to …
1 year, 5 months ago
The Danger of Hurricane Downpours and the End of ‘Climate Havens’
Hurricanes Beryl, Francine and Helene have battered the Gulf Coast this year. Hurricane Milton is expected to add to the destruction, particularly in…
1 year, 5 months ago