Podcast Episodes

This Episode Was Recorded from Space

Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman interviewed NASA flight engineer Matthew Dominick live—from space! In this first-ever interview conducted from th…

1 year, 6 months ago

How 9/11 Transformed Forensic Science

Content warning: This episode contains some details about the 9/11 attacks and victims’ remains.

Twenty-three years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, …

1 year, 6 months ago

Jellyfish Clones Swarm British Columbian Lakes, and Measles Cases Surge in Oregon

In this week’s new roundup, a new study finds no clear connection between phone use and brain or head cancers, putting some fears to rest. Meanwhile …

1 year, 6 months ago

In Sickness and Age: Finding Balance between Caregiving and Self-Care (Part 2)

As people live longer and family sizes shrink, fewer relatives are available to share the burden of caregiving for aging loved ones. The second episo…

1 year, 6 months ago

How Racism Might Be Accelerating Aging and Menopause

Discrimination may be speeding up the aging process for people of color and other minoritized groups. Research is revealing that structural and inter…

1 year, 6 months ago

In Sickness and Age: Changing Family Structures and Caregiving (Part 1)

In this first episode of a two-part miniseries on caregiving, Tanya Lewis, Scientific American’s senior editor of health and medicine, shares her per…

1 year, 6 months ago

The Dark Side of Houseplant Collection

Marc Hachadourian, senior curator of orchids and director of glasshouse horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden, joins host Rachel Feltman to e…

1 year, 6 months ago

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Ascends, Ozempic Is Linked to Depression, and Mpox Cases Spread Rapidly

NASA’s Perseverance rover cautiously climbs Jezero Crater on Mars in search of new discoveries. We also explore recent revelations about the Red Plan…

1 year, 6 months ago

Dissecting the Linguistic Patterns of Kamala Harris

The Democratic presidential ticket has literally diverse voices. While Vice President Kamala Harris’s speech is influenced by her Californian origins…

1 year, 6 months ago

‘Dark Oxygen’ Is Coming from These Ocean Nodules, and We Don’t Know How

Polymetallic nodules litter a stretch of ocean between Mexico and Hawaii. They contain metals, such as manganese and cobalt, that mining companies wa…

1 year, 6 months ago