Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Kavli Prize Presents: Building Materials From The Bottom Up [Sponsored]
Chad Mirkin, recipient of the 2024 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience, has spent his career exploring the possibilities of creating and inventing materials a…
1 year, 5 months ago
Astronauts Can Drink More Recycled Pee Than Ever, and You Can Still Catch the Plague
We commemorate the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, dive into NASA’s groundbreaking Mars habitat simulation and discuss the innovative “s…
1 year, 5 months ago
On Thin Ice: Contemplating Our Climate Future in Antarctica (Part 4)
We’re at the end of the Nathaniel B. Palmer’s Antarctic expedition. The researchers onboard are returning sea ice and thousands of gallons of seawate…
1 year, 6 months ago
Saving the Last Truly Wild Horse
Przewalski’s horses are truly wild horses, even the ones held in captivity. They traditionally roamed the Central Asian steppes, so you can imagine e…
1 year, 6 months ago
A Blast from Our Past and Plans for a Petrochemical-Free Future
We’re looking at our reporting—from 100 years ago. In 1924 Scientific American’s pages were bemoaning traffic, waste management and pests. They were …
1 year, 6 months ago
The Supreme Court Plays Hot Potato with Idaho’s Abortion Restrictions, and NASA Plays It Safe with Starliner
The Supreme Court dismissed a case about Idaho’s abortion ban, preserving a lower court ruling that allows for emergency access to abortion in the st…
1 year, 6 months ago
On Thin Ice: Life Onboard an Antarctic Icebreaker (Part 3)
Life onboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer can be cramped and cold. Chaotic work schedules and changing time zones can be disorienting, and the isolation o…
1 year, 6 months ago
How to Stay Cool during Record-Breaking Heat Waves
Summers are getting hotter, with heat waves that last longer and occur more often. That makes it even more important to communicate the risks of heat…
1 year, 6 months ago
Your Penis Might Be Full of Microplastics, and The Seine is Definitely Full of Bacteria
Microplastics are everywhere—and we mean everywhere. These pesky plastic pollutants have been found in penis tissue, testicles, breast milk and blood…
1 year, 6 months ago
On Thin Ice: Penguins in Paradise (Part 2)
It’s important that researchers get samples of Antarctic sea ice before melting takes the opportunity away. But fieldwork is never straightforward, a…
1 year, 6 months ago