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Climate Science Gets a Seat in Congress with Eric Sorensen
Representative Eric Sorensen of Illinois brings his background as a meteorologist to the halls of Congress, advocating for science-based policy amid intensifying climate threats. In this episode, he …
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Former NASA Leaders Are Sounding the Alarm on Budget Cuts
The White House has proposed sharp cuts to NASA’s science budget, potentially reducing it to historic lows not seen since the early Apollo era. Beyond space exploration, NASA’s work influences daily …
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Russia’s Earthquake, Wonders of Walking and Surprising Plant Genetics
Host Rachel Feltman talks with Andrea Thompson, Scientific American’s senior sustainability editor, to discuss the massive Russian earthquake and the reason it produced such relatively minor tsunami …
Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Is AI Conscious? Claude 4 Raises the Question
Host Rachel Feltman talks with Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American’s senior tech reporter, about his recent exchange with Claude 4, an artificial intelligence chatbot that seemed to suggest it mi…
Published on 5 months ago
Your Guide to Summer’s Extreme Weather, from Corn Sweat to Flash Floods
The summer of 2025 has been a doozy in the U.S., with extreme weather across the country. Flash flooding caused destruction and death in Texas. Corn sweat made a heat wave in the eastern half of the …
Published on 5 months ago
Summer Meteor Showers, Short Summer Days and Ancient Arthropods
If last Tuesday seemed to fly by, you can blame the rotation of Earth. Try to look up this week to see the Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids meteor showers. Plus, we discuss FEMA cu…
Published on 5 months ago
Greenland’s Ice Sheet Is at Risk—And So Are We
Chief multimedia editor Jeffery DelViscio ventured to Greenland for a month to learn from the scientists studying the country’s ice sheet. He speaks with host Rachel Feltman about his time in the fie…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
What to Read on the Beach This Summer
Scientific American has been reading, reviewing and recommending books for more than 100 years. These days Brianne Kane, our resident reader, is in charge of organizing our book recommendation lists …
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Time Travel to Tide Pool 101 from Our July 1925 Issue
Time travel to an introduction to tide pools, the start of commercial air travel and an intercontinental aviation museum dispute. Host Rachel Feltman is taking a look at a 1925 issue of Scientific Am…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Dungeons and Dragons’ Popularity Grows—And Science Follows
Brennan Lee Mulligan is a professional dungeon master, playing Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), a popular tabletop role-playing game, for audiences online and in person. In January his D&D show on Dropout…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago