Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA stinky planet full of magma, and more...
An unusual hellscape of a planet found 34 light years from Earth has a deep ocean of molten magma surrounded by noxious, hot, rotten egg-type fumes. …
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Bonobo females bully the boys, and more…
We used to think that of our primate relatives, chimps were the more aggressive ape and bonobos were more peaceful. A recent study found that bonobos…
1 week, 1 day ago
Filming a black hole in action, and more…
You may have seen Black Hole, the image, but have you heard of the upcoming Black Hole, The Movie? This week, astronomers launched a new campaign to …
2 weeks, 1 day ago
How starfish move their tiny tube feet, and more…
Starfish don't have brains, and yet they're able to mobilize hundreds of tiny hydraulic tube feet to get around. Now scientists are getting an unders…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
How living on Mars could change humans, and more…
From the pressurized space suits to living in underground spaces, it's clear that living on Mars would cause irreversible biological changes to any h…
1 month ago
The sensitive secrets of elephant whiskers, and more…
An elephant’s trunk is incredibly strong and rugged, and yet it is one of the most sensitive touch organs in the animal kingdom. New research reveals…
1 month, 1 week ago
Belugas swap mates for survival, and more…
Researchers made the surprising discovery that Alaska beluga whales have swinging sex lives — and that could be their key to survival in the warming …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Polar bears are thriving in Svalbard, and more...
Scientists spent nearly 25 years studying close to 800 polar bears in the Barents Sea region and discovered that those polar bears seem to be doing j…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
'Gifted' dogs learn from eavesdropping, and more...
Some dogs are more adept at learning language than others. Researchers studying these special dogs discovered that, much like toddlers, these smart f…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The reason chimps can reason, and more…
We may share a common ancestor with chimpanzees, but somewhere along the evolutionary line to us, our brains took a major detour. New research sugges…
2 months ago