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Back to Search🔬 Earth Is Drifting Through a Dead Star's Remains — Plus 10 More Science Stories You Need to Hear
Episode 357
Antarctic ice cores have revealed that Earth is currently passing through the radioactive debris of an ancient supernova, and that's just the beginni…
9 hours ago
🔬 Africa Is Splitting Apart, Zombie Cells Targeted & A Volcano That Cooled the Planet
Episode 356
Scientists have detected alarming signs that Africa may be in the early stages of tearing apart, with hidden mantle activity forcing its way through …
1 day, 9 hours ago
🔬 Ancient Solar Storms, Supernova Debris & the Drug Combo Quietly Failing Roadside Tests
Episode 355
Scientists have uncovered hidden pockets of warm water melting Antarctic ice shelves from below, suggesting sea levels could rise far faster than cur…
2 days, 9 hours ago
🔬 NASA's Daring Mars Flyby, Zombie Cancer Cells Destroyed & The Cosmic Map That Changes Everything
Episode 354
NASA's Psyche spacecraft is making a dramatic close pass of Mars in a high-stakes gravitational slingshot toward one of the solar system's most myste…
3 days, 9 hours ago
🔬 Your Immune System Is Aging You Faster Than You Think — Plus 15 More Science Stories You Need to Hear
Episode 353
Scientists have just upended decades of thinking on aging, revealing that an overactive immune system — not just DNA damage — may be driving rapid-ag…
4 days, 9 hours ago
🔬 An Alien Comet Just Arrived From Another Star System — And That's Only the Beginning
Episode 352
An interstellar comet from a completely foreign star system is giving astronomers a rare glimpse into alien planetary chemistry, while the James Webb…
5 days, 9 hours ago
🔬 Humans Could Regrow Limbs? Plus the Vaccine Quietly Saving Heart Patients & a Quantum First
Episode 351
Scientists studying axolotls, zebrafish, and mice have identified a shared set of genes that may hold the key to human limb regeneration — and a gene…
1 week ago
🔬 An Interstellar Comet Just Arrived — And Its Water Shouldn't Exist
Episode 350
A rogue comet from outside our solar system is carrying water unlike anything scientists have ever seen, raising urgent questions about what's out th…
1 week, 1 day ago
🔬 Scientists Just Broke the Code of Life — Plus Brain Secrets, Cancer Breakthroughs & More
Episode 349
Researchers have stumbled upon a microscopic organism that defies the near-universal genetic code shared by virtually all life on Earth — rewriting w…
1 week, 2 days ago
🔬 NASA Just Changed Everything, Voyager 1 Is Running Out of Time & The Mezcal Worm Secret Is Finally Out
Episode 348
NASA's Artemis II mission has wrapped with stunning results, bringing humanity closer to returning to the Moon than we've been in over 50 years — whi…
1 week, 3 days ago