Podcast Episodes
Back to Search🔬 Physicists Just Found String Theory By Accident — And That's Only The Start
Episode 361
Researchers who weren't even looking for string theory stumbled onto its defining signatures while working on quantum gravity equations — a discovery…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
🔬 Ancient Humans Rewrote History, Wool Grows Bone & The Sleep Switch Science Just Found
Episode 360
Scientists have shattered long-held assumptions about early human history, revealing evidence that our ancestors thrived deep inside rainforests far …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
🔬 Your Brain Is Still Active Under Anesthesia & The Longevity Gene Rewriting Alzheimer's Research
Episode 359
Scientists have uncovered a stunning explanation for why the APOE2 gene variant appears to extend lifespan and protect against Alzheimer's, pointing …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
🔬 Asteroid Mining, Fusion Solved & A Blood Mystery 50 Years in the Making
Episode 358
Scientists have unveiled a realistic framework for mining asteroids to fuel Mars colonization, while a new plasma regime may have cracked two of fusi…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
🔬 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…
1 month, 3 weeks 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 month, 3 weeks 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…
1 month, 3 weeks 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…
1 month, 4 weeks 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…
1 month, 4 weeks 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…
2 months ago