Podcast Episodes
Back to Search🔬 Science Just Changed: Malaria's Achilles Heel Found, Antarctica's Ice Map Revealed & Your Brain Has a Hidden Rhythm
Episode 286
Scientists have pinpointed a protein that the malaria parasite cannot survive without, opening the door to entirely new treatments for a disease that…
2 months, 1 week ago
🔬 Quantum Holy Grail Found? Plus Ancient Geometry, a Herpes Virus Cancer Cure & More Just Dropped
Episode 285
Scientists may have finally identified the long-sought 'holy grail' of quantum computing — a triplet superconductor material that could revolutionize…
2 months, 1 week ago
🔬 Just Discovered: Primate Origins Rewritten, Life's Building Blocks Found on Jupiter's Moons & More
Episode 284
Paleontologists have uncovered the southernmost fossils ever found of Purgatorius — the earliest known primate relative — forcing a rethink of how qu…
2 months, 1 week ago
🔬 Ghost Galaxy Found, Alzheimer's Drug Bombshell & The Anti-Aging Molecule With a Dangerous Secret
Episode 283
Astronomers have spotted an ultra-rare 'ghost galaxy' made of 99% dark matter, detectable only by a handful of star clusters buried deep in space. A …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
🔬 This Common Diabetes Drug Just Revealed a Surprising New Use — Plus AI Can't Fool Everyone, and More
Episode 282
A decades-old diabetes medication may be about to transform life for millions living with type 1 diabetes, and researchers have finally uncovered exa…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
🔬 A Microbe Just Broke Biology's Most Fundamental Rule — And That's Just the Start
Episode 281
Scientists at UC Berkeley have discovered an archaeon that ignores the universal genetic code, using stop signals to produce two entirely different p…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
🔬 Just Captured: The Milky Way's Beating Heart, Moon's Secret Magnetic Past & More Game-Changing Discoveries
Episode 280
Astronomers have just released ALMA's largest-ever image of our galaxy's center, unveiling a stunning cosmic web that's rewriting what we know about …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
🔬 Just Discovered: The Most Distant Jellyfish Galaxy Ever Seen — Plus What 2 Days of Oatmeal Does to Your Cholesterol
Episode 279
Astronomers have spotted the most distant jellyfish galaxy ever observed, pushing back our understanding of early cosmic conditions by billions of ye…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
🔬 Webb Just Rewrote Uranus, A Black Hole Ate A Star & Your Brain's Clock Is Broken
Episode 278
The James Webb Space Telescope has produced the first-ever 3D map of Uranus's upper atmosphere — and what it found about the ice giant's auroras and …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
🔬 Ancient Writing Discovered 40,000 Years Ago, Bacteria That Eat Cancer & The Ocean Circulation Alert You Need to Hear Now
Episode 277
A new study reveals how Antarctic meltwater dramatically disrupted the global ocean conveyor belt during past ice ages — and what that means for toda…
2 months, 3 weeks ago