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Jul076 days agoSleep is the new skinny. Americans are obsessed with a good night's rest — after decades of viewing sleep as a waste of time for people who have nothing better to do. We'll explore how slee...
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Jun302 weeks agoHappy Birthday, America! From the very beginning, science has shaped this country. Many of the Founding Fathers — Madison, Jefferson, Washington — were science geeks, and their methodical way of th...
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Jun164 weeks agoWe’re going to take the next two weeks off to work on a bunch of new episodes for you! We’ll be back in your feed on June 30 with a special episode: "Science and the Fourth of July". Subscribe so y...
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Jun091 month agoSome problems are so big, so entrenched and complicated, you can start to feel like Sisyphus - condemned to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity. But still, we try to solve them. On this episode, ...
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Jun021 month agoSteaks are delicious. Bacon is tasty. Americans eat a ton of meat, and consumption is on the rise. And, there are serious implications in our diet choices. Eating too much meat can impact your heal...
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May262 months agoWhat's in your backyard, in your water, in your food? On this episode, we hunt for the hidden poisons and find them everywhere — even in our medical treatments. In Alabama, residents say an expandi...
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May192 months agoGene editing is quickly moving from high-tech labs into middle school classrooms and even people's kitchens. Will this finally bring us spicy tomatoes and vanilla basil, or dangerous super bugs?&nb...
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May122 months agoWe follow the money as it drives decisions and changes the game in health and science. How does investment dictate which drugs end up on our shelves? Could diminished funding push climate science o...
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May052 months agoGiving birth. Giving support and feeling a fierce love. Being there. Being exhausted. It's all part of being a mom. To mark Mother's Day, we'll reflect on some of the ways humans and other species ...
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Apr283 months agoBeing seen has consequences, some great, some scary. Scientists are stepping out of the lab and speaking up to counter what they say is a worrying anti-science sentiment in the United States. Many ...
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Apr143 months agoWhat should fuel America? Wind? Sun? Cow dung? We're having a power struggle over that - it's political, but it's also about economics. Coal, natural gas, and nuclear are still the undeniable leade...
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Apr073 months agoWhat can we learn from extremes? On this episode, we'll meet athletes who are ready to risk their lives to shed pounds quickly, med students who leave their classrooms to sleep in the freezing rain...
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Mar313 months agoMany of us have some baggage when it comes to our health. A bad back. High blood pressure. Heart disease. Cancer. In health insurance speak: "pre-existing conditions." Those two words keep coming u...
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Mar244 months agoVera Rubin. Zora Neale Hurston. Eugenie Clark. On this episode, we celebrate women who forged a path for generations of female scientists to come. And, we visit labs run by women and staffed by wom...
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Mar174 months agoEvery year, thousands of people come to the U.S. from other countries. Some come as immigrants. Others come to this country under terrible circumstances — they come here seeking refuge from terror,...
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Mar104 months agoFarts. Flies. Maggots. Worms. Earwax. Poop. All of these things gross us out, but the science around them is really facinating! On this episode, we'll climb down into the sewers of Pittsburgh with ...
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Feb245 months agoCan a copy really be as good as the real thing? We'll explore that question on this episode. We'll meet robotic cats that live in nursing homes that provide comfort, bite into a fake meat burger th...
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Feb175 months agoLet's explore the most complex computer system on Earth: the brain. On this episode, we'll examine this wondrous organ — what we're learning about it, how it works, and what we can do when things g...
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Feb105 months agoLove is in the air, so we thought it would be the perfect time to talk about the heart...in a health and science sort of way! On this episode, we listen back to stories of people who turned difficu...
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Feb035 months agoScientists say that the field of genetics is making progress at an exponential pace, but with great genetic power comes great responsibility. On this episode, we'll examine some of the questions th...