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Weekly podcasts from Science Magazine, the world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.

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Why an early Alzheimer’s theory is making a comeback, the U.S.’s electricity crisis, and improving precision medicine

2026-11-12 · 51 min

First up on the podcast, producer Kevin McLean talks with staff writer Jennie Erin Smith about a new old idea for Alzheimer’s disease. They discuss how the cholinergic hypothesis originally came about, how it fell out…
GLP-1 targets beyond obesity, and misusing brain data

2026-11-05 · 46 min

First up on the podcast, people are buying consumer-grade brain wave detectors ostensibly to help with sleep, concentration, and meditation. But as freelance investigative journalist Jonathan Moens describes, companies…
Destroying forever chemicals, hyperlocal pollution sensing, and an experiment in queer parenthood

2026-10-29 · 50 min

First up on the podcast, thousands of tons of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been released into the environment. It’s not always that difficult to round them up, but what to do next has been a tougher…
Birds make decisions faster than we do, rewriting DNA’s history, and combining science and poetry

2026-10-22 · 44 min

First up on the podcast, News Editor Tim Appenzeller joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about an x-ray image that is upsetting the narrative of DNA’s discovery as told by James Watson. A newly resurfaced photo taken by…
Cheese history, redating the Inca empire, and the source of the breath’s rhythm

2026-10-15 · 57 min

First up on the podcast, producer Meagan Cantwell and Newsletter Editor Christie Wilcox discuss a few stories from ScienceAdviser, including why Nazi Germany was unlikely to ever make an atomic bomb, a gene that might…
A moon heist, lava fountains, and predicting doomsday

2026-10-08 · 49 min

First up on the podcast, freelance science journalist Robin George Andrews describes Japan’s upcoming Martian Moons eXploration mission that will nab a sample from the surface of Mars’s moon Phobos. The material, due…
Stimulating the brain for women’s health, and the long-term implications of menopausal symptoms

2026-10-01 · 37 min

First up on the podcast, Staff Writer Jennie Erin Smith joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about new research on how noninvasive technologies such as transcranial magnetic stimulation are being used in the context of…
Studying the changing of AI language inside swarms, how orangutans learn to forage, and an astrophysicist talks about loss

2026-09-24 · 49 min

First up on the podcast, Staff Reporter Tom Howarth joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about the language artificial intelligence agents evolve inside their swarms. Next on the show, producer Elah Feder talks with Revathe…
Can ‘assisted migration’ save forests? And the role of philosophy in science

2026-09-17 · 40 min

First up on the podcast, as the planet warms and forests burn, can we replant them with new trees that will thrive in the decades ahead? Associate Editor Katie Langin joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss research into…
Psychoactive substances helped spur Andean civilization, and breaking barriers to education

2026-09-10 · 33 min

First up on the podcast, producer Meagan Cantwell and freelance journalist Andrew Lawler discuss how psychoactive drugs might have shaped culture in pre-Inca Andean societies. They chat about how technical advances and…

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Owner: Science Podcast
Oldest episode in feed: 11/2013 · over 12 years
Typical length: 30 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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