Big Picture Science

Waste Not [rebroadcast]

Why create more landfill? Perhaps you should resist the urge to toss those old sneakers, the...

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Post Social Media

Before you check your social media feeds today. And post. And post again. And get into an...

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Fungi Fear

The zombie eco-thriller “The Last of Us” has alerted us to the threats posed by fungi. But the...

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Math's Paths [rebroadcast]

If you bake, you can appreciate math’s transformative properties. Admiring the stackable potato...

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Wondery Presents: Frozen Head

Hosted by Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart from the hit show Morbid. When 90-year-old Laurence...

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Skeptic Check: Understanding UAPs

The newest Pentagon report on UAPs – or Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon – reflects long standing...

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Vaccine Inequity

A radical plan could solve a historic global health inequity. Countries in the global south who...

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Testing Your Metal (rebroadcast)

Catalytic converters are disappearing. If you’ve had yours stolen, you know that rare earth...

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Melting Down (rebroadcast)

Climate change isn’t waiting for us to act. We’ve missed several deadlines to mitigate the...

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Coming to Our Animal Senses (rebroadcast)

Animals experience the world differently. There are insects that can see ultraviolet light, while...

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Webb Feat (rebroadcast)

The James Webb Space Telescope has turned its golden eye on the cosmos. The largest, most...

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Skeptic Check: 5G (rebroadcast)

5G, the latest mobile network standard, is coming. As new cell towers sprout around the world, do...

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Tomb with a View

A century ago, British archaeologist Howard Carter opened the only surviving intact tomb from...

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Keeping Humans in the Loop (rebroadcast)

Modern technology is great, but could we be losing control? As our world becomes more crowded and...

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Is Life Inevitable [rebroadcast]

A new theory about life’s origins updates Darwin’s warm little pond. Scientists say they’ve...

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Vaccine Inequity

A radical plan could solve a historic global health inequity. Countries in the global south who...

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Your Inner Tree (rebroadcast)

Declining biodiversity is a problem as fraught as climate change. Loss of habitat, monoculture...

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Fuhgeddaboudit

A thousand years ago, most people didn’t own a single book. The only way to access knowledge was...

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Lady Parts

The Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe has ignited fierce debate about bodily autonomy. But it’s...

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Skeptic Check: AI Comes Alive

When a Google software engineer claimed that a piece of chatbot software was sentient, it was a...

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