Your daily mucus output is most impressive. Teaspoons or measuring cups can’t capture its entire...
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Podcasts de Biology
It’s one of the most bizarre biological experiments ever. In the 18th century, a scientist fitted...
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It's In Material [rebroadcast]
Astronauts are made of the “right stuff,” but what about their spacesuits? NASA’s pressurized...
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Zombies, Bigfoot, and Max Brooks
What do a zombie attack and a viral pandemic have in common? They are both frightening,...
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Reason for hope is just one thing that ecologist Carl Safina can offer. He understands why many...
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Treating the Virus It’s not like waiting for Godot, because he never arrived. A coronavirus...
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Skeptic Check: Covid Conspiracy
Nature abhors a vacuum, but conspiracy theorists love one. While we wait for scientists to nail...
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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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To fight a pandemic, you need to first understand where a virus comes from. That quest takes...
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It will be the shot heard ‘round the world, once it comes. But exactly when can we expect a...
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Some safeguards against COVID-19 don’t require a medical breakthrough. Catching sufficient Z’s...
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While citizens take to the streets to protest racist violence, the pandemic has its own brutal...
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Let's Stick Together (rebroadcast)
Crowded subway driving you crazy? Sick of the marathon-length grocery store line? Wish you had a...
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Laughing rats, sorrowful elephants, joyful chimpanzees. The more carefully we observe, and the...
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COVID Curiosities Some dogs and cats have become sick with COVID. But it’s not just domestic...
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Think you’re some kind of expert? Join the club. It’s one thing to question authority; another to...
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Skeptic Check: Worrier Mentality (rebroadcast)
Poisonous snakes, lightning strikes, a rogue rock from space. There are plenty of scary things...
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Insect populations are declining. But before you say “good riddance,” consider that insects are...
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As we struggle to control a viral invader that moves silently across the globe and into its...
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Have scientists found evidence of life on Venus? Known for its scorching temperatures and acidic...
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