Podcasts

It’s one step forward and two steps back for vaccine policy in the U.S. Plus, we discuss the fishy origins of sensitive teeth and megalodon diets.

Young people are struggling; retirees are happier than employees; people in partnerships are flourishing more than those who are single. Hear the first takeaways from the Global Flourishing Study.

A new study suggests a way to more accurately test sperm health from home.

A large language model for dolphin vocalization could let us better understand these beloved marine mammals.

New discoveries about mitochondria could reshape how we understand the body’s response to stress, aging and illness

Kosmos-482 crash-lands, physicists turn lead to gold and animals show some clever behaviors.

Refreezing the melting sea ice in the Arctic is more complicated than you would think. The U.K. is funding geoengineering experiments like this one to curb the effects of climate change.

High vaccination rates eliminated measles in the U.S. An outbreak that began in West Texas is threatening to overturn that status.

A spacecraft is set to fall from the skies, 28 U.S. cities slowly sink, and a new study pinpoints how the overindulgence of the wealthy contributes to massive warming. 

Brookhaven National Laboratory is pushing the boundaries of particle physics.

Author Casey Johnston presents a new way to think about fitness in her new book A Physical Education

Climate studies are paused, new satellites join the crowded skies, the Juno spacecraft studies Jupiter, and biotech companies will create T. rex leather (or will they?).