In this week’s episode, Oskar and Sanjana discuss how humans spend energy and what it means to be creative.

Sanjana and Oskar discuss new innovations in the field of medicine such as a new blood clotting test and a gene therapy for sickle cell disease.

Microbes are often looked down upon and underestimated. However, this week Sanjana and Oskar discuss how microbes are affecting us right now globally, and how they may help us in the future by storing atmospheric carbon in the ground.

Sanjana and Oskar discuss the history of the materials that make up the objects we use today.

As omicron surges in the U.S. and many other countries, Oskar and Sanjana discuss some updates on the current COVID-19 situation, as well as an interesting link between COVID-19 and diabetes.

Sanjana and Oskar discuss some of the runner-ups and breakthroughs of the year in Science Magazine’s People’s Choice Awards 2021.

This week Sanjana and Oskar are back with Daily Discoveries discussing different ways scientists in the past year have used gene editing to improve health care, food, and disease control.

Sanjana and Oskar discuss a new climate mapping model created by a team at the University of Arizona and how electric vehicles are affecting the climate.

Sanjana and Oskar are back this week to discuss University studies relating to COVID-19 vaccines, as well as different COVID-19 variants. (Note: Per CNBC, while omicron was “first identified” in South Africa, its exact origins are still being debated)

Sanjana and Oskar discuss the availability of the COVID-19 vaccine for children and the differences between PCR and rapid response COVID-19 tests.