Science Talk

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Science Talk episodes

March 22, 2024 How Artificial Intelligence Helped Write this Award-Winning Song
Machine-learning algorithms allow composers to create all-new instruments.

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16 min
March 20, 2024 Why Short Naps Are Good for You
A quick nap can boost your memory, your mood and even your creativity.

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10 min
March 18, 2024 The Great Debate: Could We Ever Travel through Time?
Our space and physics editors go head-to-head over a classic mind-bending question.

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10 min
March 15, 2024 The Science behind Humpback Whales’ Eerie Songs
Scientists have long wondered how baleen whales make their songs, and a new study has finally uncovered the anatomical workings behind their melodies.

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9 min
March 14, 2024 Large Study of ME/CFS Patients Reveals Measurable Physical Changes
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, long dismissed by doctors, causes immune system dysfunction and other problems. But treatments are lacking.

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12 min
March 11, 2024 Hunger in Gaza Could Affect Survivors' Health for Decades
Epigenetics research reveals how famines can cause health problems later in life — and how these changes might be passed down to later generations.

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11 min
March 08, 2024 These Invasive Ants Are Changing How Lions Hunt
On the African savanna, a single invasive ant species has upset the delicate balance between predator and prey.

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12 min
March 04, 2024 Should You Swab Your Throat Plus Your Nose for COVID?
Nose-plus-throat could increase test accuracy—but could create problems too.

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11 min
March 01, 2024 Is This the Earliest Evidence of Human Cannibalism?
A newly-examined munch mark on a tibia has become a real pleistocene whodunit. By Natalia Raegan.

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17 min
February 28, 2024 What Do You Mean, Bisexual People Are ‘Risk-Taking’? Why Genetic Studies about Sexuality Can Be Fraught
A recent GWAS investigation on risk-taking and bisexuality made some assumptions that some experts don’t agree with.

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15 min

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Science Talk is a podcast of longer-form audio experiments from Scientific American--from immersive sonic journeys into nature to deep dives into research with leading experts.