Scientific American Podcast: Science Talk

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The podcast currently has 2,367 episodes available.

Scientific American Podcast: Science Talk episodes:

May 22, 2023 Heat Waves Are Breaking Records. Here's What You Need to Know
From North America to South Asia, summer heat waves are becoming longer, stronger and more frequent with climate change.

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7min
May 19, 2023 Why We're Worried about Generative AI
From the technology upsetting jobs and causing intellectual property issues to models making up fake answers to questions, here’s why we’re concerned about generative AI.

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19min
May 18, 2023 Dismantling the PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Legacy [Sponsored]
More sustainable ways of removing persistent chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the environment are on the horizon.

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10min
May 17, 2023 Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder through the 'Community' of Ella
We learn the story of “Ella,” a patient with 12 different personalities, or “parts,” and of her therapist, who helped her form a peaceful community—many selves in one body and mind.

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17min
May 15, 2023 Is Time Travel Even Possible?
Two SciAm editors duke it out to see if wormholes and multiverses could in fact exist.

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9min
May 12, 2023 Parrot Babies Babble Just like Us
Parrot nestlings spend time stringing together jumbled mixtures of sound—a rehearsal for more adult conversations

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8min
May 10, 2023 A 19th-Century Obscenity Law Is Being Used Again to Limit Abortion
Recent rulings on the abortion pill cite the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old law that’s still on the books

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10min
May 08, 2023 These Mini Ecosystems Existed Underfoot of Dinosaurs, but Our Parking Lots Might Pave Them to Extinction
Vernal pools are safe havens for creatures such as fairy shrimp, and they have lived through the end of the dinosaurs, the breakup of Pangaea and multiple ice ages. But humans are paving them over.

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10min
May 05, 2023 This $600-Million Room Contains the World's Largest Collection of These Tiny Endangered Animals
Inside a vault at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles lies a microscopic population of immense value—the repository for vernal pool fairy shrimp.

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10min
May 03, 2023 Surviving in the Ephemeral Pools of Life
Carpets of gold, burrowing toads and fairy shrimp all depend on vernal pools—habitats that, most of the time, do not exist.

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11min

FAQs about Scientific American Podcast: Science Talk:

How many episodes does Scientific American Podcast: Science Talk have?

The podcast currently has 2,367 episodes available.