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Unexplainable: Dark matter and the end of answers

In this episode of Science Quickly, we share part two of our crossover with Vox’s Unexplainable in which we explore one of the universe’s biggest mysteries: dark matter. Host Noam Hassenfeld talks with Scientific American senior reporter Joseph Howlett, a former physicist who spe ... Show More

34m 29s

Yesterday

Rethinking Age-Related Vision Loss [Sponsored]

Treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration has advanced significantly with anti-VEGF therapies, but the need for frequent injections remains a challenge. A new, longer-lasting treatment now in development aims to reduce treatment burden while helping preserve vision. This ... Show More

20m 19s

Sep 23

Should you be ‘poop maxxing’?

As colon cancer rates rise in younger adults, more and more people are paying attention to their poop and talking about it on social media, where such “poop maxxing” has become a hashtag. But what’s considered normal, and how can we measure our number twos? Board-certified gastro ... Show More

16m 19s

Oct 2024

What The Next President Will Do about Artificial Intelligence

There’s a lot of excitement and apprehension over the seemingly sudden proliferation of artificial intelligence in just about everything. Technological progress often outpaces regulation, and the next U.S. president will set the tone for AI policy. Scientific American’s associate ... Show More

20m 48s

Nov 2024

What Trump 2.0 Means for Tech + A.I. Made Me Basic + HatGPT!

<p>As of this week, we have a new president-elect. We discuss how the incoming administration’s approach to technology will affect Elon Musk, a TikTok ban, Big Tech’s antitrust challenges and the speed of A.I. progress. Then, Kashmir Hill, a technology reporter for The Times, joi ... Show More

1h 5m

Nov 2024

Your 2024 Election Rundown, from Climate Change to Education

The 2024 U.S. presidential candidates have very different visions for the country. On today’s show, host Rachel Feltman is joined by associate sustainability editor Andrea Thompson to talk about the climate choices faced by the next president and the shifting energy landscape. Se ... Show More

27m 31s

Dec 2024

AI-Generated Audio Is Entering the Podcast World

If you were intrigued—or disturbed—by the artificial intelligence podcast on your Spotify Wrapped, you may wonder how AI audio works. Audio Overview is a feature of the tool NotebookLM, released by Google, that allows for the creation of short podcasts with AI “hosts” summarizing ... Show More

24m 40s

Jun 2023

AI: Is It Out Of Control?

Artificial Intelligence seems more human-like and capable than ever before — but how did it get so good so quickly? Today, we’re pulling back the curtain to find out exactly how AI works. And we'll dig into one of the biggest problems that scientists are worried about here: The a ... Show More

42m 55s

Apr 2023

The Politics Of AI

How concerned, if at all, are you about the possibility that AI will cause the end of the human race on Earth? And more importantly for the purposes of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, is that a good or bad use of polling? In this installment, the crew discuss how reflective ... Show More

1h 7m

Nov 2024

Your 2024 Election Rundown, from Health Care to Nuclear Proliferation

The 2024 U.S. presidential candidates offer very different policy perspectives. On today’s show, host Rachel Feltman is joined by health editors Tanya Lewis and Lauren Young to discuss how Kamala Harris and Donald Trump plan to address reproductive rights and health care accessib ... Show More

18m 58s

What The Next President Will Do about Ar...