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Oct 24

How mRNA vaccines teach your body to kill cancer; Grim state of climate action; Why birds sing the dawn chorus

Episode 328 Not only has the mRNA covid vaccine saved 14 million lives, it may also help our bodies fight off cancer. A study of cancer patients undergoing immunotherapy treatment showed those who received an mRNA vaccine lived nearly twice as long - and this effect was discovere ... Show More

29m 20s

Oct 17

First climate tipping point triggered; Man controls another person's body by brain implant; health worries over sumo wrestlers

Episode 326 The world’s first major climate tipping point has been triggered. The decimation of warm water coral populations caused by rising temperatures is now irreversible - passing the point of no return. The global consequences of widescale coral dieback could be catastrophi ... Show More

34 m

Oct 13

Space 2075: How Humanity Will Live, Work and Make Drugs off-planet | Live Recording at the Royal Society

A special episode all about the future of space exploration, recorded in front of a live audience at the Royal Society in London. Earlier this year, the Royal Society published ‘The Space: 2075 report’, which recognises the huge changes we’re seeing in space exploration, and urge ... Show More

53m 35s

Feb 2024

Babbage: The hunt for dark matter

Dark matter is thought to make up around a quarter of the universe, but so far it has eluded detection by all scientific instruments. Scientists know it must exist because of the ways galaxies move and it also explains the large-scale structure of the modern universe. But no-one ... Show More

43m 47s

Nov 2024

NOIR Lab - Quasar In The Early Universe

Observations using the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) confirm astronomers’ expectation that early-Universe quasars formed in regions of space densely populated with companion galaxies. DECam’s exceptionally wide field of view and special filters played a crucial role in reaching this ... Show More

9m 34s

Sep 12

Unpacking the Brain’s Role in Inventing Your Perception

Human brains don’t just perceive reality—they invent it. In this episode of Science Quickly, cognitive neuroscientist Daniel Yon speaks with host Rachel Feltman about how perception is an active process of prediction in which the brain constructs theories about the world that can ... Show More

15m 37s

Aug 15

Dinner with King Tut Explores the Wild World of Experimental Archaeology

Science writer Sam Kean joins Science Quickly to explore the hands-on world of experimental archaeology—where researchers don’t just study the past; they rebuild it. From launching medieval catapults to performing ancient brain surgery with stone tools, Kean shares his firsthand ... Show More

14m 49s

Jul 16

The LIGO Lab Is Pushing the Boundaries of Gravitational-Wave Research

Come with Science Quickly on a field trip to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Host Rachel Feltman is joined by Matthew Evans, MIT’s MathWorks professor of physics, to talk about the last 10 years of g ... Show More

17m 52s

Jun 2023

#355: Find Out About the Universe: Space Science Questions Answered

Thanks to Curiosity Stream and NordVPN for sponsoring today’s podcast. Go to https://curiositystream.com/SPACENUTS and use code SPACENUTS to save 25% today. Visit www.nordvpn.com/spacenuts for our special security deal designed for you and save big time. In this episode of the Sp ... Show More

55m 37s

Oct 20

Dark Matter Dilemmas, Betelgeuse's Fate & the Mysteries of Lagrange Points

Sponsor Details:This episode is brought to you with the support of NordVPN....enhance your online privacy with the best in the game. To get our special Space Nuts price and bonus deal, visit www.nordvpn.com/spacenuts or use the code SPACENUTS at checkout.Q&A Edition: Dark Matter, ... Show More

42m 8s

Jul 1

Catherine Heymans on the lighter side of the dark universe

Have you ever considered the lighter side of dark matter? Comedy has proved an unexpectedly succesful way to engage people with science - as today's guest knows first-hand. Astrophysicist Catherine Heymans is a Professor at the University of Edinburgh and the current Astronomer R ... Show More

28m 34s

Oct 2024

486. The Intersection of Science and Meaning | Dr. Brian Greene

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with physicist and author, Dr. Brian Greene. They discuss the strange conceptualization of “before” the Big Bang, how time might be a microscopic phenomenon, how order existed at the point of the universe's creation, what would happen if you fell ... Show More

1h 27m

Jan 2025

512. Time, Space, and the Miraculous | Dr. Brian Keating

Jordan Peterson sits down with experimental cosmologist Dr. Brian Keating. They discuss the importance of awe for the human spirit, the fundamental ethos behind all true science, the idea of the useless genius, and the necessity of sacrifice for improvement of the self and the br ... Show More

1h 36m

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