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Science Magazine Podcast

Weekly podcasts from Science Magazine, the world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.

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Odd new particles may be tunneling through the planet, and how the flu operates differently in big and small towns

Oct 4, 2018
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The future of PCB-laden orca whales, and doing genomics work with Indigenous people

Sep 27, 2018
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Metaresearchers take on meta-analyses, and hoary old myths about science

Sep 20, 2018
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The youngest sex chromosomes on the block, and how to test a Zika vaccine without Zika cases

Sep 13, 2018
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Should we prioritize which endangered species to save, and why were chemists baffled by soot for so long?

Sep 6, 2018
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<i>Science</i> and <i>Nature</i> get their social science studies replicated—or not, the mechanisms behind human-induced earthquakes, and the taboo of claiming causality in science

Aug 30, 2018
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Sending flocks of tiny satellites out past Earth orbit and solving the irrigation efficiency paradox

Aug 23, 2018
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Ancient volcanic eruptions, and peer pressure—from robots

Aug 16, 2018
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Doubts about the drought that kicked off our latest geological age, and a faceoff between stink bugs with samurai wasps

Aug 9, 2018
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How our brains may have evolved for language, and clues to what makes us leaders—or followers

Aug 2, 2018