Science Magazine Podcast
Science Magazine Podcast

Science Magazine Podcast

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

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Improving earthquake risk maps, and the world’s oldest ice
MAY 2, 2024
Improving earthquake risk maps, and the world’s oldest ice
Bringing historical seismic reports and modern seismic risk maps into alignment, and a roundup of stories from our newsletter, ScienceAdviser
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24 MIN
The science of loneliness, making one of organic chemistry’s oldest reactions safer, and a new book series
APR 25, 2024
The science of loneliness, making one of organic chemistry’s oldest reactions safer, and a new book series
On this week’s show: Researchers try to identify effective loneliness interventions, making the Sandmeyer safer, and books that look to the future and don’t see doom and gloom
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42 MIN
Ritual murders in the neolithic, why 2023 was so hot, and virus and bacteria battle in the gut
APR 18, 2024
Ritual murders in the neolithic, why 2023 was so hot, and virus and bacteria battle in the gut
A different source of global warming, signs of a continentwide tradition of human sacrifice, and a virus that attacks the cholera bacteria
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38 MIN
Trialing treatments for Long Covid, and a new organelle appears on the scene
APR 11, 2024
Trialing treatments for Long Covid, and a new organelle appears on the scene
Researchers are testing HIV drugs and monoclonal antibodies against long-lasting COVID-19, and what it takes to turn a symbiotic friend into an organelle
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33 MIN
When did rats come to the Americas, and was Lucy really our direct ancestor?
APR 4, 2024
When did rats come to the Americas, and was Lucy really our direct ancestor?
Tracing the arrival of rats using bones, isotopes, and a few shipwrecks; and what scientists have learned in 50 years about our famous ancestor Lucy
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31 MIN