Weight Loss Meds: Is Ozempic a Miracle Drug?
23 Mar 2023
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People say drugs like Ozempic are helping them lose tons of weight. But are these drugs really all t...
Nerds, Assemble! Science Vs Is Back
16 Mar 2023
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We’ve got the goods on weight loss drugs, ketamine, pit bulls, skincare and more! Come for the sci...
Listen to Science Vs in Spanish!
09 Feb 2023
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Science Vs has gone bilingual! La Ciencia Vs is the Spanish-language version of the show, and today ...
Adderall: What's It Doing to Your Brain?
09 Dec 2022
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There’s an Adderall shortage across the U.S., and it’s causing huge problems for people with ADH...
When Science and Superstitions Collide
02 Dec 2022
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This is the THIRTEENTH season of the show! So we’re diving into stories about superstitions and lu...
Hypnosis: Does It Really Work?
17 Nov 2022
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What is hypnosis? Is it mind control? Are some people just faking? We’re revisiting this episode i...
Deodorant: Is It Dangerous?
10 Nov 2022
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Today, we’re diving into your armpits! We’ll find out why some of us are so freaking smelly. And...
The Male Pill: When Is It Coming?
03 Nov 2022
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A male birth control pill has been this big tease for decades. And today, with the overturning of Ro...
The Mystery of the Man Who Died Twice
20 Oct 2022
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A dead body turns up with a stolen identity. We tell the story of how a grandmother tracked down the...
Mass Shootings: How Do We Stop Them?
13 Oct 2022
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Buffalo. Uvalde. Highland Park. These mass shootings keep happening. One side says the problem is th...
Should We Compost Human Bodies?
06 Oct 2022
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What's the greenest way to die? Some nerds are saying that our bodies should go the way of our veggi...
The Fight to Fix a Racist Medical Gadget
22 Sep 2022
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The EEG is an incredibly important medical tool — and it’s been failing Black patients for decad...
Vegans: Are They Right?
15 Sep 2022
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Do vegans have a right to be so smug? We’re finding out whether it really is better for the enviro...
Hydration: Are You Drinking Enough Water?
08 Sep 2022
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Celebs and wellness blogs treat water like a magic elixir that will make us the most attractive and ...
We're Back for Season THIRTEEN
01 Sep 2022
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There’s tons of misinformation, fads and strong opinions floating around out there — but then th...
Fauci on Monkeypox: What Went Wrong
03 Aug 2022
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We called up Dr. Anthony Fauci to talk about monkeypox. We wanted to know — what’s the deal with...
Monkeypox: What's Going On?
02 Aug 2022
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Monkeypox has been spreading around the world. So … what exactly is this disease? How worried shou...
Abortion: The Science and the Supreme Court
30 Jun 2022
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Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. And in their opinion, we found a lot of sc...
Nightmare on Science Street
09 Jun 2022
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Today, we’re sharing a collection of spooky science stories. You’ll hear about a nightmare in th...
Placebo: Can the Mind Cure You?
02 Jun 2022
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[REBROADCAST] Could fake medicine actually take away your pain or treat a disease? We dig into the s...
A Mystery in the Air
26 May 2022
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When a little girl, Ella Kissi-Debrah, suddenly got sick and landed in the hospital, doctors were st...
ASMR: How Whispering Hijacks the Brain
12 May 2022
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ASMR is huge. People say these videos of someone whispering or making soft sounds can make them feel...
Serial Killers: The Mind of a Murderer
05 May 2022
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[REBROADCAST] What makes a serial killer? What drives them to kill again and again? To find out the ...
Ultra-Processed Foods: A Load of Baloney?
28 Apr 2022
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We hear over and over that ultra-processed food is bad for us. But is there actually something funky...
Ivermectin: The Story of a Wonder Drug
21 Apr 2022
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Today, we’re digging into the weird and wooly world of ivermectin. When promising papers came out ...
Spotify and Misinformation: An Update!
15 Apr 2022
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Today on the show an update about our push to get Spotify to do more to stop misinformation spreadin...
The Abortion Underground
07 Apr 2022
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REBROADCAST. The Supreme Court is set to rule on a major abortion case this year, and the court coul...
Ukrainian War: Fighting Russia's Propaganda Machine
29 Mar 2022
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Russia attacked Ukraine more than a month ago — and the war has raged ever since. From the beginni...
Ancient Aliens: Who Really Built the Pyramids?
24 Mar 2022
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[REBROADCAST] Is it possible that the pyramids were built with a helping hand ... from aliens? If no...
Trans Kids: The Misinformation Battle
18 Mar 2022
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U.S. politicians are trying to keep trans kids from getting the medical care they need to transition...
Here’s What’s Coming Up!
11 Mar 2022
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There’s tons of misinformation, fads and strong opinions floating around out there — but then th...
Misinformation: What Should Our Tech Overlords Do?
25 Feb 2022
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After Joe Rogan was accused of spreading Covid-19 vaccine misinformation on his podcast, Spotify lan...
Joe Rogan: The Malone Interview
05 Feb 2022
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Recently, Joe Rogan aired an interview that scientists are up in arms about — with Dr. Robert Malo...
The Moon: Why Are We Really Going Back?
10 Dec 2021
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The moon race is back! Countries — and billionaires — are lining up to take a crack at returning...
Fauci on How This Ends
04 Dec 2021
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Dr. Anthony Fauci sits down with us to talk about omicron, how this pandemic actually ends — and h...
Omicron: Do You Need to Freak Out?
03 Dec 2021
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Welp, the pandemic has served up yet another poop sandwich, and it’s called omicron. This variant ...
Presenting Gastropod: How Chilis Conquered the World
25 Nov 2021
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This week we’ve got a spicy treat for you: a show called Gastropod. Hosts Nicola Twilley and Cynth...
Jurassic Park: Hold On to Your Butts
18 Nov 2021
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Could our dreams for a real Jurassic Park come true? Headlines say scientists are closer than ever t...
Killer Asteroids: NASA Strikes Back
11 Nov 2021
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[REBROADCAST] Asteroids! In just two weeks, NASA plans to launch a first-of-its-kind mission to try ...
Monkey Say What? LEOPARD!!
04 Nov 2021
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Science isn’t always dressed up in fancy lab coats and goggles — sometimes it goes undercover! I...
Chronic Pain: Can Our Brains Fix It?
28 Oct 2021
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People with chronic pain often struggle with it for years while doctors scour their bodies for the c...
The Legendary Condom Queen
21 Oct 2021
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Dr. Joycelyn Elders is a total badass. She grew up in poverty in rural Arkansas, but in 1993 she ros...
Burnout: Can We Fix Work?
14 Oct 2021
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Work can really suck. And for lots of us, burnout has been feeling especially terrible. This week, w...
Blue Balls: You're Wrong About Them
07 Oct 2021
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We join forces with Sarah Marshall from You’re Wrong About to dive into a question for the ages: B...
True Love: Is Monogamy Unnatural?
30 Sep 2021
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[REBROADCAST] Are humans built for monogamy? Or is the idea of having one partner forever just a myt...
The Secret World of Plants
28 Sep 2021
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Plants aren’t just sitting around looking cute; they’re doing all sorts of stuff, like defending...
Childbirth: Are Doctors Messing It Up?
23 Sep 2021
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Childbirth seems to be getting more and more medicalized, with C-sections and other interventions ou...
Weight: Is Fat Unhealthy?
16 Sep 2021
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We’re hearing nonstop chatter about the “quarantine 15.” But should we really care if we put o...
Therapy: Does It Work?
09 Sep 2021
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Our mental health has taken a turn for the worse the past couple of years. We keep hearing that ther...
Let’s Do Science Again!!
02 Sep 2021
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There are a lot of fads, blogs and strong opinions, but then there’s SCIENCE. Season 11 starts Sep...
Presenting Not Past It: The Vax That Got Axed
19 Aug 2021
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Today, we’re sharing an episode of a show we love: Not Past It. Did you know there was almos...
The Delta Variant: How Bad Is It?
10 Aug 2021
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This delta variant of the coronavirus seems to really be screwing us over. Cases are spiking in the ...
Pet Food: How Fancy Should They Feast?
27 May 2021
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There are soooo many options for what to feed your dog or cat, from the cheap stuff at the supermark...
The G Spot: Come Again?
20 May 2021
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We’re heading into a big summer, with more places and — ahem — people opening up. So we’re r...
Back From the Dead
14 May 2021
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Today we're telling tales that push life to the ultimate limit. We're bringing things back from the ...
A Seedy, Late-Night Adventure
06 May 2021
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Today, under cover of darkness, we're hunting buried treasure. This is a wild romp through one of th...
Screens: Are They Ruining Our Brains and Mental Health and Eyes and
29 Apr 2021
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Tons of us are spending waaaayyy more time using screens these days — and it’s freaking us out. ...
Havana Syndrome: Did a Secret Weapon Fry Diplomats' Brains?
22 Apr 2021
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Back in 2016, U.S. Embassy workers in Cuba were struck by a mysterious noise, followed by symptoms l...
How Science Created Morons
08 Apr 2021
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REBROADCAST: This episode looks at how one of the worst ideas in science got a big push from a bad s...
Coronavirus: How Scary Are the Variants?
02 Apr 2021
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UPDATE 4/13/21: Since this episode published, there has been some evidence linking the Johnson & Joh...
Snake Bite Cures: Weasels, Pigeons, Pee
30 Mar 2021
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Venomous snakes entranced medieval Europe. And although bites were rare, this didn’t stop 14th cen...
SNAKES!!!
25 Mar 2021
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Snake venom is a wily beast. It's packed with hundreds of toxins that can attack our blood vessels, ...
UFOs: Through the Wormhole Again
18 Mar 2021
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In 2017, a weird-looking space object called ʻOumuamua whipped past our sun. Now a Harvard scientis...
Brood X: A Drug-fueled Cicada Orgy
12 Mar 2021
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Parts of the U.S. are about to see a surge of cicadas — masses of flying bugs, popping up all over...
Immune Boosting: Is It a Bust?
05 Mar 2021
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Internet influencers have been pushing “immune boosters” during the pandemic — claiming they’...
Bringing the Science Back, Baby!
25 Feb 2021
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There are a lot of fads, blogs and strong opinions, but then there’s SCIENCE. Season 10 starts Mar...
Butterflies Are Secret Monsters
28 Jan 2021
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Butterflies flit through life as the pride and joy of the insect world. But when we saw photos of bu...
Presenting Coronavirus: Fact Vs. Fiction
21 Jan 2021
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This week, we’re sharing an episode of Coronavirus: Fact Vs. Fiction, a podcast from CNN. This epi...
Magic Mushrooms: Trip Through the Science
10 Dec 2020
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Magic mushrooms have hit the headlines, with people saying that shrooms cured their depression and a...
Coronavirus: More Scared or Less Scared?
07 Dec 2020
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MINI EPISODE! Tons of new science means fresh answers on a few things that really freaked us out at ...
Coronavirus: Shots! Shots! Shots!
03 Dec 2020
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There’s a ton of hoopla over these new coronavirus vaccines. But given that they’ve been produce...
Did the CIA do it? Part II
19 Nov 2020
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When a deadly pig virus hit Cuba in 1971, some claimed the CIA was behind it all. But could it be tr...
Did the CIA Plant a Virus in Cuba?
13 Nov 2020
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When the Cuban government rounded up and killed thousands of pigs in 1971, people were angry and con...
Platypuses Get a Glow Up
05 Nov 2020
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The eccentric platypus has always turned heads, and now it’s got something else up its sleeve. We ...
Reparations: How Could It Work?
30 Oct 2020
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The idea of paying Black Americans reparations for slavery has been around for a long time, but it’...
Supervolcanoes: Is Yellowstone Gonna Blow?
22 Oct 2020
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We keep hearing that a Yellowstone supervolcano could blow at any moment — and possibly wipe us al...
Science Vs Presents: How to Save a Planet
15 Oct 2020
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We’re sharing another great Gimlet show, How to Save a Planet. On this episode: It started with st...
Lab-Grown Meat: We Grill It
08 Oct 2020
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Silicon Valley seems to be constantly pumping out "solutions" to fix our broken food system. The lat...
Hunting an Invisible Killer
02 Oct 2020
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An adventuring Swedish doctor takes on a decades-long medical mystery: What exactly was the 1918 flu...
Orgasms: Come for the Science
25 Sep 2020
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There’s this idea that the female orgasm is a complicated riddle, but for a man with a penis, gett...
SHARKS!!! Sink Your Teeth in Again
10 Sep 2020
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NOTE: This episode first published 6/13/19. Are sharks the super-predators we think they are? Or hav...
Astrology: Are Geminis the Worst?
03 Sep 2020
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For centuries, people have been looking to the stars to tell us all kinds of things — what our fut...
Mini Mask Update
01 Sep 2020
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MASKS. Since the early days of the pandemic, it’s been tough to nail down how much they can really...
Probiotics: Scam or Superfood?
27 Aug 2020
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Kombucha, kefir and other probiotic-crammed foods are marketed as charmers of the human microbiome —...
New Season! Time for Non-Coronavirus Content
20 Aug 2020
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Science Vs is back August 27th. Fact you next week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc...
Coronavirus: Are We Back Where We Started?
03 Jul 2020
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We’re six months into this coronavirus pandemic, which has shaken the world and stunned scientists...
Fauci! He’s Back!
23 Jun 2020
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, member of ...
Coronavirus: Dude, Where's My Vaccine?
19 Jun 2020
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All through the pandemic, we’ve been waiting for a possible silver bullet: a vaccine. How soon cou...
Coronavirus: Weirdest Virus Ever?
12 Jun 2020
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The coronavirus seems to cause symptoms all over our body, from nose to toes. So how can one virus d...
Coronavirus: Protesting in a Pandemic
09 Jun 2020
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Hundreds of thousands of people have joined the global protest movement sparked by the death of Geor...
Coronavirus: Labs Go Dark
29 May 2020
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Life is on pause for many of us right now. But scientists don’t want to stop! Researchers have had...
Coronavirus: Sweden Goes Rogue
22 May 2020
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While a lot of countries have put in strict measures, like lockdowns, to stop the coronavirus, there...
Coronavirus: The Mask Wars
15 May 2020
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When the pandemic started, we were told not to bother with masks. But now it looks like experts have...
Coronavirus: Pregnant in a Pandemic
08 May 2020
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How bad is the coronavirus for pregnant people and babies? Producer Meryl Horn is digging into this ...
Coronavirus: Was It Made In a Lab?
24 Apr 2020
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Since the outbreak started, we’ve been hearing that this coronavirus came from bats before jumping...
Working Out From Home — in 7 Minutes? [Rebroadcast]
20 Apr 2020
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Social distancing has made it harder for a lot of us to get exercise. So we’re revisiting our epis...
Coronavirus: Can You Get It Twice?
17 Apr 2020
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We’re hearing stories of people getting this coronavirus, recovering, and then getting it again. S...
Coronavirus: When Will It End?
10 Apr 2020
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In the U.S. we've been social distancing for a few weeks now, and the question on everyone’s mind ...
Coronavirus: Should I Disinfect EVERYTHING?
07 Apr 2020
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There are reports that the coronavirus can survive on surfaces for days. So how careful should we be...
Coronavirus: Is It Airborne?
03 Apr 2020
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We’re hearing conflicting things about how the coronavirus spreads — is it through coughs and sn...