# Science Quickly

A podcast by Scientific American. Host Rachel Feltman, alongside leading science and tech journalists, dives into the rich world of scientific discovery in this bite-size science variety show.

Feed: https://www.scientificamerican.com/sciam/xml/iTunes.cfm?id=science-quickly

## Latest episodes

- [Finding Nutrition Truth in a World of Myths \[Sponsored\]](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/aa1a4f40e98e) (2026-10-27, 21 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM9681507973.mp3
- [Cartwheeling snakes, vocal vultures and a mysterious Martian moon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/63302c448bf3) (2026-10-26, 12 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM2707890868.mp3
- [Why your brain hates uncertainty](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/a1999a4f8a0a) (2026-10-23, 23 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM1787700797.mp3
- [Slime molds, Pompeii and alien consciousness with Annalee Newitz](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/b2d5c5dfc9bf) (2026-10-21, 21 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM5395616473.mp3
- [Cover Story: Escaping the Infinite Scroll](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/cb72136974d9) (2026-10-20, 30 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM6346062295.mp3
- [Bee stingers, plastic risks and ovarian surprises](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/83114ef4e88f) (2026-10-19, 10 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM1921322667.mp3
- [What science says about endless phone scrolling](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/85421bcbc684) (2026-10-16, 24 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM7053390349.mp3
- [Are Blue Zones real?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/2b5cea31f1b9) (2026-10-14, 17 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM9264046367.mp3
- [Fighting Fear with Facts: Navigating Infectious Disease Information \[Sponsored\]](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/ab6fc851a056) (2026-10-13, 23 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM1602665971.mp3
- [Nobel winners, neutrino detectors and nature’s longest-living tortoise](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/40350822a519) (2026-10-12, 12 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM8148273256.mp3
- [The doctor fighting for pain-free IUDs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/f63f250ea7f7) (2026-10-09, 19 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM6691933455.mp3
- [Who’s accountable when AI goes wrong?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/d782a4ee6ce2) (2026-10-07, 15 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM9764342167.mp3
- [El Niño flood threats, measles risks and a risky viral trend](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/0e70a8e91d8e) (2026-10-05, 15 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM7497828937.mp3
- [You’re probably walking past edible plants every day](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/3e46cd5af9cc) (2026-10-02, 20 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM8213057485.mp3
- [Can you spot a romance scam?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/daaf937e9353) (2026-09-30, 19 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM2829985982.mp3
- [Navigating Science and Health Misinformation \[Sponsored\]](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/d665a33ff6c3) (2026-09-29, 21 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM6346659472.mp3
- [Fire amoebas, fossilized vomit and AI energy demands](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/19bfe03fc74f) (2026-09-28, 11 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM3233290623.mp3
- [Unexplainable: Dark matter and the end of answers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/7f9336a0a863) (2026-09-25, 35 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM8582235814.mp3
- [Rethinking Age-Related Vision Loss \[Sponsored\]](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/dec27409d3d3) (2026-09-24, 21 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM6080787706.mp3
- [Should you be ‘poop maxxing’?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/e7919b1aecf2) (2026-09-23, 17 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM6368002197.mp3
- [Space weapons are here, and AI experts are sounding alarms](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/5359e0137ff8) (2026-09-21, 16 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM4602794150.mp3
- [Can you hear a forest disappear?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/a5c036ff68a1) (2026-09-18, 20 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM2132355107.mp3
- [Unexplainable: What happened before the big bang?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/9cc049c83cde) (2026-09-16, 27 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM4307756875.mp3
- [From 9/11’s lasting legacy to AI’s disruptive future](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/33f4baac596e) (2026-09-14, 13 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM8705727348.mp3
- [Is AI making us less human?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/3f0096ec8320) (2026-09-11, 27 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM6750486319.mp3
- [The surprising science of friendship](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/5853156d1443) (2026-09-09, 18 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM7091445305.mp3
- [What if a dating app matched you with a dead body?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/3b648e1545b1) (2026-09-04, 16 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM8791016188.mp3
- [The hackers fighting to keep our water safe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/1bc8ccfc10ca) (2026-09-02, 16 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM8965867545.mp3
- [NASA’s Roman Space Telescope launches](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/b1aebeb667e0) (2026-08-31, 15 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM2473972963.mp3
- [Is Trump abandoning endangered species?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/a9ba468c7018) (2026-08-28, 20 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM1595353739.mp3
- [Could damaged sperm be causing miscarriages?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/4f474ddca96c) (2026-08-26, 13 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM8814698133.mp3
- [What happens when Arctic ice melts and forests lose protection?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/f33a348727ac) (2026-08-24, 12 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM9717443602.mp3
- [Can magic mushrooms help treat anorexia?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/7bbe3e58fcd2) (2026-08-21, 25 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM5598124292.mp3
- [Is AI making the creativity crisis worse?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/41425037be30) (2026-08-19, 16 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM4465453140.mp3
- [A stunning solar eclipse, a vaccine shake-up and coffee’s big win](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/d0f22479b2fe) (2026-08-17, 13 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM9139216488.mp3
- [How AI helped a nonspeaking opera star find his voice](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/fb63e2d55378) (2026-08-14, 25 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM8462221032.mp3
- [Could humans learn to speak in music?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/1945559219d3) (2026-08-12, 24 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM4467915264.mp3
- [A moon crash, water hacks and a new mRNA flu shot](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/8ae0a3e030d4) (2026-08-10, 15 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM2191590114.mp3
- [Is Gen Z making smoking cool again?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/2c496a6f3cd9) (2026-08-07, 14 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM8235824645.mp3
- [Getting to YouTube science stardom by building $#!%ty robots](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/2441a8ea8bff) (2026-08-05, 25 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM6865885159.mp3
- [Explosive diarrhea, ‘protein maxxing’ and the science of burnout](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/cd3c22544bef) (2026-08-03, 13 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM5881517280.mp3
- [Lewis, Clark and America’s first great science mission](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/ecfb9af8cb07) (2026-07-31, 27 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM2940705326.mp3
- [How to beat rogue antibodies at their own game \[Sponsored\]](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/ea08f2170ced) (2026-07-30, 8 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM3174748242.mp3
- [Summer Reading Challenge: Quantum queerness, Pompeii and plant horror](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/4306c0612cf9) (2026-07-29, 15 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM6969623272.mp3
- [Your summer reading list starts here](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/7bc9fd307925) (2026-07-27, 12 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM9370052879.mp3
- [Are we too afraid of the sun?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/354d9b8e79c3) (2026-07-24, 18 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM9129831979.mp3
- [Ebola update, World Cup heat risks, dad brains](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/ddea8ba7372f) (2026-06-22, 14 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM3430398321.mp3
- [How common viruses could quietly raise your cancer risk](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/86ea2c08c1c6) (2026-06-19, 16 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM1690441484.mp3
- [The neuroscientist decoding how the brain learns](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/9c6993a53ff0) (2026-06-17, 20 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM6840499214.mp3
- [From aspiring actress to NASA astrophysicist](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/189330872/da171cd9d3ae) (2026-06-15, 23 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM2999181062.mp3

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