This Year's Top Science Stories, Wrapped

You probably know someone who has a condition that, until last week, was known as PCOS, or polycystic ovary syndrome. It affects one in eight reproductive-aged women. But despite it being such a common disorder, patients are often misdiagnosed and have delayed treatment. Now, med ...  Show more

For years, farmers in California have been pumping huge amounts of water from their wells to irrigate their crops. The state’s Central Valley is the nation’s single biggest source for many different foods. But all that water use is making aquifers shrink, wells go dry and, in som ...  Show more

In this episode, we explore some of the latest developments in astronomy and space news: Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) from deep space continue to mystify astronomers with their sudden bursts of energy. Last year's Tongan volcanic explosion was confirmed to be the largest natural expl ...  Show more

In this episode, reporter Miryam Naddaf joins us to talk about the big science events to look out for in 2023. We'll hear about vaccines, multiple Moon missions and new therapeutics, to name but a few.News: the science events to look out for in 2023Subscribe to Nature Briefing, ...  Show more

Welcome to a sampler edition of our new Astronomy & Space Science News podcast, Astronomy Daily - the Podcast.
Hosted by Andrew Dunkley (one half of the Space Nuts podcast) and his feisty AI Assistant/Newsreader Hailley.

Each day Andrew and Hailley bring you a ro ...  Show more

The Space News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 151
*Discovery of a record setting brown dwarf Astronomers have discovered what might be the smallest Brown Dwarf ever seen – just three or four times the mass of Jupiter.
*How gas-rich bab ...  Show more