The science stories you missed over the holiday period

The science stories you missed over the holid...

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Audio long read: Will blockbuster obesity drugs revolutionize addiction treatment?

Anecdotal stories suggesting that weight-loss drugs can help people shake long-standing addictions have been spreading fast in the past few years, through online forums, weight-loss clinics and news headlines. And now, clinical data are starting to back them up.Over a dozen rando ...  عرض المزيد

The Nature Podcast highlights of 2025

00:40 What a trove of potato genomes reveals about the humble spudResearchers have created a ‘pangenome’ containing the genomes of multiple potato types, something they believe can help make it easier to breed and sequence new varieties. The potato’s complicated genetics has made ...  عرض المزيد

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Lightning Material, Typing Stress, Domesticated Elephants
Curiosity Weekly

Today you’ll learn about how a bolt of lightning created a brand new, never before seen material, how researchers can tell how stressed you are by listening to you type on your keyboard, and a new study that suggests elephants are more like humans than we ever thought. Find episo ...  عرض المزيد

This Year's Top Science Stories, Wrapped
Short Wave

2023 was filled with scientific innovation, exploration and new discoveries. A few of the biggest threads we saw unraveling this year came from the James Webb Space Telescope, the changing climate and artificial intelligence. Today, host Regina G. Barber wraps up these three area ...  عرض المزيد

Why some trees find one another repulsive, and why we don’t know how much our hands weigh
Science Magazine Podcast

First up on this week’s show, we hear about the skewed perception of our own hands, extremely weird giant viruses, champion regenerating flatworms, and more from Newsletter Editor Christie Wilcox. Christie also chats with host Sarah Crespi about her work on a daily newsletter and ...  عرض المزيد

A Newly-Discovered Asteroid And What's Beneath The Ice On Enceladus
Short Wave

All Things Considered host Ari Shapiro returns to nerd-our with Short Wave hosts Emily Kwong and Regina G. Barber on three science headlines from space: a newly-discovered asteroid, a new moon-related discovery and a new study about what spaceflight does to the human body. Have q ...  عرض المزيد