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In this episode of Science Quickly, we start with a quick update on the Ebola outbreak surging in parts of Africa. Host Rachel Feltman is then joined by Scientific American’s senior desk editor for life science Andrea Thompson to discuss what rising temperatures mean for the FIFA ...  Show more

In this episode of Science Quickly, one of SciAm’s Young American Scientists, biologist Jaye Gardiner, explores how common viral infections may raise cancer risk—not just through genetic mutations but by reshaping the body’s “extracellular matrix” of molecules that support cells ...  Show more

After nine months in space, two Nasa astronauts have finally arrived back on Earth. Find full subtitles and a worksheet for this episode at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-from-the-news_2025/250319 FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our ...  Show more

On today’s episode: Scientists have found a bunch of new bacteria in our guts that help us digest plants! NASA’s many solutions to the engineering problem of pooping in space. All that and more today on All Around Science...

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Today we explore how astronauts’ blood mutates when coming back from space, how our screens are aging us, and the potential extinction event of the snow crab. Astronaut Blood “Astronauts' blood shows signs of DNA mutations due to spaceflight” by Elizabeth Howell https://www.space. ...  Show more

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 ...  Show more