Best Science podcasts — (No longer used - see Science Roundup) (Updated April 2017; image)
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Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.Radiolab is heard around the country on more than 500 member stations. Check your local station for airtimes.Embed the Radiolab widget on your blog or website.Radiolab is supported, in part, by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, enhancing public understanding of science and technology in the modern world. More information about Sloan at www.sloan.org.All p ...
Covering everything about science and technology -- from the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies -- Science Friday is your source for entertaining and educational stories and activities. Each week, host Ira Flatow interviews scientists and inventors like Sylvia Earle, Elon Musk, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and more.
Deep in the back of your mind, you’ve always had the feeling that there’s something strange about reality. There is. Join Robert, Joe and Christian as they examine neurological quandaries, cosmic mysteries, evolutionary marvels and our transhuman future on Stuff To Blow Your Mind, a podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.
Witty, irreverent look at the world through scientists' eyes. With Brian Cox and Robin Ince
Science, health and technology news and highlights of the week.
The Nature Podcast brings you the best stories from the world of science each week. We cover everything from astronomy to neuroscience, highlighting the most exciting research from each issue of Nature journal. We meet the scientists behind the results and providing in-depth analysis from Nature's journalists and editors.
The Naked Scientists flagship science show brings you a lighthearted look at the latest scientific breakthroughs, interviews with the world's top scientists, answers to your science questions and science experiments to try at home.
Whether the topic is popcorn or particle physics, you can count on BrainStuff to explore -- and explain -- the everyday science in the world around us.
There are a lot of fads, blogs and strong opinions, but then there’s SCIENCE. Science Vs is the show from Gimlet Media that finds out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between. We do the hard work of sifting through all the science so you don't have to. This season we tackle immigration, climate change, true love and artificial sweeteners.
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This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast

The kickass science and technology radio show that delivers an irreverent look at the week in science and technology.
Dr Adam Rutherford and guests illuminate the mysteries and challenge the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.
Weekly podcasts from Science Magazine, the world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.
RN's science flagship: your essential source of what's making news in the complex world of scientific research, scandal and discovery. The Science Show with Robyn Williams is one of the longest running programs on Australian radio. One single audio file of each program - good for continuous listening.
Leading science journalists provide a daily minute commentary on some of the most interesting developments in the world of science. For a full-length, weekly podcast you can subscribe to Science Talk: The Podcast of Scientific American . To view all of our archived podcasts please go to www.scientificamerican.com/podcast
Science and Creativity from Studio 360: the art of innovation. A sculpture unlocks a secret of cell structure, a tornado forms in a can, and a child's toy gets sent into orbit. Exploring science as a creative act since 2005. Produced by PRI and WNYC, and supported in part by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
ABOUT THE PODCASTIn Science Vs, Science journalist Wendy Zukerman dissects the latest fad framing itself as scientific fact. Wendy wades through the mass of information so you don't have to. Do women and men have different brains? Is porn changing the way we have sex? Does race exist? Is sugar really that bad for you? Everyone has an opinion but then, there's SCIENCE. NB: This feed only has season 1 of Science Vs.
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Quirks and Quarks Complete Show from CBC Radio

CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks covers the quirks of the expanding universe to the quarks within a single atom... and everything in between.
The latest science research and news stories from all over the world.
Science sleuths Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries sent by listeners.
Brains On!® is a science podcast for curious kids and adults from American Public Media. Co-hosted each week by kid scientists and reporters from public radio, we ask questions ranging from the science behind sneezing to how to translate the purr of cats, and go wherever the answers take us. @Brains_On
5 live's science podcast, featuring Dr Karl, plus Dr Chris and Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with the hottest science news stories and analysis.
From finding awe in Hubble images to visiting the doctor, science is everywhere in our lives. Whether we wear a white lab coat or haven't seen a test tube since eighth grade, science affects and changes us. We all have a story about science, and at The Story Collider, we want to hear those stories.
Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for mankind
Exploring stories of science discovery. Tumble is a science podcast created to be enjoyed by the entire family.Hosted & produced by Lindsay Patterson (science journalist) & Marshall Escamilla (teacher). Visit www.tumblepodcast.com for more information and educational content.
Join Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, Zan Rowe and their scientific guests, with a bunch of curious triplej listeners for a weekly injection of science, myth-bashing and answers! Thursdays from 11am EST.
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Wissenschaft und Technik im Kopfhoerer / Science and Engineering in your Headphones
In this podcast I discuss a variety of topics in both the natural and social sciences, exploring the many fascinating insights that the scientific method yields about the world around us.
Big Picture Science weaves together a universe of big ideas – from robots to memory to antimatter to dinosaurs. Tune in and make contact with science. We broadcast and podcast every week. bigpicturescience.org
NOVA brings you short audio stories from the world of science -- anything from hurricanes to mummies to neutrinos. For more science programming online and on air, visit NOVA's Web site at pbs.org/nova, or watch NOVA broadcasts Wednesday nights on PBS.
Cara Santa Maria is a science communicator, television host, producer, and journalist. She is excited to present "Talk Nerdy," a place for conversations with interesting people about interesting topics.
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People Behind the Science Podcast - Stories from Scientists about Science, Life, Research, and Science Careers

Are you searching for stories to ignite your curiosity, teach you to perform better in life and career, inspire your mind, and make you laugh along the way? In this science podcast, Dr. Marie McNeely introduces you to the brilliant researchers behind the latest discoveries in science. Join us as they share their greatest failures, most staggering successes, candid career advice, and what drives them forward in life and science.
Ask the Naked Scientists: answers to the science questions you always wondered about...
Periodic audiocasts from American Scientist, a publication of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.
You have questions and A Moment of Science has answers. These two-minute audio podcasts provide the scientific story behind some of life's most perplexing mysteries. There's no need to be blinded by science. Explore it, have fun with it, but most of all learn from it. A Moment of Science is a production of WFIU Public Media from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
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Great Moments In Science - with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki

From the ground breaking and life saving to the wacky and implausible, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki reveals some of the best moments in science.
Seeker Plus is built for enthusiastic science fans seeking out comprehensive conversations on the geeky topics they love. Host Trace Dominguez digs beyond the usual scope to deliver details, developments and opinions on advanced topics like AI, string theory and Mars exploration. Find us on YouTube and iTunes.
Get in-depth science coverage at WIRED including news, the latest research and discoveries and how technology is shaping the world of science. A SpokenEdition transforms written content into human-read audio you can listen to anywhere. It's perfect for times when you can't read - while driving, at the gym, doing chores, etc. Find more at www.spokenedition.com
Listen to brief, 5-minute, nontechnical conversations with cutting-edge researchers, Academy members, and policy makers as they discuss topics relevant to today's scientific community. Learn the behind-the-scenes story of work published in PNAS, plus a broad range of scientific news about discoveries that affect the world around us.
Want to know more about black holes? Or progress in the cure for cancer? Learn about the latest news and trends in science, medicine and the environment from the reporters and editors of the popular Science Times section of The New York Times. David Corcoran is your host.
Conversations about things that are science, things that are sort of science, and things that wish they were science. A member of the Brachiolope Media Network.
Theoretically Speaking is a show about absurd science. We take ridiculous hypotheticals and explore them as thoroughly as we can.
Each 60-second episode of the daily Science Update Podcast series is a brief yet satisfying story on the latest discoveries in science, technology and medicine, from aardvarks to zygotes, and, every now and then, aardvark zygotes. We also answer your science questions and even say your name on the air (unless you’d really rather we didn’t) and send you a highly collectible Science Update "Smarten Up" mug. The Science Update family of radio shows and podcasts is produced by AAAS, the world’s ...
R.Science is the Royal Society's main podcast. Each month we bring you the latest news on the wide range of activities happening at the Society.
Science Brunch is a podcast that features irreverent but mostly factual conversation about famous scientists and their discoveries, recent scientific events, and random science-y stuff. It is hosted by friendly neighborhood weirdos Katie McKissick (Beatrice the Biologist; science communicator) and Mae Prynce [INSERT CAREER HERE].
On Goggles Optional, scientists from Stanford University provide their professional yet humorous takes from the world of science. Join us as our hosts explore the significant news and discoveries of the week using a combination of wit, analogies, and words with less than four syllables. Don’t worry, you don’t need to be a scientist to listen. The Goggles are Optional!
It's your world. Jump in.
The Academy brings you regular podcasts featuring cutting-edge research and science from New York City and beyond. Leading scientists tell their stories in a mixture of documentaries, interviews, and lectures. Visit www.nyas.org/podcast.
An upbeat, entertaining look at the latest advances in science and engineering. Often fun and always fascinating, each episode covers a project funded by NSF -- federally sponsored research, brought to you by you!
In Miami Beach, they call it “sunny-day flooding.” You’ll be hanging out downtown under clear blue skies—only to see, whoa, the streets slowly filling with water. Miami Beach, Florida, is a coastal city built on porous limestone, so as climate change melts polar ice into the oceans, water is literally pushed up out of the ground. “It’s an eerie ...…
Wonder why a cat always lands on its feet? It's a question that stumped scientists for over a hundred years. Some suspected that mischievous cats were breaking the laws of physics! Was it the catnip? Or was it a mystery of physics? Physicist Greg Gbur helps us break the case... with the first ever cat video. Check out the original flipping cat ...…
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A Moment of Science: Audio

The first mass extinction happened approximately 540 million years ago.
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This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast

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Real Replication Trouble, CRISPR Reveal, CRISPR Surprise, Scientific Strawberries, Fang Blennie Bennies, Fish Need Friends, Chemical Eye Regeneration, Microbial Harpoons!, 10,000 Years Native, Mouse Brains And Babies, Plastic Trash, Cow Burying Badgers, And Much More...
Love the sun…just not too much! #sun #addiction #endorphins #sunworship
A look up and down the US nuclear chain of command to find out who gets to authorize their use and who can stand in the way of Armageddon.
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The Science Show - Full program podcast

Giving plants a leg up in their fight against virusesChinese missions to study lunar dustFur seals recovering, sea lions under threat in Southern OceanLegislative and social hurdles ahead before new genetics assists with conservationScience Friction introduces young nuclear physicistJared Diamond links the internet age with decline of political ...…
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Science Update Podcast – Daily Edition

BOB HIRSHON (host): Shockingly sophisticated eels. I’m Bob Hirshon and this is Science Update. Electric eels produce 600 volts of electricity to help them catch their prey. And according to Vanderbilt biologist Kenneth Catania, they don’t just electrocute whatever is nearby. In the journal Science, Catania describes how the eels vary their elec ...…
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60-Second Science

Researchers have found the earliest evidence of bugs in the Cimex genus co-habitating with humans, in Oregon's Paisley Caves. Christopher Intagliata reports.
This week, viruses as remnants of a fourth domain of life, a scan of many Tibetan genomes reveals seven new genes potentially related to high-altitude life, and doubts about dark energy with Online News Editor David Grimm.Danielle Li joins Sarah Crespi to discuss her study quantifying the impact of government funding on innovation by linking pa ...…
Why do four out of five dentists recommend Colgate? How many Americans really approve of Trump? This special episode is a two-parter: First, we talk to Prof. Dan Levitin, author of ‘Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era’, about some recent news stories and how to be skeptical of the statistics you see. Then, we bring yo ...…
Computers used to require entire buildings to operate. Now they fit in our pockets. Similarly, factory-size electronics manufacturing is approaching a contraction. Want proof? Look at that $50 printer on your desk and imagine, instead of using it to spit out a hard copy of that thank-you note, that you used it to print some digital memory. Not ...…
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A Moment of Science: Audio

Evidence of ancient parrots was recently found in Siberia.
What message is your tat really sending? #tattoo #masculinity #sociology #Jagiellonian
The far side of the uncanny valley rises steeply, assaulting our psyche as our artificial human likenesses creep ever closer toward perfection. But what happens when we actually emerge on the other side? What happens to human society when video footage is no longer the gold standard? Robert and Joe investigate.…
In this episode. Tom chats with Dr Sean Farrell. Sean was an astronomer who has had a different career path than most people that we've interviewed on STEMpunk, so his perspective is both interesting and very important. It was fascinating to talk with Sean about his work before and after Science. A huge thank to Sean for his time. After we stop ...…
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Science Update Podcast – Daily Edition

BOB HIRSHON (host): Mismatched smells. I’m Bob Hirshon and this is Science Update. Because we rely on our vision, it’s easy to overlook our sense of smell. But according to University of Alaska biological anthropologist Kara Hoover, we have as many genes for olfaction as our closest primate relatives. We’re just adapted to differently-scented e ...…
Adam Rutherford examines a new study published this week which reveals how a megaflood and giant waterfalls severed our connection to what is now France, resulting in the creation of island Britain and the watery moat of the English Channel. Jenny Collier of Imperial College London uncovers the ancient evidence dating back 450 000 years ago.The ...…
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Science in Action

Britain was in the grip of an ice age 450,000 years ago. It has long been thought that Britain’s separation from Europe resulted from spill over from a lake formed in front of the ice sheet but until now it has not been proved. New research shows that this is correct - 450,000 years ago Britain geologically separated from Europe in two stages – ...…
Is it possible for humans to have superpowers? Should we just let asteroids hit the earth so we can make use of the precious elements they contain? Why do I always wake up before reaching my destination?
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60-Second Science

The storm that swept across the Rockies in September 2013 unleashed huge amounts of sediment downstream, doing the work of a century of erosion. Julia Rosen reports.
This week, easing the pressure on fisheries, protein structure surprises, and your reading list for 2017 so far.
Elon Musk wants to merge the computer with the human brain, build a “neural lace,” create a “direct cortical interface,” whatever that might look like. In recent months, the founder of Tesla, SpaceX, and OpenAI has repeatedly hinted at these ambitions, and then, earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Musk has now launched a co ...…
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A Moment of Science: Audio

Our brains aren't just three times bigger than our ancestor's brains.
Every morning we wake up with bad breath. What does bacteria and a lack of saliva have to do with it?By [email protected] (BrainStuff).
What do cats, elephants and humans have in common? #biology #animals #pee #zoology
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Science Update Podcast – Daily Edition

BOB HIRSHON (host): Contact lens health monitors. I’m Bob Hirshon and this is Science Update. The same transparent sensors found in cell phone screens could be used in contact lenses to monitor your health, according to Oregon State University chemical engineer Gregory Herman. The sensors are called Field Effect Transistors, and they’re much sm ...…
Bennett Schwartz is one of the nation’s leading memory experts, and when I visited him in his office at Florida International University, he was standing at his desk. A soft sunlight crowded the room. Large windows framed the palm tree-lined quad outside. Dressed in a short-sleeved shirt and slacks, Schwartz appeared to be quietly talking to hi ...…
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A Moment of Science: Audio

Ants are, so far, the only non-mammal species that demonstrate drug-seeking behavior.
These scientists aren’t just playing around! @Stanford #bloodtests #malaria #toy #physics #bioengineering #biomedical #engineering
From bad CGI characters to creepy humanoid robots, everyone knows the uncanny valley effect when they see it. But where did this idea come from and to what extent is it actually a thing? Join Robert and Joe as they descend into the uncanny valley and explore just what's going on in our minds when we lock eyes with less-than-human simulacrums.…
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Science Update Podcast – Daily Edition

BOB HIRSHON (host): What turns heart valves to bone? I’m Bob Hirshon and this is Science Update. As people age, the heart’s aortic valve can become calcified and stiff – a fatal condition unless the valve is replaced. In the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Gladstone Institute cardiologist Deepak Srivastana and his colleagues report that the ...…
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60-Second Science

The low-end estimate for how much the world's spiders eat is some 400 million tons of mostly insects and springtails.
Daniel Dennett has never been one to swallow accepted wisdom undigested. As a student he happily sought to undermine the work of his supervisor, Willard Quine. Only one of the most respected figures in 20th century philosophy, a thinker eminent enough to appear on US postage stamps. Later in Oxford, he became frustrated by his fellow philosophe ...…
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Great Moments In Science - with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki

The amount of junk in orbit is always increasing but cleaning it up is also essential for our future space operations, but it’s not going to be easy.
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TALK NERDY

Cara is joined in studio by the ever charming, hilarious, and insightful Annabelle Gurwitch to talk about her new book, "Wherever You Go, There They Are: Stories About My Family You Might Relate To." They discuss how to find joy and humor in all of our families, biological and chosen, including our parents and siblings, friends, coworkers, and ...…
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KQED Science News
Green car expert Ron Cogan says automakers can meet tough new fuel economy standards by 2025 if their feet are held to the fire.By [email protected] (KQED Science).
ENCORE Ask anyone what extraordinary powers they’d love to have, and you’re sure to hear “be able to fly.” We’ve kind of scratched that itch with airplanes. But have we gone as far as we can go, or are better flying machines in our future? And whatever happened to our collective dream of flying cars? We look at the evolution - and the future - ...…
Not unlike the ant-decapitating fly and the satanic leaf-tailed gecko, the fang blenny’s name does not disappoint. This tiny fish wields two massive teeth that it uses to gouge chunks out of much larger fish and, in a bind, scrap its way out of the grasp of a predator. And one particular group of fang blenny even injects venom, just like a snak ...…
Before 2015, the quasi-biennial oscillation happened approximately every twenty-eight months.
Unseating congestion in NYC @MIT @MIT_CSAIL #rideshare #traffic #carpool #uber #taxi
It’s no secret that some animal species are highly intelligent – but do they also “get” jokes? Can they laugh? Are laughter and intelligence even related?By [email protected] (BrainStuff).
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People Behind the Science Podcast - Stories from Scientists about Science, Life, Research, and Science Careers

Dr. Christy Haynes is the Elmore H. Northey Professor of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota. She completed her undergraduate studies in Chemistry at Macalester College and received her MS and PhD in Chemistry from Northwestern University. Next, Christy was awarded a National Institutes of Health National Research Service Award Post-Doctor ...…
BOB HIRSHON (host): Mobile plastic fuel. I’m Bob Hirshon and this is Science Update. In Back to the Future II, Marty McFly fuels his deLorean by stuffing garbage into a Mr. Fusion energy reactor. While that’s science fiction, garbage-powered transport may really be in our future. At a meeting of the American Chemical Society, researchers announ ...…
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Nature Podcast

Mental health disorders touch rich and poor, young and old, in every country around the world. Hear three experts discuss the evidence for interventions, how to get help to the right people, and which problem, if solved, would help the most.
Bees pollinate and can detect bombs and compose music. What would we do without them? The world owes a debt of gratitude to this hard working but under-appreciated insect. One third of the food we eat would not be available without bees, meaning our lives would be unimaginably different without them.Bee populations are dropping by up to 80% in ...…
اليوم نتحدث عن إجراء بروتوكول كريسبر على البشر في الصين, وعملية زرع رأس, وعن قلب مصنوع من السبانخ. موقع ساري لمشاهدة البروتين بالواقع الإفتراضي تقنية كريسبر خسارة جامعة بيركلي لمعركة كريسبر العلماء يعالجون فقر الدم المنجلي باستخدام العلاج الوراثي ورق سبانخ لنمو قلب عملية زرع الرأس رحم إيفاتار سبيس إكس تطلق أول صاروخ مستعمل الأوراق العلمية أصبحت ...…
Chris Smith asks whether an abundance of facial hair makes a man more fertile and why does eating something cold cause a headache?
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The Naked Scientists Podcast

The Naked Scientists are joined by cosmologist Andrew Pontzen, biologist Sarah Shailes, neuroscientist Philipe Bujold and biochemist Sarah Madden to pit their wits against your science questions. This week, find out how venus fly traps work, whether psychologists can read your mind and why there is so much variation in herbivore poo.…





































