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Science Talk

Science Talk

550 Episodes • By Scientific American • www.scientificamerican.com/podca...
Science Talk is a podcast of longer-form audio experiments from Scientific American--from immersive sonic journeys into nature to deep dives into research with leading experts.
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Episode 3: When Uncertainty Hides in the Blindspot of Overconfidence
Today’s episode of Uncertain is about the ways that ... more
Apr 17 2024 29m
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Episode 2: Think Seeing is Believing? Think Again
In this episode, we’ll talk with two researchers who... more
Apr 10 2024 33m
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Episode 1: Uncertainty is Science's Super Power. Make It Yours, Too
Welcome to Uncertain, a five-part podcast miniseries... more
Apr 3 2024 25m
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Coming Soon: 'Uncertain' - A New Short Series on the Thrill of Not Knowing
Does the word "uncertainty" make you nervous? Does i... more
Mar 27 2024 4m
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Racism in Health: The Roots of the U.S. Black Maternal Mortality Crisis
What is behind the Black maternal mortality crisis, ... more
Aug 10 2023 44m
Chapter 1 7 mins
Racism, Health, and Abortion Access
Chapter 2 5 mins
Racism's Impact on Maternal Healthcare
Chapter 3 8 mins
Racism and Pain Denial in Healthcare
Chapter 4 9 mins
Racial Disparities in Healthcare
Chapter 5 9 mins
Erasure of Black Midwives and Impact
Chapter 6 2 mins
Rewriting History
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Love Computers? Love History? Listen to This Podcast
In the newest season of Lost Women of Science, we en... more
Apr 26 2022 4m
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Top 10 Emerging Tech of 2021
The World Economic Forum and Scientific America... more
Dec 14 2021 39m
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Listen to This New Podcast: The Lost Women of Science
A new podcast is on a mission to retrieve unsun... more
Nov 8 2021 4m
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An Unblinking History of the Conservation Movement
In her new book  Beloved Beasts: Fighting for L... more
Oct 21 2021 19m
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Inside the Nail-Biting Quest to Find the 'Loneliest Whale'
It is a tale of sound: the song of a solitary whale ... more
Sep 28 2021 18m
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Listen to This: 'Hope Lies in Dreams,' a New Podcast from Nature Biotechnology
This is a story of desperation, anger, poverty&mdash... more
Sep 8 2021 3m
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Summer of Science Reading, Episode 4: Navigating Loss and Hope with Nature
In Science Book Talk, a new four-part podcast minise... more
Sep 3 2021 21m
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Summer of Science Reading, Episode 3: Abandoned and Underground but Not Lost
In Science Book Talk, a new four-part podcast minise... more
Aug 27 2021 25m
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Summer of Science Reading, Episode 2: Life beneath Our Feet
In Science Book Talk, a new four-part podcast minise... more
Aug 13 2021 20m
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Summer of Science Reading, Episode 1: The Many Mysteries of Fish
In Science Book Talk, a new four-part podcast minise... more
Aug 6 2021 20m
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National Park Nature Walks, Episode 10: The Otherworldly Sounds of an Elk Rut
Here is our next installment of a new pop-up po... more
Jul 30 2021 33m
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National Park Nature Walks, Episode 9: Inside a Migratory Bird Sanctuary
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Jul 16 2021 27m
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National Park Nature Walks, Episode 8: The Blue Oaks of Sequoia
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Jul 2 2021 29m
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National Park Nature Walks, Episode 7: Into the Wilderness by Canoe
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Jun 18 2021 28m
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National Park Nature Walks, Episode 6: Yellowstone Bison and Marsh Birds
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Jun 4 2021 35m
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The Deepest Dive to Find the Secrets of the Whales
On Earth Day, Scientific American sits down with Nat... more
Apr 22 2021 26m
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National Park Nature Walks, Episode 5: A Northwoods Voyage
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Apr 16 2021 35m
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First in Space: New Yuri Gagarin Biography Shares Hidden Side of Cosmonaut
It’s been 60 years, to the day, since Soviet c... more
Apr 13 2021 23m
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National Park Nature Walks, Episode 4: Beautiful Swamp
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Apr 9 2021 36m
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National Park Nature Walks, Episode 3: Where Lewis and Clark Trod
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Apr 2 2021 24m
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