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Science Vs

251 Episodes • By Spotify Studios • gimletmedia.com/science-vs/...
There are a lot of fads, blogs and strong opinions, but then there’s SCIENCE. Science Vs is the show from Gimlet 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 and cover everything from 5G and Pande ...more
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Wendy Talks About Her Pyromaniac Past — and More [Video]
[Video available on Spotify] Wendy and emma chamberl... more
Apr 25 2024 1h 10m
Navigating Myths in Science Podcast
Chapter 1 10 mins
The Science of Misconceptions
Chapter 2 10 mins
Misinformation Online
Chapter 3 7 mins
Exploring the Female Sexual Anatomy
Chapter 4 8 mins
Orgasm Gap
Chapter 5 3 mins
Nicotine Addiction and Vaping Concerns
Chapter 6 9 mins
Health Risks of Vaping Debate
Chapter 7 8 mins
Exploring Vaping, Alcohol, and Hangovers
Chapter 8 10 mins
The Psychology of Gossip and Bonding
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Hormone Balancing: Should You Try it?
Tons of us are feeling run-down and crummy and are w... more
Apr 18 2024 36m
Trusting Your Hormones
Chapter 1 2 mins
Hormones are hot right now
Chapter 2 11 mins
A tale of cortisol and supplements
Chapter 3 6 mins
Are we in a testosterone crisis?!
Chapter 4 6 mins
Should you boost your T?
Chapter 5 9 mins
Is estrogen the enemy?
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Murder in the Ivory Tower
It’s 1849, and a gruesome murder has just happened a... more
Apr 11 2024 32m
Janitor's Tip Leads to Gruesome Discovery
Chapter 1 2 mins
The murder that shocked Harvard
Chapter 2 3 mins
A very rich man disappears
Chapter 3 1 min
The tea chest of horrors
Chapter 4 1 min
The professor
Chapter 5 2 mins
The janitor
Chapter 6 2 mins
The case against the professor
Chapter 7 3 mins
The trial
Chapter 8 7 mins
1800s forensics enter the picture
Chapter 9 7 mins
The verdict
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Cannabis: I Get High With a Little Help From … Science
Weed has gone mainstream, and it's been rebranded as... more
Apr 4 2024 45m
Weed Use
Chapter 1 5 mins
A New World of Weed
Chapter 2 7 mins
Can Different Strains of Weed Do Different Things for You?
Chapter 3 9 mins
Can CBD Give You a More Mellow High?
Chapter 4 2 mins
Can Weed Help with Anxiety or Depression?
Chapter 5 10 mins
What Are The Risks of Using Cannabis?
Chapter 6 2 mins
What’s the Safest Way to Use Cannabis?
Chapter 7 7 mins
Can Weed Boost Your Creativity?
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Intermittent Fasting: Hungry for Facts?
Fasting diets are going bonkers right now — some tec... more
Mar 28 2024 33m
Fasting and Autophagy in Humans
Chapter 1 3 mins
Fasting: the fad and the fears
Chapter 2 4 mins
Does fasting help you burn fat?
Chapter 3 1 min
How much weight do people lose with intermittent fasting?
Chapter 4 4 mins
Is this just calorie restriction?
Chapter 5 6 mins
Can fasting help you live longer?
Chapter 6 13 mins
Can fasting fight cancer?
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Dreams: What Could They Mean?
Dreaming might be the weirdest thing that our brains... more
Mar 21 2024 44m
Dreams Improve Memory Through Maze Game
Chapter 1 5 mins
Welcome to the Nodcast
Chapter 2 3 mins
How our dreams change all night
Chapter 3 5 mins
The myth of REM dreams
Chapter 4 7 mins
Why do dreams feel so real?
Chapter 5 8 mins
What are we really dreaming about?
Chapter 6 4 mins
Why do we dream?
Chapter 7 10 mins
Could dreams help us process emotions?
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Ozempic: Is It Scarier Than We Thought?
We looked at this class of weight loss drugs a year ... more
Mar 14 2024 40m
Concerns About Weight Loss Drugs
Chapter 1 4 mins
What are the fears around these weight loss drugs?
Chapter 2 7 mins
Do these drugs melt your muscles?
Chapter 3 4 mins
Do these drugs increase the risk of suicidal thoughts?
Chapter 4 14 mins
Can they really paralyze your stomach?
Chapter 5 3 mins
Some good news!
Chapter 6 6 mins
How Did You Find the Bezoar?
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Anti-Aging: Can We Be Forever Young?
We’ve been hunting for the fountain of youth for mil... more
Mar 7 2024 35m
Longevity Drug Sparking Excitement
Chapter 1 3 mins
The Hunt for the Fountain of Youth
Chapter 2 9 mins
Can Young Blood Keep Us Sprightly?
Chapter 3 8 mins
Do NAD Boosters Work?
Chapter 4 6 mins
Is Metformin a Game-Changer?
Chapter 5 7 mins
How the Nerds Stay Young
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Get Ready for Our BIGGEST SEASON EVER
Strap in, nerds: New Science Vs episodes are coming!... more
Feb 29 2024 3m
Chapter 1 3 mins
Exciting New Season of Science Versus
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Ayahuasca: WTF is up with DMT?
DMT might be the weirdest drug in the already weird ... more
Dec 14 2023 48m
Exploring DMT's Impact on the Brain
Chapter 1 58 sec
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
Chapter 2 3 mins
Celebs love ayahuasca
Chapter 3 3 mins
DMT
Chapter 4 5 mins
The ‘Rick and Morty’ Trip
Chapter 5 2 mins
Is DMT a portal?
Chapter 6 6 mins
DMT in our brains
Chapter 7 7 mins
DMT for depression?
Chapter 8 6 mins
Plastic psychedelics
Chapter 9 2 mins
Risks of DMT and ayahuasca
Chapter 10 8 mins
Where do we land on DMT?
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Personality Tests: Who Are You Really?
Personality tests like the MBTI are all over the int... more
Dec 7 2023 44m
The Limits of Personality Tests
Chapter 1 5 mins
Chapter 1: Personality tests and their impact
Chapter 2 7 mins
Chapter 2: Personality and the MBTI
Chapter 3 11 mins
Chapter 3: Why personality ‘types’ flop
Chapter 4 5 mins
Chapter 4: The scientist’s personality test
Chapter 5 3 mins
Chapter 5: What personality can predict
Chapter 6 10 mins
Chapter 6: Can you change your personality?
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Caffeine: How Much is Too Much?
Caffeine is a drug that tons of us take every day. B... more
Nov 30 2023 42m
Coffee and Digestion Activation
Chapter 1 2 mins
Chapter 1: We love/hate caffeine
Chapter 2 4 mins
Chapter 2: Coffee and our guts
Chapter 3 5 mins
Chapter 3: Coffee and our brains
Chapter 4 5 mins
Chapter 4: Coffee and our zzzzzzs
Chapter 5 2 mins
Chapter 5: Coffee makes us go vroom vroom vroom!
Chapter 6 7 mins
Chapter 6: Are we caffeine addicts?
Chapter 7 13 mins
Chapter 7: Are energy drinks dangerous?
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MDMA: Can Ecstasy Cure Your Agony?
Molly, ecstasy, MDMA: whatever you call it, this dru... more
Nov 23 2023 43m
MDMA's Potential for Transforming Racist Views
Chapter 1 5 mins
Chapter 1: Cops and club kids
Chapter 2 4 mins
Chapter 2: Therapists try MDMA
Chapter 3 6 mins
Chapter 3: Your brain on MDMA
Chapter 4 4 mins
Chapter 4: Can MDMA cure racism?
Chapter 5 2 mins
Chapter 5: Can MDMA Cure PTSD?
Chapter 6 3 mins
Chapter 6: Is the MDMA comedown real?
Chapter 7 3 mins
Chapter 7: Can MDMA damage your brain?
Chapter 8 3 mins
Chapter 8: Can MDMA kill you?
Chapter 9 4 mins
Chapter 9: Buying MDMA on the street
Chapter 10 6 mins
Chapter 10: Conclusion
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Pssst!! The Science of Gossip
We all know gossip can be bad — but some of us still... more
Nov 16 2023 39m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Gossip has a bad rap
Chapter 2 10 mins
Who gossips?
Chapter 3 7 mins
Your brain on gossip
Chapter 4 8 mins
Can gossip be good?
Chapter 5 7 mins
How to fight nasty gossip
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When Your Eyes See Lies
A dead man with a bitten penis and perplexing DNA, a... more
Nov 9 2023 53m
The Lemming Population Cycle and Decline
Chapter 1 2 mins
Welcome to Science Vs LIVE!
Chapter 2 15 mins
The Case of the Missing Penis
Chapter 3 13 mins
Alice In Wonderland Syndrome
Chapter 4 21 mins
The Big Lemming Lie
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Sleep: How Do We Get More?
Not sleeping enough turning you into a monster? In o... more
Nov 2 2023 32m
Effects of Alcohol and Sleep Loss
Chapter 1 2 mins
Not sleeping sucks
Chapter 2 3 mins
What does lack of sleep do to us?
Chapter 3 4 mins
Our beer vs. sleepiness experiment
Chapter 4 6 mins
What happens in a sleepy brain
Chapter 5 3 mins
How circadian rhythm affects sleep
Chapter 6 2 mins
Does melatonin help with sleep?
Chapter 7 8 mins
Does blue light keep us awake?
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Seed Oils: Is Your Canola Oil Killing You?
We’ve been told that foods like butter and bacon are... more
Oct 26 2023 43m
Butter and Its Effects on Health
Chapter 1 5 mins
Seed oils are the devil
Chapter 2 6 mins
Is saturated fat killing you?
Chapter 3 9 mins
Does cholesterol cause heart attacks?
Chapter 4 5 mins
Do seed oils cause inflammation?
Chapter 5 15 mins
Are seed oils killing you?
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UFOS: So Are They Real Or What?
A whistleblower claims that the U.S. government is c... more
Oct 19 2023 43m
Unidentified Flying Objects
Chapter 1 3 mins
Chapter 1: Congress takes on aliens
Chapter 2 2 mins
Chapter 2: Why is Rose Muldering?
Chapter 3 8 mins
Chapter 3: The ‘Tic-Tac’ incident
Chapter 4 12 mins
Chapter 4: We need a Scully
Chapter 5 17 mins
Chapter 5: The new science on searching for alien life
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Andrew Huberman on Supplements, the Covid Lab Leak Theory and more
Andrew Huberman is a skate punk turned neuroscientis... more
Oct 12 2023 41m
Unconventional Path to Academia
Chapter 1 10 mins
Chapter 1: Andrew Huberman: Skater Kid to Scientist
Chapter 2 6 mins
Chapter 2: Huberman's favorite study: Regrowing neurons
Chapter 3 5 mins
Chapter 3: Learning to Optimize
Chapter 4 4 mins
Chapter 4: Covid Lab Leak Theory
Chapter 5 8 mins
Chapter 5: Criticism for Promoting Certain Supplements
Chapter 6 1 min
Chapter 6: Huberman's favorite TV show: Love Island (jking)
Chapter 7 4 mins
Chapter 7: Life Advice
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Self-Care: Can You Hack Your Mood?
Can plunging into an ice bath make us feel happier? ... more
Oct 5 2023 38m
The Effects of Cold Water Swimming
Chapter 1 2 mins
Chapter 1: Trendy self-care hacks
Chapter 2 5 mins
Chapter 2: Ice baths: How our body reacts
Chapter 3 5 mins
Chapter 3: Can cold plunges help with depression?
Chapter 4 3 mins
Chapter 4: The risks of ice baths
Chapter 5 4 mins
Chapter 5: Does gratitude journaling make us happier?
Chapter 6 5 mins
Chapter 6: How does gratitude work?
Chapter 7 12 mins
Chapter 7: When self-care isn’t just about yourself …
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Why Fossil Nerds Are Pissed Right Now
The smash hit Netflix documentary “Unknown: Cave of ... more
Sep 28 2023 52m
Critique of Burger Science Paper
Chapter 1 2 mins
‘Cave of Bones’ is a hit!
Chapter 2 4 mins
Lee Berger, Explorer in Residence
Chapter 3 6 mins
Meet Homo naledi
Chapter 4 6 mins
Extraordinary claims
Chapter 5 4 mins
The media campaign and the backlash
Chapter 6 6 mins
The evidence for burial
Chapter 7 8 mins
The evidence for rock art
Chapter 8 11 mins
Cave of Insufficient Evidence?
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Vaping: Is It Really That Bad?
More and more people are puffing on vapes — but some... more
Sep 21 2023 41m
Vaping's Impact on Enjoyment and Depression
Chapter 1 3 mins
The fears around vaping
Chapter 2 6 mins
Could vaping make you sick?
Chapter 3 10 mins
Are vape flavors dangerous?
Chapter 4 11 mins
Nicotine and depression
Chapter 5 9 mins
Is vaping worse than smoking?
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Breathwork: A Bunch of Hot Air?
The latest hot new trend is: breathing. Yeah, that’s... more
Sep 14 2023 43m
Chapter 1 5 mins
Meet the Breathfluencers
Chapter 2 4 mins
Can breathwork reduce stress?
Chapter 3 4 mins
Can breathwork help with depression and PTSD?
Chapter 4 6 mins
How does breathing work?
Chapter 5 2 mins
Are you a mouth breather?
Chapter 6 7 mins
Can mouth-breathing ruin your memory?
Chapter 7 2 mins
Benefits of nose breathing
Chapter 8 2 mins
Should you use mouth tape?
Chapter 9 7 mins
Are the Breathfluencers right?
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We're Back! And Boldly Going Where We've Never Gone Before
Brand-new episodes will drop starting next week! Sta... more
Sep 7 2023 2m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Exciting New Season of Science Vases
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The Best Ever Episode of Science Vs
This week – our episode that you voted as our BEST w... more
Aug 24 2023 44m
Chapter 1 14 mins
The Best Science Versus Episode
Chapter 2 12 mins
Composting Human Bodies
Chapter 3 15 mins
Composting Humans Safely and Process
Chapter 4 49 sec
Science Buses and Hand Washing
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