Podcasts

This Father’s Day, we’re celebrating the unusually involved Djungarian hamsters dads

Could the spectrum of animal lifespans hold clues about the science of aging?

The Milky Way’s big crash with Andromeda might not be a sure thing. Plus, we discuss an overheated ocean, a giant planet circling a tiny star and worms that build living towers.

What happens when the U.S.’s most trusted source of extreme weather alerts can’t staff the night shift?

It’s one step forward and two steps back for vaccine policy in the U.S. Plus, we discuss the fishy origins of sensitive teeth and megalodon diets.

Young people are struggling; retirees are happier than employees; people in partnerships are flourishing more than those who are single. Hear the first takeaways from the Global Flourishing Study.

A new study suggests a way to more accurately test sperm health from home.

A large language model for dolphin vocalization could let us better understand these beloved marine mammals.

New discoveries about mitochondria could reshape how we understand the body’s response to stress, aging and illness

Kosmos-482 crash-lands, physicists turn lead to gold and animals show some clever behaviors.

Refreezing the melting sea ice in the Arctic is more complicated than you would think. The U.K. is funding geoengineering experiments like this one to curb the effects of climate change.

High vaccination rates eliminated measles in the U.S. An outbreak that began in West Texas is threatening to overturn that status.