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Science Quickly
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About the show
Host Rachel Feltman, alongside leading science and tech journalists, dives into the rich world of scientific discovery in this bite-size science variety show.
Latest episodes
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Can you spot a romance scam?
September 30, 2026 · 18 minIn this episode of Science Quickly, Rachel Feltman speaks with criminologist Fangzhou Wang about how romance scams have evolved from simple online deception into sophisticated, artificial-intelligence-powered fraud operations. They discuss…
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Navigating Science and Health Misinformation [Sponsored]
September 29, 2026 · 20 minAs health misinformation surges online, Morgan McSweeney—known online as Dr. Noc, a science communicator and immunology expert whose videos reach millions each month across TikTok, Instagram, and X—explores why facts alone might not be…
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Fire amoebas, fossilized vomit and AI energy demands
September 28, 2026 · 11 minIn this episode of Science Quickly, we cover discoveries both big and small, from the supersized particle collider needed to find the next subatomic specimen to tropical sea turtles that found new nesting grounds to a recently discovered…
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Unexplainable: Dark matter and the end of answers
September 25, 2026 · 34 minIn this episode of Science Quickly, we share part two of our crossover with Vox’s Unexplainable in which we explore one of the universe’s biggest mysteries: dark matter. Host Noam Hassenfeld talks with Scientific American senior reporter…
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Rethinking Age-Related Vision Loss [Sponsored]
September 24, 2026 · 20 minTreatment for wet age-related macular degeneration has advanced significantly with anti-VEGF therapies, but the need for frequent injections remains a challenge. A new, longer-lasting treatment now in development aims to reduce treatment…
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Should you be ‘poop maxxing’?
September 23, 2026 · 16 minAs colon cancer rates rise in younger adults, more and more people are paying attention to their poop and talking about it on social media, where such “poop maxxing” has become a hashtag. But what’s considered normal, and how can we…
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Space weapons are here, and AI experts are sounding alarms
September 21, 2026 · 15 minIn this episode of Science Quickly, we discuss newly revealed U.S. space weapons, growing artificial intelligence safety concerns and the Environmental Protection Agency’s rollback of power plant emissions limits before we end with a look…
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Can you hear a forest disappear?
September 18, 2026 · 20 minIn this episode of Science Quickly, filmmaker and journalist Leah Varjacques takes us to a Bornean rainforest area, where centuries-old patterns of human and wildlife behavior are being disrupted by the construction of a new capital city…