Science

Climate After Net Zero with Prof. Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick (437)

Aug 2, 2025In this episode, we sit down with Australian climate scientist Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick to explore the story of climate science, how we first discovered...

JWST Spots Possible Alien Planet at Alpha Centauri

Astronomers have found nearly 6,000 exoplanets orbiting other stars. But for every confirmed detection, there are countless mere hints, inconclusive observations that could just...
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HHS To Cut Funding for Vaccine Research

I get it. I am as tired of writing about RFK Jr.’s dismantling of the evidence-based federal medical infrastructure...

Life After the Atomic Blast, as Told by Hiroshima’s Survivors

The mushroom cloud was visible from the hills of neighboring prefectures. Those who were beyond the immediate blast radius...

Episode 574 – Josh Gondelman

Comedian Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) joins Andy and Matt to talk about his new special Positive Reinforcement, his newsletter, his...

mRNA vaccines for HIV trigger strong immune response in people

Two vaccine candidates using mRNA technology elicit a potent immune response against HIV, according to an early-stage clinical...

Reversing Alzheimer’s damage: Two cancer drugs demonstrate surprising power

Scientists at UC San Francisco and Gladstone Institutes have identified cancer drugs that promise to reverse the changes that...