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Science Vs

There are a lot of fads, blogs and strong opinions, but then there’s SCIENCE. Science Vs is the show

Episodes

Total: 297

MINI EPISODE! Tons of new science means fresh answers on a few things that really freaked us out at

There’s a ton of hoopla over these new coronavirus vaccines. But given that they’ve been produced at

Did the CIA do it? Part II

2020/11/19

When a deadly pig virus hit Cuba in 1971, some claimed the CIA was behind it all. But could it be tr

When the Cuban government rounded up and killed thousands of pigs in 1971, people were angry and con

Platypuses Get a Glow Up

2020/11/5

The eccentric platypus has always turned heads, and now it’s got something else up its sleeve. We ta

The idea of paying Black Americans reparations for slavery has been around for a long time, but it’s

We keep hearing that a Yellowstone supervolcano could blow at any moment — and possibly wipe us all

We’re sharing another great Gimlet show, How to Save a Planet. On this episode: It started with stud

Silicon Valley seems to be constantly pumping out "solutions" to fix our broken food system. The lat

An adventuring Swedish doctor takes on a decades-long medical mystery: What exactly was the 1918 flu

There’s this idea that the female orgasm is a complicated riddle, but for a man with a penis, gettin

NOTE: This episode first published 6/13/19. Are sharks the super-predators we think they are? Or hav

For centuries, people have been looking to the stars to tell us all kinds of things — what our futur

Mini Mask Update

2020/9/1

MASKS. Since the early days of the pandemic, it’s been tough to nail down how much they can really d

Kombucha, kefir and other probiotic-crammed foods are marketed as charmers of the human microbiome —

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We’re six months into this coronavirus pandemic, which has shaken the world and stunned scientists.

Fauci! He’s Back!

2020/6/23

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, member of

All through the pandemic, we’ve been waiting for a possible silver bullet: a vaccine. How soon could

The coronavirus seems to cause symptoms all over our body, from nose to toes. So how can one virus d