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Recent Scientific American Episodes
Publication Date | May 30, 2023
Duration | 00:09:25
Publication Date | May 30, 2023
Duration | 00:09:25
James Rothman shared The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2010 for discovering the molecular basis of neurotransmitter release. How did a biochemist come to win such a prestigious prize in neuroscience?
Publication Date | May 24, 2023
Duration | 00:09:49
Publication Date | May 24, 2023
Duration | 00:09:49
What you pay for tests, vaccines, and medicine will change
Publication Date | May 22, 2023
Duration | 00:05:39
Publication Date | May 22, 2023
Duration | 00:05:39
From North America to South Asia, summer heat waves are becoming longer, stronger and more frequent with climate change.
Publication Date | May 19, 2023
Duration | 00:16:47
Publication Date | May 19, 2023
Duration | 00:16:47
From the technology upsetting jobs and causing intellectual property issues to models making up fake answers to questions, here’s why we’re concerned about generative AI.
Publication Date | May 18, 2023
Duration | 00:07:50
Publication Date | May 18, 2023
Duration | 00:07:50
More sustainable ways of removing persistent chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the environment are on the horizon.
Publication Date | May 17, 2023
Duration | 00:14:58
Publication Date | May 17, 2023
Duration | 00:14:58
We learn the story of “Ella,” a patient with 12 different personalities, or “parts,” and of her therapist, who helped her form a peaceful community—many selves in one body and mind.
Publication Date | May 15, 2023
Duration | 00:07:26
Publication Date | May 15, 2023
Duration | 00:07:26
Two SciAm editors duke it out to see if wormholes and multiverses could in fact exist.
Publication Date | May 12, 2023
Duration | 00:06:18
Publication Date | May 12, 2023
Duration | 00:06:18
Parrot nestlings spend time stringing together jumbled mixtures of sound—a rehearsal for more adult conversations
Publication Date | May 10, 2023
Duration | 00:08:45
Publication Date | May 10, 2023
Duration | 00:08:45
Recent rulings on the abortion pill cite the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old law that’s still on the books
Publication Date | May 08, 2023
Duration | 00:08:35
Publication Date | May 08, 2023
Duration | 00:08:35
Vernal pools are safe havens for creatures such as fairy shrimp, and they have lived through the end of the dinosaurs, the breakup of Pangaea and multiple ice ages. But humans are paving them over.