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Science unscripted

The science stories that will actually change your day — and maybe make you laugh. Science unscripted is a podcast, radio show & YouTube channel driven by listeners. Hello from Germany :)

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30:00

The end of social media fact checking?

Science unscripted ·

2025/01/09

Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X — across platforms, fact checkers are being fired and replaced with... well, promises that regular people can do the job instead. They can't.

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30:00

Bird flu 2025 - Spread, symptoms, risk

Science unscripted ·

2025/01/05

The words 'next pandemic' are being thrown around by more and more experts watching the spread of avian influenza in North America. Why?

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30:00

Crime & punishment in a "dangerous" world

Science unscripted ·

2024/12/19

Just how dangerous do you think the world is? Because that changes how you'd punish a violent criminal (if you're a woman). Also, if you're frustrated with your democratically elected government... what alternatives are you open to?

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29:59

Science unscripted: Is another pandemic brewing? The...

Science unscripted ·

2024/12/06

Nations are buying H5N1 bird flu vaccines amid the spread of the virus among livestock in the US. At least two children in North America have contracted the disease from unknown sources. How serious is the situation?

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16:16

How your brain understands other people (sometimes...

Science unscripted ·

2024/11/29

Some people seem very good at guessing what you're thinking. And some of us might find that we think very deeply about what people are thinking or feeling. The reason appears linked to special connections between some the youngest parts of the brain, evolved 300 million years ago. We explored this with lead researcher Rodrigo Braga, a clinical neurologist, from Northwestern University.

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13:19

A poo test for discrimination?

Science unscripted ·

2024/11/22

Being discriminated against — due to your ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, age or anything else — is harmful and wrong. A new study shows it also... changes the bacteria in your stool?

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30:00

A gossiper's friend & how to think about drinking

Science unscripted ·

2024/11/07

Women drink less... if you ask them to visualize alcohol? Also, the yucky trick gossipers use to make you think they're kind — and why iron in red meat may be causing cancer (in your bottom).

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30:00

Why are people getting skinnier?

Science unscripted ·

2024/10/31

Data from the US suggests we may have passed the point of 'peak obesity.' Have we? Also, spray testosterone in men's noses... and they'll emotionally dehumanize certain women.

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30:00

Don't text & drive (especially during a full moon)

Science unscripted ·

2024/10/25

Quiz time: How could a full moon make roads more dangerous? (Email su@dw.com with your guess before you listen.) Also, teens (like all of us) use their phones while driving — and a jarring new study tells us how much.

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30:00

Can we hit ‘pause’ on a human embryo?

Science unscripted ·

2024/10/20

Scientists in Berlin have shown you can stop the development of an embryo-like model - *NO HUMAN EMBYROS WERE USED IN THE EXPERIMENT* - and keep it alive to be developed later. The implications could be huge for IVF.

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30:00

Weekly roundup — Waves in the dark

Science unscripted ·

2024/09/08

An email from a miner, scary sounds in outer space, and a powerful magnet aimed at 50 human heads.

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11:42

A dyslexia breakthrough

Science unscripted ·

2024/09/07

With the help of a powerful MRI, researchers in Germany have discovered where dyslexia appears to happen deep inside the human brain (in males). The peppercorn-sized structure may become the target of therapies for millions of people.

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24:21

When you look in the mirror, does your face match...

Science unscripted ·

2024/09/06

A new study suggests your appearance 'drifts' as you age — toward the name you were given at birth.

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30:00

Weekly roundup — My phone can smell things?

Science unscripted ·

2024/09/01

Ever take out your phone to identify a song that's playing near you? Pretty soon, you'll be able to do the same with smells. Also, fruit flies may have just given scientists the secret to happy hour.

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25:35

Unhoused people & what police should(n't) do about it

Science unscripted ·

2024/08/31

You've lost your job, lost your home and go to sleep surrounded by strangers. You're scared. But what is it, exactly, you're scared of?

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11:47

Are you symbiosexual?

Science unscripted ·

2024/08/30

Demisexual, graysexual, pomosexual — it's hard to keep track of the (expanding) list of human sexualities. The Harvard Pleasure study just added another.

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30:00

Weekly roundup — Together again

Science unscripted ·

2024/08/25

It's been a long, chaotic and somewhat dangerous summer for the hosts of Science unscripted. It's time to catch up on that — and on the beautiful emails you've sent along the way.

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13:42

Will mpox become the next pandemic?

Science unscripted ·

2024/08/22

As mpox spreads to Europe and Asia — and the WHO declares a public health emergency — a leading German virologist explains what we know (and don't know) about the infectious disease.

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30:00

Weekly roundup — Oceans on Mars?

Science unscripted ·

2024/08/18

The discovery of gigantic resevoirs of water deep under the surface of Mars has implications for whether life was — or might be — possible on our hideous red neighbor.

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08:54

TikTok, misinformation, and the female pelvic floor

Science unscripted ·

2024/08/17

Why is it that content with the least credible information is often the most viewed and shared on social media?

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