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1 week ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Rachel Feltman |Fonda Mwangi |Alex Sugiura
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. The World Health Organization . But when it comes to addressing infertility, male partners are often left out of the equation. Some studies suggest that in 18 to 27 percent of cases where a heterosexual couple seeks medical help for fertility issues, doctors won’t bother to run any tests on the man. Those stats might make you think male fertility issues are rare, but that’s definitely not the case.
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2 weeks ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Melissa Hobson |Rachel Feltman |Fonda Mwangi |Alex Sugiura
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. There are a few animals that pretty much everyone likes: fluffy pandas, cute kittens and regal tigers. Dolphins would probably make the list for most folks; they’re intelligent, playful and have that permanent smile on their face. Watching them darting around in the water kind of makes you wonder: “What are those guys thinking?”It’s a question many scientists have asked. But could we actually find out?
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2 weeks ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Rachel Feltman |Fonda Mwangi |Jeffery DelViscio |Alex Sugiura
Rachel Feltman: Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell, right? Well, it turns out they might be way more complicated than that, and that could have implications for everything from diet and exercise to treating mental health conditions. For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Our guest today is Martin Picard, an associate professor of behavioral medicine at Columbia University.
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3 weeks ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Rachel Feltman |Alec Luhn |Fonda Mwangi |Alex Sugiura |Jeffery DelViscio
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You don’t have to pay much attention to the news to know that climate change is causing Arctic sea ice to melt—and to understand that this is a huge problem. Ice reflects sunlight, which helps keep cold places cold.
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3 weeks ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Rachel Feltman |Fonda Mwangi |Alex Sugiura
Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s catch up on some of the science news you may have missed last week. First, a space-junk update. By the time you listen to this a Soviet-era spacecraft may or may not have crash-landed on Earth. Kosmos-482, which the U.S.S.R. launched back in 1972, was meant to follow the successful probes Venera 7 and Venera 8 in landing on and studying Venus.
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1 month ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Rachel Feltman |Fonda Mwangi |Alex Sugiura
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Just to give you a heads-up, we’ll be talking about physical fitness today. We’ll touch on topics such as disordered eating and intentional weight loss. Social media is full of fitness influencers promising “bikini bodies” and hawking fat-burning cardio routines, especially for women and femme-presenting people.
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1 month ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Rachel Feltman |Fonda Mwangi |Alex Sugiura
Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! And happy May. I hope the weather is pleasantly springy wherever you’re listening from. For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s kick off the month with a quick roundup of some science news you may have missed last week. First, a crucial report on climate change is under threat.
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1 month ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Rachel Feltman |Fonda Mwangi |Alex Sugiura
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Even if you don’t know what the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List is off the top of your head, I can pretty much guarantee you’ve heard of it: the IUCN keeps tabs on the conservation status of living organisms all over the globe.
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1 month ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Rachel Feltman |Gary Stix |Fonda Mwangi |Alex Sugiura
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. It goes without saying that a lot has changed at Scientific American since our first issue came out in 1845. But the magazine—and the world of science journalism in general—also looks radically different today than it did in, say, 1990. That’s when today’s guest first started working at SciAm. Until his retirement earlier this month Gary Stix served as Scientific American’s senior editor of mind and brain topics.
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1 month ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Rachel Feltman |Jen Schwartz |Fonda Mwangi |Alex Sugiura
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. With everything from bird flu to norovirus making headlines these days, it can feel like the world is just packed with dangerous pathogens we need protection from. What if we could get a hand from an all-natural disinfectant that was more than 100 times more effective than bleach but so gentle and safe that you could spray it into your eyes?
