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1 month ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Rachel Feltman |Lee Billings |Jeffery DelViscio |Madison Goldberg
[CLIP: Theme music]Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You’ve probably heard of space telescopes like Hubble and the James Webb. They’re famous for giving us breathtaking images of the cosmos and providing countless people around the world with very pretty phone backgrounds. But meanwhile a spacecraft you probably haven’t heard of has been busy shaping our understanding of the universe in a quieter, less glamorous way.
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2 months ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Rachel Feltman |Fonda Mwangi |Madison Goldberg
[CLIP: Theme music]Rachel Feltman: Happy Valentine’s Day, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. For many people today is all about scrambling to get last-minute dinner reservations and spending lots of money—I mean, uh, showing your significant other how much you care about them. But what about your other significant others? What about Galentine’s Day and Palentine’s Day?
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2 months ago | 
schwartzreport.net | Rachel Feltman |Tanya Lewis |Madison Goldberg |Fonda Mwangi
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, this is Rachel Feltman. No matter what you believe, I’m willing to bet you’ve been feeling a lot of outrage lately. To me personally, it feels unavoidable: I can’t look down at my phone or glance up at a TV without seeing something that makes me upset. And that’s really exhausting. But when outrage is everywhere, what can we do to keep it from getting to us?
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2 months ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Rachel Feltman |Tanya Lewis |Madison Goldberg |Fonda Mwangi
[CLIP: Theme music]Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, this is Rachel Feltman. No matter what you believe, I’m willing to bet you’ve been feeling a lot of outrage lately. To me personally, it feels unavoidable: I can’t look down at my phone or glance up at a TV without seeing something that makes me upset. And that’s really exhausting. But when outrage is everywhere, what can we do to keep it from getting to us?
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2 months ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Rachel Feltman |Madison Goldberg
[CLIP: “Let There Be Rain,” by Silver Maple]Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Hope your February is off to a great start. Let’s kick off the week by catching up on all the science news you might have missed. First, a quick note on some presidential moves that might impact health and science. Robert F.
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2 months ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Rachel Feltman |Tanya Lewis |Madison Goldberg |Fonda Mwangi
Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners. For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s kick off the week by catching up on some of the latest science news. [CLIP: “None of My Business,” by Arthur Benson]Feltman: First, we’ve got a quick update from one of our SciAm correspondents. On January 20, President Donald Trump signed an executive order stating his intention to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization, or WHO.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
scientificamerican.com | Rachel Feltman |Madison Goldberg |Fonda Mwangi
[CLIP: “It Doesn’t End Here (Instrumental),” by Nehemiah Pratt]Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s kick off the week by catching up on some science news you might have missed. Last Tuesday a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services committee released a new draft report on alcohol. The review of existing data tied just one drink a day to increased risk of liver cirrhosis, oral cancer and esophageal cancer.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
scientificamerican.com | Rachel Feltman |Clara Moskowitz |Fonda Mwangi |Madison Goldberg
[CLIP: Theme music]Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Unless you’re really on the low end of our listener age bell curve, chances are you grew up learning about our solar system’s nine planets. Of course, unless you’ve been living under a rock since 2006, you also know that now we only have eight planets. Sorry, Pluto fans. But maybe you’ve also heard rumblings about the mysterious Planet Nine.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
scientificamerican.com | Rachel Feltman |Madison Goldberg |Jeffery DelViscio |Fonda Mwangi
Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s take a few minutes to catch up on some science stories you might have missed. Last week health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reported that an unidentified disease with flu-like symptoms had killed dozens of people in November.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
scientificamerican.com | Rachel Feltman |Andrea Thompson |Alec Luhn |Fonda Mwangi |Madison Goldberg
[CLIP: Theme music]Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s get the week started by catching up on a few science stories you might have missed. First, you might remember that last week I mentioned that an unprecedented number of U.S. states were experiencing drought. Those dry conditions have helped wildfires take hold, including in surprising spots like Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.
