Podcasts

Underdiagnosed iron deficiency and anemia could be leaving people without affordable fixes for their concerns.

“America’s Doctor” says that our common enemy is the danger posed by viruses, not each other.

Holiday deals are designed to be irresistible. A consumer psychologist explains how to avoid overconsumption and shop sustainably.

RFK, Jr., could restructure the CDC, FDA and NIH in pursuit of his flawed vision of public health. Plus, we discuss chimpanzees at play and the first-ever close-up image of a star.

Social psychologists could turn artificial-intelligence-powered tools like ChatGPT on to writings from past cultures. Will this help us study ancient civilizations?

A study of births in New Jersey reveals a troubling disparity between unscheduled C-sections for Black people.

A serious bird flu infection in Canada, a troubling projection of future plastic waste and dispatches from a global climate convention.

On the 50th anniversary of the “Arecibo message,” we present a reflection on humankind’s first attempt to send a transmission to intelligent life in the cosmos.

Violins, the ink on the Declaration of Independence and other ways that insects shaped human history

Droughts in 48 of 50 U.S. states, evidence of microplastics mucking up wastewater recycling and the science of a baseball mud bath in this week’s news roundup.

Focusing on size in health care might be doing more harm than good.

In medieval times, astrology was considered a serious science, a branch of astronomy. Curator Larisa Grollemond of the Getty Museum, walks us through the medieval zodiac and how someone’s sign decided their day-to-day life.