Science Vs
Gimlet
Science Vs
Gimlet
Thursday 25 February 2021 : There are a lot of fads, blogs and strong opinions, but then there’s SCIENCE. Season 10 starts March 4!
Thursday 28 January 2021 : Butterflies flit through life as the pride and joy of the insect world. But when we saw photos of butterflies swarming the eyes of turtles,...
Thursday 21 January 2021 : This week, we’re sharing an episode of Coronavirus: Fact Vs. Fiction, a podcast from CNN. This episode is The Hunt for Disease X: As human...
Thursday 10 December 2020 : Magic mushrooms have hit the headlines, with people saying that shrooms cured their depression and anxiety. But is this for real? How can...
Monday 07 December 2020 : MINI EPISODE! Tons of new science means fresh answers on a few things that really freaked us out at the start of the pandemic: coronavirus...
Thursday 03 December 2020 : There’s a ton of hoopla over these new coronavirus vaccines. But given that they’ve been produced at warp speed — can we trust them?...
Thursday 19 November 2020 : When a deadly pig virus hit Cuba in 1971, some claimed the CIA was behind it all. But could it be true? In part two of our investigation...
Friday 13 November 2020 : When the Cuban government rounded up and killed thousands of pigs in 1971, people were angry and confused. Castro claimed they were trying...
Thursday 05 November 2020 : The eccentric platypus has always turned heads, and now it’s got something else up its sleeve. We talked with mammalogist Dr. Paula Anich...
Friday 30 October 2020 : The idea of paying Black Americans reparations for slavery has been around for a long time, but it’s starting to get more support than...
Thursday 29 October 2020 : The idea of paying Black Americans reparations for slavery has been around for a long time, but it’s starting to get more support than...
Thursday 22 October 2020 : We keep hearing that a Yellowstone supervolcano could blow at any moment — and possibly wipe us all out. So is Yellowstone overdue for the...
Thursday 15 October 2020 : We’re sharing another great Gimlet show, How to Save a Planet. On this episode: It started with students walking out of school to demand...
Thursday 08 October 2020 : Silicon Valley seems to be constantly pumping out "solutions" to fix our broken food system. The latest and greatest: cell-cultured meat —...
Friday 02 October 2020 : An adventuring Swedish doctor takes on a decades-long medical mystery: What exactly was the 1918 flu? We talk to Dr. Johan Hultin, Eileen...
Friday 25 September 2020 : There’s this idea that the female orgasm is a complicated riddle, but for a man with a penis, getting off is easy peasy. Is there really...
Thursday 10 September 2020 : NOTE: This episode first published 6/13/19. Are sharks the super-predators we think they are? Or have we been baited with great white lies?...
Thursday 03 September 2020 : For centuries, people have been looking to the stars to tell us all kinds of things — what our future holds, who we should date. So what...
Tuesday 01 September 2020 : MASKS. Since the early days of the pandemic, it’s been tough to nail down how much they can really do to slow down the spread of the...
Thursday 27 August 2020 : Kombucha, kefir and other probiotic-crammed foods are marketed as charmers of the human microbiome — and the key to immune, gut and brain...
Thursday 20 August 2020 : Science Vs is back August 27th. Fact you next week!
Friday 03 July 2020 : We’re six months into this coronavirus pandemic, which has shaken the world and stunned scientists. What have we learned? Where are we...
Tuesday 23 June 2020 : Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force...
Friday 19 June 2020 : All through the pandemic, we’ve been waiting for a possible silver bullet: a vaccine. How soon could we actually get one? To find out, we...
Friday 12 June 2020 : The coronavirus seems to cause symptoms all over our body, from nose to toes. So how can one virus do so many strange things? To find out,...
Science Vs
Gimlet
Bringing the Science Back, Baby!
There are a lot of fads, blogs and strong opinions, but then there’s SCIENCE. Season 10 starts March 4!
Butterflies Are Secret Monsters
Butterflies flit through life as the pride and joy of the insect world. But when we saw photos of butterflies swarming the eyes of turtles,...
Presenting Coronavirus: Fact Vs. Fiction
This week, we’re sharing an episode of Coronavirus: Fact Vs. Fiction, a podcast from CNN. This episode is The Hunt for Disease X: As human...
Magic Mushrooms: Trip Through the Science
Magic mushrooms have hit the headlines, with people saying that shrooms cured their depression and anxiety. But is this for real? How can...
Coronavirus: More Scared or Less Scared?
MINI EPISODE! Tons of new science means fresh answers on a few things that really freaked us out at the start of the pandemic: coronavirus...
Coronavirus: Shots! Shots! Shots!
There’s a ton of hoopla over these new coronavirus vaccines. But given that they’ve been produced at warp speed — can we trust them?...
Did the CIA do it? Part II
When a deadly pig virus hit Cuba in 1971, some claimed the CIA was behind it all. But could it be true? In part two of our investigation...
Did the CIA Plant a Virus in Cuba?
When the Cuban government rounded up and killed thousands of pigs in 1971, people were angry and confused. Castro claimed they were trying...
Platypuses Get a Glow Up
The eccentric platypus has always turned heads, and now it’s got something else up its sleeve. We talked with mammalogist Dr. Paula Anich...
Reparations: How Could It Work?
The idea of paying Black Americans reparations for slavery has been around for a long time, but it’s starting to get more support than...
Reparations: How Could It Work?
The idea of paying Black Americans reparations for slavery has been around for a long time, but it’s starting to get more support than...
Supervolcanoes: Is Yellowstone Gonna Blow?
We keep hearing that a Yellowstone supervolcano could blow at any moment — and possibly wipe us all out. So is Yellowstone overdue for the...
Science Vs Presents: How to Save a Planet
We’re sharing another great Gimlet show, How to Save a Planet. On this episode: It started with students walking out of school to demand...
Lab-Grown Meat: We Grill It
Silicon Valley seems to be constantly pumping out "solutions" to fix our broken food system. The latest and greatest: cell-cultured meat —...
Hunting an Invisible Killer
An adventuring Swedish doctor takes on a decades-long medical mystery: What exactly was the 1918 flu? We talk to Dr. Johan Hultin, Eileen...
Orgasms: Come for the Science
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There’s this idea that the female orgasm is a complicated riddle, but for a man with a penis, getting off is easy peasy. Is there really...
SHARKS!!! Sink Your Teeth in Again
NOTE: This episode first published 6/13/19. Are sharks the super-predators we think they are? Or have we been baited with great white lies?...
Astrology: Are Geminis the Worst?
For centuries, people have been looking to the stars to tell us all kinds of things — what our future holds, who we should date. So what...
Mini Mask Update
Explicit content
MASKS. Since the early days of the pandemic, it’s been tough to nail down how much they can really do to slow down the spread of the...
Probiotics: Scam or Superfood?
Kombucha, kefir and other probiotic-crammed foods are marketed as charmers of the human microbiome — and the key to immune, gut and brain...
New Season! Time for Non-Coronavirus Content
Science Vs is back August 27th. Fact you next week!
Coronavirus: Are We Back Where We Started?
We’re six months into this coronavirus pandemic, which has shaken the world and stunned scientists. What have we learned? Where are we...
Fauci! He’s Back!
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force...
Coronavirus: Dude, Where's My Vaccine?
All through the pandemic, we’ve been waiting for a possible silver bullet: a vaccine. How soon could we actually get one? To find out, we...
Coronavirus: Weirdest Virus Ever?
The coronavirus seems to cause symptoms all over our body, from nose to toes. So how can one virus do so many strange things? To find out,...
