Science Vs
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Science Vs
Gimlet
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,...
Tuesday 09 June 2020 : Hundreds of thousands of people have joined the global protest movement sparked by the death of George Floyd. And a lot of doctors and...
Friday 29 May 2020 : Life is on pause for many of us right now. But scientists don’t want to stop! Researchers have had to figure out how to keep experiments...
Friday 22 May 2020 : While a lot of countries have put in strict measures, like lockdowns, to stop the coronavirus, there’s been a conspicuous outlier: Sweden....
Friday 15 May 2020 : When the pandemic started, we were told not to bother with masks. But now it looks like experts have done a 180 here, and a lot of us are...
Friday 08 May 2020 : How bad is the coronavirus for pregnant people and babies? Producer Meryl Horn is digging into this question for today’s episode. And...
Friday 01 May 2020 : We’re learning that people can spread the virus when they don’t have symptoms. But how often does that actually happen? We talk to Mark...
Science Vs
Gimlet
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
Explicit content
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,...
Coronavirus: Protesting in a Pandemic
Hundreds of thousands of people have joined the global protest movement sparked by the death of George Floyd. And a lot of doctors and...
Coronavirus: Labs Go Dark
Life is on pause for many of us right now. But scientists don’t want to stop! Researchers have had to figure out how to keep experiments...
Coronavirus: Sweden Goes Rogue
While a lot of countries have put in strict measures, like lockdowns, to stop the coronavirus, there’s been a conspicuous outlier: Sweden....
Coronavirus: The Mask Wars
When the pandemic started, we were told not to bother with masks. But now it looks like experts have done a 180 here, and a lot of us are...
Coronavirus: Pregnant in a Pandemic
How bad is the coronavirus for pregnant people and babies? Producer Meryl Horn is digging into this question for today’s episode. And...
Coronavirus: How Many Silent Spreaders Are There?
We’re learning that people can spread the virus when they don’t have symptoms. But how often does that actually happen? We talk to Mark...
