Science Quickly

Meet Rachel Feltman, the new host of Science Quickly, bringing fresh perspectives and enthusiasm. She discusses the new format, promising diverse episode styles and audience engagement. Get ready for audio journeys, deep questions, and world-changing science stories!

Exploring the trend of prescribing healthy food as preventive medicine, featuring programs integrating food initiatives in healthcare. Discussing studies on diets impacting health markers and the shift to personalized food interventions in healthcare.

Experts discuss the impacts of global warming on coral reefs, highlighting the widespread coral bleaching events affecting ecosystems. They emphasize the urgent need for global action to combat climate change and stabilize sea temperatures to preserve coral reefs and their essential role in marine environments.

Scientists conduct a project in the Amazon to spray carbon dioxide into jungle plots, studying the forest's resilience to CO2 absorption. They explore the impact of phosphorus on plant growth in the Amazon ecosystem and investigate how elevated CO2 levels could affect the rainforest's growth. Researchers delve into the Amazon Face project, studying the forest's reactions to environmental stressors like drought and carbon dioxide.

Researchers are ready to inject carbon dioxide into jungle plots in a groundbreaking experiment in the Amazon. The project aims to forecast the health of the forest and the planet through detailed tree monitoring. Explore the impact of climate change on the Amazon's ability to absorb CO2 and the global climate system. Witness the construction of carbon dioxide distribution towers and the challenges faced in setting up climate experiment towers in the dense Amazon forest.

Exploring the Amazon project to see if more carbon dioxide can save the rainforest, the challenges faced, the experience of getting lost and finding serenity in the jungle, uncertainties surrounding the benefits of carbon fertilization, concerns about a dieback scenario, and the potential implications for global warming.

Experts discuss the risk of avian influenza to humans, citing cases in cows and a person in the U.S. Topics include the impact and evolution of bird flu virus across mammal species, risks of a potential pandemic, and the importance of monitoring health across different species.

Volcano detectives in Alaska use AI to uncover ancient secrets. AI model helps distinguish between volcanoes for accurate analysis. Tefra deposits reveal past events like ice ages and human migrations.

Exploring unique vocalizations and social behaviors among sperm whales, evidence of cultural differences and communication patterns. Complex social networks and cultural transmission within whale populations. Significance of animal culture in evolution and parallels between human and whale societies. Similarities between human and sperm whale cultures, evolutionary forces shaping resemblances, importance of embracing cultural diversity.

Exploring the resurgence of measles due to vaccine complacency and immunomnesia, discussing the effectiveness and safety of the MMR vaccine, addressing rising vaccine exemptions and debunking myths about autism, diving into a measles outbreak in a Florida elementary school and the controversy surrounding unvaccinated individuals, emphasizing the importance of vaccination and trusted messengers in preventing disease outbreaks through education and public awareness.