Podcasts

From the technology upsetting jobs and causing intellectual property issues to models making up fake answers to questions, here’s why we’re concerned about generative AI.

More sustainable ways of removing persistent chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the environment are on the horizon.

We learn the story of “Ella,” a patient with 12 different personalities, or “parts,” and of her therapist, who helped her form a peaceful community—many selves in one body and mind.

Two SciAm editors duke it out to see if wormholes and multiverses could in fact exist.

Parrot nestlings spend time stringing together jumbled mixtures of sound—a rehearsal for more adult conversations
 

Recent rulings on the abortion pill cite the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old law that’s still on the books

Vernal pools are safe havens for creatures such as fairy shrimp, and they have lived through the end of the dinosaurs, the breakup of Pangaea and multiple ice ages. But humans are paving them over.

Inside a vault at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles lies a microscopic population of immense value—the repository for vernal pool fairy shrimp.

Carpets of gold, burrowing toads and fairy shrimp all depend on vernal pools—habitats that, most of the time, do not exist.

Vernal pools are home to spectacular residents such as fairy shrimp, but these unusual natural wonders are under threat.

A scientist who does whale necropsies — or in layman's terms, whale autopsies — tells us why so many dead whales are washing up on beaches. 

Very high HDL cholesterol levels almost double your risk of heart problems.