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The World, the Universe and Us

From the evolution of intelligent life, to the mysteries of consciousness; from the threat of the climate crisis to the search for dark matter, The world, the universe and us is your essential weekly dose of science and wonder in an uncertain world. Hosted by journalists Dr Rowan Hooper and Dr Penny Sarchet and joined each week by expert scientists in the field, the show draws on New Scientist’s unparalleled depth of reporting to put the stories that matter into context. Feed your curiosity with the podcast that will restore your sense of optimism and nourish your brain. For more visit newscientist.com/podcasts

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Weekly: Is personalised medicine overhyped?; Pythagoras was wrong about music; How your brain sees nothing

01 Mar 2024
26m
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This podcast episode explores various topics, including personalized medicine, the limitations of genetic testing, the cultural bias in Western music theory, the concept of zero, the power of behavioral synchronization, the potential of plankton to fight climate change, and the chemical composition responsible for the ...

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CultureLab: What would life on Mars be like? The science behind TV series For All Mankind

27 Feb 2024
45m
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Weekly: ADHD helps foraging?; the rise of AI “deepfakes”; ignored ovary appendage

23 Feb 2024
24m
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Escape Pod #5 Sound: Prepare to feel relaxed, tingly and amazed, in the space of 20 minutes

21 Feb 2024
17m
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Weekly: Reversing blindness; power beamed from space; animal love languages

16 Feb 2024
23m
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CultureLab: Where billionaires rule the apocalypse: Naomi Alderman’s ‘The Future’

13 Feb 2024
20m
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Weekly: Record-breaking fusion experiments inch the world closer to new source of clean energy

09 Feb 2024
23m
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Escape Pod: #4 Mass: from lightest creates on earth, to the heaviest things in the cosmos

06 Feb 2024
17m
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Weekly: Alzheimer’s from contaminated injections; Musk's Neuralink begins human trials; longest living dogs

02 Feb 2024
21m
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CultureLab: Earth’s Last Great Wild Areas – Simon Reeve on BBC series ‘Wilderness’

30 Jan 2024
26m
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Weekly: Why AI won’t take your job just yet; how sound helps fungi grow faster; chickpeas grown in moon dust for first time

26 Jan 2024
23m
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Escape Pod: #3 Music: the jazz swing of birdsong and the sonification of the orbits of planets

23 Jan 2024
16m
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Weekly: Cloned rhesus monkey lives to adulthood for first time; fermented foods carry antibiotic resistant bugs; an impossible cosmic object

19 Jan 2024
23m
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CultureLab: Breaking space records, human bowling and a trip to the Moon with astronaut Christina Koch

16 Jan 2024
22m
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Weekly: Brain regions shrink during pregnancy; oldest and largest Amazon cities discovered; corals that change their sex like clockwork

12 Jan 2024
22m
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Escape Pod: #2 Alliances in matters biological, mathematical and atomical

09 Jan 2024
17m
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Weekly: What’s next for science in 2024? A year of moons; weight-loss drugs; and a massive new supercomputer for Europe

05 Jan 2024
30m
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Escape Pod: #1 Understanding

02 Jan 2024
21m
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Best of 2023, part 2: India lands on the moon; the orca uprising; birds make use of anti-bird spikes

29 Dec 2023
27m
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CultureLab: The best books of 2023, from joyful escapism to sobering reads

26 Dec 2023
28m
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