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Why Is Lung Cancer Surging among Young Women?
Oct 15, 2025Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among U.S. women, surpassing breast and ovarian cancer combined. Thoracic surgeon Jonathan Villena explains why younger nonsmoking women are increasing...
Nobel Prizes, COVID Vaccine Updates and Malnutrition in Gaza
Oct 13, 2025This week on Science Quickly, we break down the 2025 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry. We also unpack the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s shifting COVID vacci...
The Doctor behind the Commander in Chief
Oct 10, 2025Presidential physicians operate at the intersection of medicine, politics and national security. Former White House physician Jeffrey Kuhlman joins Scientific American associate editor Lauren Young to...
Chris Hadfield’s Fictional Universe Is Rooted in Real Space History
Oct 08, 2025What happens when a real-life astronaut turns to fiction? In this episode, Chris Hadfield shares how decades of spaceflight and global diplomacy inspired his latest novel, Final Orbit, a cold war thr...
Enceladus’s Alien Ocean, Ancient Fungi and the Flavor of Influenza
Oct 06, 2025Saturn’s moon Enceladus reveals complex organic molecules that could hint at extraterrestrial life. Researchers also uncover fungi’s ancient reign over Earth and warn that second COVID infections may ...
Enter One of the World’s Quietest Rooms
Oct 03, 2025Inside one of the quietest rooms in the world, host Rachel Feltman meets artist-in-residence Seth Cluett at the historic anechoic chamber at Bell Labs to explore the science of silence and sound perce...
What’s Driving Experts Away from the CDC?
Oct 01, 2025Several top public health experts have resigned from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, citing a troubling shift away from science-based decision-making. Former director of the CDC's Nat...
Tylenol and Autism, a Shark Threesome and a Typhoon
Sep 29, 2025This week’s roundup breaks down the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to revise the safety label for acetaminophen (Tylenol) following the Trump administration’s misleading claims about a link b...
The Dead Composer Whose ‘Brain’ Still Makes Music
Sep 26, 2025In a hauntingly innovative exhibit, brain cells grown from the late composer Alvin Lucier’s blood generate sound. Set in a museum in Perth, Australia, the installation blurs the line between art and n...
Mary Roach on the Science of Swapping Human Parts
Sep 24, 2025In this episode of Science Quickly, host Rachel Feltman explores the age-old quest to replace failing human body parts with science writer Mary Roach. From ancient surgery to modern medical marvels, R...