Popular Science podcasts unearth the universe’s strangest histories. They answer your most mind-burning questions. They tell ...

Ian Sample talks to Kathryn Paige Harden, a behavioural geneticist and professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. In her book Original Sin she explores how nature and nurture ...

The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI), particularly large language models (LLMs), has marked a transformative shift in data analysis, interpretation and content generation. These models, ...

Imagine the perfect drink — a cocktail, coffee, or kombucha, perhaps. Whatever the concoction, it came together iteratively — one taste test, one tweak at a time. In much the same way, mixing ...

Scientific American's endorsement of Kamala Harris for president ignited a ferocious debate in the science community. Is she the best choice for advancing science, as her supporters contend, or is it ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, this is Rachel Feltman. If you’re one of the many folks who eagerly awaits the arrival of Spotify Wrapped each December, you might have ...

Katie Hafner: Hello 60-Second Science listeners. I’m Katie Hafner, and I’m the host of a new podcast called Lost Women of Science. I’ve been writing about science and technology for decades, most of ...

In September, award-winning podcast host Alie Ward sat on the other side of the microphone for the Discover Science podcast. The “Ologies” expert was interviewed before her Discover Science Lecture ...