Whether you're listening to science news, watching science shows, reading a science magazine, or following a scientific figure like Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson, science always makes a good listen. So, we've collected the very best scientific podcasts covering science at the fringes; others are firmly rooted in mainstream thinking. But whichever you choose, you'll love the entertaining and accessible way science is presented across our platform. We've got expert opinions, great narrators, and always the highest quality recordings. So, slide into your lab coat, fire up your Bunsen burner, and put your headphones on for a world of wonder.
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What is going on in the North American forests? Can there be an ape-like being whose existence has only ever been anecdotal and which mainstream science scoffs at? Sasquatch, or Bigfoot as it's often known, wouldn't be a leap of scientific possibilities like fire-breathing dragons or magical elves. We know that apes and Homo sapiens have evolved and that we have lived alongside Neanderthals, so would it be that strange to find another species in the vast, undiscovered wilderness of the US and Canada? In Sasquatch Chronicles – Bigfoot Encounters, the case is put forward for the existence of this mysterious beast from eyewitness accounts and other traces. Do they exist? Are they friends or foes? Put your ear to the ground and listen for those big footsteps.
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You might know Alie Ward from parts in Grey's Anatomy or, if you've got kids, as the science head-on the excellent Brainchild. But to many, she's simply the writer and presenter of the spectacularly good Ologies. The name comes from the suffix in any number of scientific studies (biology, meteorology, physiology), which probably gives you a clue about what Ward is talking about. She focuses on one particular ology in each episode, which might be pretty obscure (e.g., eudemonology, fulminology). This podcast is a pocket full of scientific knowledge to get an insight into what fuels professional -ologists' obsessions.
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Our lawyers would like to let you know that this podcast is improbable to live up to its name, which should come as a relief to all involved. But while listening to the recording certainly won't see you off, the things Erin Welsh and Erin Allmann Updyke talk about genuinely could. Each episode of This Podcast Will Kill You covers a particular disease, virus, or other nasty that you should really try to stay away from, if possible. But it's not all doom and gloom. Amongst the talk of risk factors are the means we have at our disposal to tame the beast, and with every passing year, there are new remedies that will hopefully consign many from the list to history. But for now...wash your hands.
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