Science Vs
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Official account of Science Vs! We're a science podcast that pits facts against everything else. Made by Wendy Zukerman, Rose Rimler, Meryl Horn, Michelle Dang, Ekedi Fausther-Keeys, Blythe Terrell, Bobby Lord & independent fact checkers
Today on Science Vs: Free Will! We're diving into the weird world of the neuroscience experiments that have tried to figure out: Are we really consciously in control of the decisions we make?? 🧪 Listen anywhere 👂 ... watch 👀 on Spotify or YouTube! open.spotify.com/episode/7bs0...
Free Will: Does It Exist?
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A U.S. FDA committee is meeting today & tomorrow to talk about changing the rules for substances including PEPTIDES. People claim these can heal our bodies & make us look great. Does the science track?? We dig in 👇🧪 open.spotify.com/episode/6rgo... FDA meeting details: www.fda.gov/advisory-com...
Peptides: The Ultimate Body Hack?
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An appeals court has revived lawsuits alleging that Tylenol during pregnancy is linked to autism and ADHD in kids. When we looked into the research on this at Science Vs, here's what we found 🧪🧪🧪 open.spotify.com/episode/0afn...
Does Tylenol Cause Autism?
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The bird flu in dairy cows was in the back of my mind the whole time I made our ep about raw milk. When scientists find bird flu in dairy cows, they often find SO MUCH VIRUS in the milk. So much. open.spotify.com/episode/3VgP...
Raw Milk: Secret Superfood??
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CIDRAP@cidrap.bsky.social · 4w agoCattle, egg-laying poultry in Utah hit with H5N1 avian flu So far this year there have been 72 H5N1 detections in dairy cows www.cidrap.umn.edu/a... Photo: CAFNR / Flickr cc
The Supreme Court just upheld state laws banning trans girls and women from sports teams aligned with their gender. A while back, we did an episode on both healthcare for trans kids and their sports participation. A lot of families talked to us about it 🧪👂👇 open.spotify.com/episode/39ih...
Trans Kids: The Misinformation Battle
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Some folks swear by raw milk, saying that it's great for your gut microbiome and that it could prevent allergies and asthma. But others are like, wait a sec — going raw is a terrible idea. It can kill you! Who's right? We take a big ol' swig of the science 🧪 open.spotify.com/episode/3VgP...
Raw Milk: Secret Superfood??
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Is caffeine good for your health … or secretly terrible? We revisit the science behind the world's favorite drug and explore its effects on your brain, sleep, and heart — plus the question: how much is too much? ☕ open.spotify.com/episode/6MO5...
Caffeine: How Much is Too Much?
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In a first, the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists released its own vaccine schedule
Top obstetrician group releases vaccine schedule that opposes CDC guidance
In a first, the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists released its own vaccine schedule
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talked about peptides on his podcast recently. We took a look at the science to find out — is there evidence that they work?? 🧪 We dug into two biggies, MOTS-c and BPC-157👇 open.spotify.com/episode/6rgo...
Peptides: The Ultimate Body Hack?
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Today we've got a WILD case study ... It's about a woman who was unable to feel fear — and how studying her upended scientists' understanding of fear 🧪 Featuring our pal @joelwerner.bsky.social! This is another video! Watch on Spotify, listen anywhere 👀👂 open.spotify.com/episode/0rzr...
The Woman Who Felt No Fear
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You'll be seeing more video from Science Vs going forward 🧪— let us know what you think! And like, subscribe, etc etc etc on Youtube if that's your thing: www.youtube.com/@ScienceVsPo...
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There are a lot of fads, blogs and strong opinions — but then there’s science. Science Vs is the show from Spotify Studios that finds out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between.
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Science Vs@sciencevs.bsky.social · 2mo ago🚨New episode!🚨 #peptides are EVERYWHERE right now. Some legit scientists are super excited about peptides ... So should you try them? Listen or watch now! open.spotify.com/episode/6rgo...
Great episode of @sciencevs.bsky.social for the scientist runners out there. (Yes, I did listen to this while running) open.spotify.com/episode/6Chg...
Running: Will It Wreck Your Body?
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There are a lot of fads, blogs and strong opinions — but then there’s science. Science Vs is the show from Spotify Studios that finds out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between.
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🚨New episode!🚨 #peptides are EVERYWHERE right now. Some legit scientists are super excited about peptides ... So should you try them? Listen or watch now! open.spotify.com/episode/6rgo...
Peptides: The Ultimate Body Hack?
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As the Trump administration rolls back restrictions on air pollution in the U.S., we’re revisiting one of the most important stories we’ve ever covered – the story of Ella Kissi-Debrah – and her mother’s fight to prove that air pollution can kill. open.spotify.com/episode/1PbX...
How Toxic Is the Air You Breathe?
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We're diving into #ibogaine! It's a psychedelic that's getting billed as something of a miracle cure for opioid addiction and things like PTSD, and the Trump administration recently fast-tracked it for research. So — does it work?? And is it safe? 🧪 open.spotify.com/episode/2Lit...
Ibogaine: A Miracle Psychedelic?
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As world health leaders face deadly outbreaks of hantavirus and Ebola, a major pandemic preparedness report finds we are less safe from viral outbreaks than before COVID
The world is more at risk of a pandemic now than before COVID, experts say. This is why
As world health leaders face deadly outbreaks of hantavirus and Ebola, a major pandemic preparedness report finds we are less safe from viral outbreaks than before COVID
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A creepy #hantavirus popped up on a cruise ship, and now we've got almost a dozen cases — three people have died. And all of this is feeling A LOT like early Covid days, which has folks wondering if we're headed for a pandemic. So — what does the science say??🧪 open.spotify.com/episode/1i7G...
Hantavirus: How Scary Is It??
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FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has resigned, & some reporting suggests it's partly because he disagreed with the Trump administration on flavored vapes. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... In a recent ep, we looked at the bigger debate over the harms of vaping 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/0kd8...
Vaping: Does It Really Cause Cancer?
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We're talking to folks about #hantavirus over the next few days! Send your questions our way 🧪
Today's ep covers a topic we get a TON of questions about: Tattoos! 🧪 There are reports that tattoo ink is bad for us — that it's toxic, and that getting tattooed could even increase your risk of cancer. So we're asking: Is getting inked riskier than we thought? open.spotify.com/episode/5uS0...
Tattoos: Are They Toxic?
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The battle over the abortion pill mifepristone is still raging. On Friday, a court upheld a ban on delivering the drugs by mail, and manufacturers are asking the Supreme Court to block that ruling. Listen to our ep on the science 🧪 www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol... open.spotify.com/episode/76vS...
The Abortion Pill: How Dangerous Is It Really?
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While there is no immediate danger, the crash highlights that space junk is increasingly expanding out of lower-Earth orbit
A SpaceX rocket booster is on track to hit the moon at several times the speed of sound
While there is no immediate danger, the crash highlights that space junk is increasingly expanding out of lower-Earth orbit
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Had a great chat with the folks @sciencevs.bsky.social about boredom - you can hear it here open.spotify.com/episode/03d7...
Boredom: Is It Good For You?
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