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**Science Quickly**

Host Rachel Feltman, alongside leading science and tech journalists, dives into the rich world of scientific discovery in this bite-size science variety show.

Latest Episodes:

What You Need to Know about GPT-4 Apr 14, 2023

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The AI GPT-4 has emergent abilities—but that’s not why it’s scary.

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Good News for Coffee Lovers Apr 12, 2023

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A careful new study reveals coffee is generally safe for your heart and may boost your daily step count.

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Meet the Magnificent Microbes of the Deep Unknown Apr 10, 2023

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These two researchers journey toward the center of Earth—via windows to the crust—to find bacteria that can breathe iron, arsenic and other metals that would kill us pretty quickly.

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How Zombifying Fungi Became Master Manipulators Apr 07, 2023

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The real-life fungi that inspired The Last of Us hijack the bodies of ants, wasps, cicadas, and more.

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Science Has New Ideas about 'Oumuamua's Weirdness Apr 05, 2023

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Our first known interstellar visitor is now long gone, but new research has some ideas about why it moved the way it did while it was in our cosmic neighborhood.

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Open Offices Aren't Working, so How Do We Design an Office That Does? Apr 03, 2023

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Insights from Deaf and autistic communities could finally make office spaces better for everyone.

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Cosmos, Quickly: Remembering the Genius of Vera Rubin Mar 31, 2023

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Vera Rubin went from a teenager with a cardboard telescope to the “mother of dark matter.” Some of her colleagues and mentees weigh in on her fascinating life and how she was a champion for women in astronomy.

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Long COVID's Roots in the Brain: Your Health, Quickly, Episode 3 Mar 29, 2023

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Post-COVID symptoms can linger for months or years, and more and more evidence points to problems with the nervous system.

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If AI Starts Making Music on Its Own, What Happens to Musicians? Mar 27, 2023

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Music made with artificial intelligence could upend the music industry. Here’s what that might look like.

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Music-Making Artificial Intelligence Is Getting Scary Good Mar 24, 2023

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Google’s new AI model can generate entirely new music from text prompts. Here’s what they sound like.