436 - Scientists Concerned By a Sudden Increase in the Rate of Sea Level Rise
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436 - Scientists Concerned By a Sudden Increase in the Rate of Sea Level Rise
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From the evolution of intelligent life, to the mysteries of consciousness; from the threat of the climate crisis to the search for dark matter, The world, the universe and us is your essential weekly dose of science and wonder in an uncertain world. Hosted by journalists Dr Rowan Hooper and Dr Penny Sarchet and joined each week by expert scientists in the field, the show draws on New Scientist’s unparalleled depth of reporting to put the stories that matter into context. Feed your curiosity with the podcast that will restore your sense of optimism and nourish your brain.
For more visit newscientist.com/podcasts
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Scientists Concerned By a Sudden Increase in the Rate of Sea Level Rise
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The Strange Case Of The Man Immune To Alzheimer’s
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Why The Iran War Is Speeding The End Of The Fossil Fuel Era
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The Radical Theory That Could Force Us To Rethink Alzheimer’s
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The world is running out of water - can cloud-seeding save us?; Why some people get stuck in grief; Is our black hole actually a clump of dark matter?
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Fri, 20 Feb 2026
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How ancient humans crossed the vast ocean; Brain training for dementia; Life of science legend Maggie Aderin
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Fri, 13 Feb 2026
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Why Elon Musk plans to put 1 million satellites in orbit; Should we be giving sleep drugs to kids?; Why global pesticide risk is not improving
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Fri, 06 Feb 2026
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Mini human brain grows blood vessels; The geoengineering risk of termination shock; Trove of ancient fossils discovered
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Fri, 30 Jan 2026
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The 5 worst ideas of the 21st century – and how they went wrong
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Fri, 23 Jan 2026
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Rutger Bregman on the crisis of moral ambition; Why primates have same-sex relationships; Living longer is easier than you think; Bizarre method to fight climate change
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Fri, 16 Jan 2026
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Why does America want Greenland?; Mystery of dark DNA; Ozempic weight rebound
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Fri, 09 Jan 2026
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Humans are finally heading back to the moon; Cheaper weight loss drugs are coming; Milestone for LSD trials; Promise of new carbon tax
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Fri, 02 Jan 2026
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Best science TV, film and books of 2025 | The New Scientist culture review
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Fri, 26 Dec 2025
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Top Science Stories of 2025 | The New Scientist Features Special
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Fri, 19 Dec 2025
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Orcas and dolphins are now hunting together; Genetic root of psychiatric conditions; Black hole stars and cosmic ecology
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Fri, 12 Dec 2025
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How exercise shrinks tumours and starves cancer; Weird molecules found on comet 3I/ATLAS; Einstein v Bohr on the nature of light
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Fri, 05 Dec 2025
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The evolution of sperm and the enduring mystery of the scrotum; How our brain rewires itself 4 times in life; The (real) disaster scenarios of imminent climate breakdown
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Fri, 28 Nov 2025
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The origin and evolution of music: Steve Pretty plays the conch
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Fri, 21 Nov 2025
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New genome of ancient human; 95% of us have a dormant virus that causes disease; Formula E cars faster than F1; Bill Bryson joins the pod!
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Fri, 14 Nov 2025
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Why the claims about Hitler’s genome are misleading
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Thu, 13 Nov 2025
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COP30: The world's climate future hinges on this meeting
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Fri, 07 Nov 2025
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The collapse of America’s health data system; How sleep affects your focus; Life on Mars in liquid veins?
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Fri, 31 Oct 2025
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How mRNA vaccines teach your body to kill cancer; Grim state of climate action; Why birds sing the dawn chorus
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Fri, 24 Oct 2025
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Neuroscience of reality; Quest for dark matter; Folklore of geoscience (New Scientist Live Special)
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Mon, 20 Oct 2025
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First climate tipping point triggered; Man controls another person's body by brain implant; health worries over sumo wrestlers
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Fri, 17 Oct 2025
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Space 2075: How Humanity Will Live, Work and Make Drugs off-planet | Live Recording at the Royal Society
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Mon, 13 Oct 2025
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How Jane Goodall changed the world; How the universe ends; How “selfish sperm” affect male fertility
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Fri, 10 Oct 2025
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Emergency in Antarctica; How movement changes the brain; Why women live longer than men
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Thu, 02 Oct 2025
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Skull rewrites story of human evolution; Autism and Tylenol; discovery of wind coming from black hole
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Fri, 26 Sep 2025
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The evolutionary price we pay for longer lives; the asteroid coming VERY close to Earth; how dinosaurs shaped the ecosystem
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Fri, 19 Sep 2025
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Why we can't announce life on Mars (yet); The Romans' impact on the British economy; Link between exercise and your microbiome