Spectrum | Deutsche Welle
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Synopsis
News, Analysis and Service from Germany and Europe - in 30 Languages
Episodes
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Weekly roundup — Things just won't stop changing
07/07/2024 Duration: 30minOn this week's show, we learn the first thing young people should do when they're struggling. Also, why exactly do our eyes get worse as we get older? Plus, a researcher gets in touch to thank us (DW) for teaching him German.
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Can you sing? And if so, does it have anything to do with lemurs?
06/07/2024 Duration: 08minHeadlines implying human singing came from Madagascar... just aren't true. But lemurs are worth listening to.
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Why do people ghost each other?
05/07/2024 Duration: 20minEver had someone just... vanish out of your life? Or maybe you did it to them? A new study shows why people 'ghost' — and who actually suffers most from it.
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Weekly roundup — A cure for lower back pain (that might injure your legs)
30/06/2024 Duration: 30minThe number one cause of disabiliity worldwide is lower back pain. Great news, then, that a rigorous study says we can halve its recurrence by... walking. But there's a catch.
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Losing your job is worse for your health if you live in a different country
29/06/2024 Duration: 09minWhy is it that migrants get physically unhealthier when they lose their jobs (compared to locals)? And can anything be done to stop it?
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Granola poop & a deserving victim
27/06/2024 Duration: 20minSadly, one of our recent episodes caused a listener to go outside and cover her jacket in human feces. Also, if you're trying to raise money for a good cause, remember the German word 'Schadenfreude.'
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Weekly roundup — Hold the door & filter your phone
23/06/2024 Duration: 30minDoes it make YOU happier to do a random act of kindness? Also, how to stop a smartphone from messing with your sleep, and a milkshake fathers can make for pregnant partners.
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Your body might not survive a trip to Mars
22/06/2024 Duration: 12minWhy would our kidneys (possibly) fail when we're inside a spacecraft? And why do women's bodies do better in space than men's?
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Where should you look during a video call?
21/06/2024 Duration: 20minGot an interview coming up? A study out of Japan has potentially life-changing advice for where to focus your gaze. Also, Gabe's back — and is recovering from an operation.
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'Hunger games' in the jungles of Panama
15/06/2024 Duration: 12minDoes having a big brain make you better at finding food? It's a difficult question to answer ethically. Unless you have access to an island.
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The vending machine experiment (or why you don't live in a tree)
11/06/2024 Duration: 30minIn a dream you see a vending machine. Instead of coins or cash, it has a square-shaped hole. That's it. No instructions. No one who walks past can explain it. At some point you shake it violently (still nothing) and see your own hands. They're furry.
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What to do when your hair falls out
30/05/2024 Duration: 18minHormonal therapies? Hair transplant? Or just go bald? When a genetic test shows a Science unscripted host is bound to lose his hair, it leads to a shocking amount of bad science and (potentially) significant side effects.
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Weekly roundup — Make things & stay healthy
26/05/2024 Duration: 30minIs it OK to pee on your feet to get rid of foot and nail fungus? Also, if you say 'hi' kinda differently to your boss than you would to a friend or family member, you have something in common with the biggest land mammal on earth.
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Drugs don't make you more creative
25/05/2024 Duration: 14minIf you take drugs or drink alcohol and then write down your 'wildly creative,' chemically-inspired ravings... new research suggests you'll create a catalogue of useless garbage.
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Scary microplastics news & how to eat during pregnancy
24/05/2024 Duration: 18minWe all have microplastics inside our bodies. Until now, scientists weren't certain about the extent of the harm. Now they are.
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Weekly roundup — Mea culpa!
19/05/2024 Duration: 30minScience Unscripted got an email this week about orgasms. What's more, someone wrote to let us know why a dying countess in a classic German novel would rather spend her final moments with a chauvinist man than with Conor or Gabe. And finally, how your doctor's credentials might just save your life.
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Nurses & teachers suffer when you call them 'heroes'
18/05/2024 Duration: 13minWhen you applaud nurses, teachers, or member of military for being 'heroic,' you make it more OK for them to be exploited.
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'Bigger penises' & learning from our mistakes
17/05/2024 Duration: 17minAre male sex organs really 'getting bigger' over time? Also, a new study suggests we don't actually learn from all our mistakes.
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Weekly roundup — Around the rim
05/05/2024 Duration: 30minGabe's voice undergoes an unexpected transformation, and why two people have been running around a 'wall of death' in Italy. Also, send your favorite SAD SONG to su@dw.com - and let us know why you listen to it?
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Your body image, ice baths & sad music
03/05/2024 Duration: 18minUnhappy with your body? Deleting Instagram may help (if you're a woman). Also, forget 'cold tubs' if you want bigger muscles — and why do we consume content that makes us sad?