Spectrum | Deutsche Welle

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 38:48:39
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Synopsis

News, Analysis and Service from Germany and Europe - in 30 Languages

Episodes

  • Your body might not survive a trip to Mars

    22/06/2024 Duration: 12min

    Why would our kidneys (possibly) fail when we're inside a spacecraft? And why do women's bodies do better in space than men's?

  • Where should you look during a video call?

    21/06/2024 Duration: 20min

    Got 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.

  • 'Hunger games' in the jungles of Panama

    15/06/2024 Duration: 12min

    Does 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.

  • The vending machine experiment (or why you don't live in a tree)

    11/06/2024 Duration: 30min

    In 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.

  • What to do when your hair falls out

    30/05/2024 Duration: 18min

    Hormonal 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.

  • Weekly roundup — Make things & stay healthy

    26/05/2024 Duration: 30min

    Is 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.

  • Drugs don't make you more creative

    25/05/2024 Duration: 14min

    If 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.

  • Scary microplastics news & how to eat during pregnancy

    24/05/2024 Duration: 18min

    We all have microplastics inside our bodies. Until now, scientists weren't certain about the extent of the harm. Now they are.

  • Weekly roundup — Mea culpa!

    19/05/2024 Duration: 30min

    Science 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.

  • Nurses & teachers suffer when you call them 'heroes'

    18/05/2024 Duration: 13min

    When you applaud nurses, teachers, or member of military for being 'heroic,' you make it more OK for them to be exploited.

  • 'Bigger penises' & learning from our mistakes

    17/05/2024 Duration: 17min

    Are male sex organs really 'getting bigger' over time? Also, a new study suggests we don't actually learn from all our mistakes.

  • Weekly roundup — Around the rim

    05/05/2024 Duration: 30min

    Gabe'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?

  • Your body image, ice baths & sad music

    03/05/2024 Duration: 18min

    Unhappy 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?

  • Avian flu, strangers & orgasms

    26/04/2024 Duration: 18min

    How concerning is the spread of H5N1 from cows to humans? Also, random people know you better than you think, new research on why people make sounds during sex, and a listener... doesn't like a song we played.

  • Weekly roundup — Let's talk (to a whale)

    21/04/2024 Duration: 30min

    If we wanted to talk to a gigantic underwater animal, how would we do that? Also, lose weight... by making friends!

  • Yes, songs are getting simpler, angrier & more about 'me'

    20/04/2024 Duration: 13min

    Dear elderly people, you were right. Today's music isn't what it used to be. The interesting part is why.

  • A (surprising) connection between bad eating & loneliness

    19/04/2024 Duration: 16min

    If you're home alone on a Friday night, you might stuff your face full of chips, chocolate or candy. (Gabe and Conor do.) A study on brain activity shows it's not entirely your fault, though — and that there may be a way to solve it.

  • Weekly roundup — In your head, your heart & your tummy

    15/04/2024 Duration: 30min

    Angry? New research shows you can 'export' it and then destroy it! Also, make yourself healthier and happier... by being touched... by something!

  • Please touch me (it's for my health)

    13/04/2024 Duration: 12min

    Are we touching each other less? Probably. Does it matter? Very much. If you're missing physical contact, new research will make you feel better.

  • Where do you feel music?

    12/04/2024 Duration: 17min

    A good song resonates inside you. But the question is... where? Well, it depends — on 'surprise' and 'uncertainty.'

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