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NOVA Now

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From the PBS science series NOVA, a biweekly podcast digging into the science behind the headlines. Alok Patel takes you behind the scenes with the people—scientists, engineers, technologist...

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Listen to NOVA Now, a Science & Medicine podcast by GBH. Stream 94 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Full Interview: Anxiety Hacking

Wendy Suzuki hopes you have anxiety—good anxiety. She thinks that feeling you try to avoid could actually be your edge! Wendy joins Hakeem t...

01:15:11Jul 16, 2026

Your Brain Needs Friends

Wendy Suzuki says the key to a beautiful brain is friendship, and she joins Hakeem to discuss why human connection can extend your life. By...

28:32Jul 14, 2026

Neuroscience of Exercise

Wendy Suzuki says just 10 minutes of movement can change your brain.But how? What’s actually happening in your head during a walk—or a worko...

20:47Jul 9, 2026

Good Anxiety

Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki thinks your anxiety could be a superpower. What if you stopped trying to shut it down—and started using it? Wend...

20:38Jul 7, 2026

Full Interview: T. rex to Birds

Steve Brusatte has the dirt on dinosaurs and joins Hakeem to trace the full 100-million-year history of the tyrannosaur dynasty, the asteroi...

01:24:31Jul 2, 2026

Real World vs “Jurassic World"

Steve Brusatte, a real paleontologist, contributed to the Jurassic World franchise, but what really happens when science meets cinema? In th...

27:19Jun 30, 2026

How Birds Survived the Asteroid

Steve Brusatte knows every bird today is a living dinosaur, and as a paleontologist, he can tell you how that happened. Steve joins Hakeem t...

30:37Jun 25, 2026

T. rex Family Secrets

Steve Brusatte says T. rex wasn’t always the king, and as a paleontologist, he has spent his career uncovering how it got to the top of the...

31:07Jun 23, 2026

Full Interview: Dark Matter = Black Holes?

David Kaiser thinks the dark matter puzzle is getting closer to being solved. Nearly a century of observations, from galaxy clusters to the...

01:23:33Jun 18, 2026

Hunt for Mini Black Holes

David Kaiser thinks a good place to hunt for tiny black holes might be… Mars? How do you detect something microscopic, invisible, and speedi...

28:01Jun 16, 2026

Are Black Holes Dark Matter?

David Kaiser thinks tiny black holes from the dawn of time could be the solution to the dark matter puzzle. David joins Hakeem to discuss pr...

32:08Jun 11, 2026

Why Dark Matter Matters

David Kaiser knows the universe is hiding something enormous – and no one can see it. Dark matter appears to be all over our universe, but w...

27:46Jun 9, 2026

Battle to Beat Malaria

Could one of the world’s deadliest diseases be headed for the history books? Malaria’s relentless yearly death toll has driven the World Hea...

22:09May 12, 2026

Decoding the Great Pyramid

What engineering secrets lie within the Great Pyramid, and who really built it? Innovations like rope‑sewn boats, laser‑precise alignments,...

21:48Apr 28, 2026

The Fish That Could Walk | Sean B. Carrol

How did animals first make the giant step from water to land? Evolutionary biologist Sean B. Carroll explains how the discovery of Tiktaalik...

01:34Apr 15, 2026

When Whales Could Walk

What if whales had legs? Once upon a time, they did. Sort of. An astonishing fossil trail shows that modern whales actually evolved from hoo...

18:28Apr 14, 2026