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Episode 273 The mystery of “Well Man”, an ancient cold case, has just been solved. A Norse saga tells that in 1197, in the midst of a Viking raid, warriors dumped a body in a well inside a castle. Over 800 years later, archeologists recovered a body from that very well – but didn’t have the technology to show it was the man from the saga… until now. Some welcome good news about the climate. Energy imbalance, a key measure of global warming, has been rising fast, sparking fears that warming is accelerating faster than models predicted. But new findings suggest those fears are overblown and that there is hope yet. Birth control pills may shrink your brain (a small amount). After experiencing mood and physical changes after coming off the pill, one neuroscientist discovered very little had been done to understand the impact of hormonal birth control on the brain. So she scanned her own brain 75 times over several months while on and off the pill. The results are in. Hosts Rowan Hooper and Chelsea Whyte discuss with guests James Woodford, Michael Martin, Michael Le Page, Ben Sandersen, Grace Wade and Carina Heller. To read more about these stories, visit https://www.newscientist.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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335 - Everything Is Predictable - Tom Chivers | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize Conversations Thu, 03 Oct 2024
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334 - Eve - Cat Bohannon | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize Conversations Wed, 02 Oct 2024
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333 - Why We Die by Venki Ramakrishnan - Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize Conversations Tue, 01 Oct 2024
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332 - A City on Mars by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith - Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize Conversations Mon, 30 Sep 2024
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331 - Your Face Belongs To Us - Kashmir Hill | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize Conversations Sun, 29 Sep 2024
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328 - Weekly: Thorin and the lost Neanderthals; Fish that use mirrors; SpaceX’s spacewalk Fri, 13 Sep 2024
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321 - CultureLab: The best science TV of the year – so far. Mon, 12 Aug 2024
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320 - Weekly: Deepest hole ever drilled in Earth’s mantle; Glitter on Mars; Quantum telepathy Fri, 09 Aug 2024
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317 - CultureLab: Carlo Rovelli on the link between quantum physics and world peace Mon, 29 Jul 2024
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301 - CultureLab: On the hunt for alien life with Lisa Kaltenegger Mon, 03 Jun 2024
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300 - Weekly: Google’s AI search problem; time is a quantum illusion; can we stop ageing? Fri, 31 May 2024
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299 - Dead Planets Society: Removing Mars’s Iron With a Magnet Tue, 28 May 2024
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297 - CultureLab: Emily H. Wilson celebrates the expansive world of science fiction Mon, 20 May 2024
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295 - Dead Planets Society: Giving the Milky Way More Arms Tue, 14 May 2024
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293 - CultureLab: Elizabeth Kolbert on what we’re missing in the fight against climate change Tue, 07 May 2024
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292 - Weekly: Is climate change accelerating?; Anger vs heart health; New sensory organ Fri, 03 May 2024
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291 - Dead Planets Society: A Neverending Solar Eclipse Mon, 29 Apr 2024