Best Science Podcasts in 2025
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The Top Science Podcasts of 2026
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The Brain Brief
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In this episode, Chelsea Collins, Manager of Career Services, shares her approach to helping students navigate life after high school. She talks about how she supports students in exploring careers, building resumes, and gaining meaningful experience early on. Chelsea also answer
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Recreational Science
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Humans recognize each other’s faces. Chimps recognize each other’s butts. However, do chimps recognize human butts? Do humans recognize human butts? Do humans recognize chimp butts? All these questions must be asked. Getting surgery, even minor procedures, triggers anxiety. Do clowns help kids relax...
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Recreational Science
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Mansplaining is when a someone explains in a condescending, oversimplified, and often inaccurate manner, without regard to the fact that the explainee knows more than the explainer, usually done by a man to a woman. Why do men do it? Does mansplaining actually even exist? Brain p
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Shark and Awe
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Learn about the two species of sharks that have been discovered living WITHIN an active volcano!Get in touch! Email: sharkandawepodcast@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sharkandawepodcast/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharkandawepodcastSHOW RESOURCESNatGeo: http
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DNA Today: A Genetics Podcast
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To celebrate the year coming to an end, we are reflecting back on the top genetics and genomics news stories during 2025, and making predictions for 2026. The top stories we chatted about are from the American Journal of Human Genetics’ “Genomic medicine year in review: 2025”
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