60-Second Science
60-Second Science
✓

Nobel winners, neutrino detectors and nature’s longest-living tortoise

00:11:02
RSS
Link

OM DENNE EPISODE

Nobel winners, neutrino detectors and nature’s longest-living tortoise

This week’s science news roundup unpacks the 2026 Nobel Prizes—from controlling brain cells with flashes of light to catching ghostly neutrinos from distant galaxies in Antarctic ice to building mirror-image molecules one at a time. Plus, we meet Jonathan, a 194-year-old tortoise whose DNA might hold the secret to a longer life.


Recommended Reading:

2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to pioneers in ‘mirror’ chemistry

2026 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Francis Halzen, pioneer of high-energy neutrinos

2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to scientists behind optogenetics

The oldest known land animal is 194. How did he get so ancient?


E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!


Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.


Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Allison Rodgers and Jeff DelViscio. Marielle Issa and Aaron Shattuck fact-checked our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Engelsk
USA
BrugAPItil at hente denne episode iJSON

I DENNE EPISODE

Redigér disse tags

UDSKRIFT 🔗

Are you the producer of this podcast? Add a podcast transcript
Need Audio-to-Text? Transcribe with Listen411 in Just 60 Seconds

SØG BLANDT TIDLIGERE EPISODER

Søg efter gamle afsnit af 60-Second Science.
Integrer denne søgefelt på dit websted

ANDRE EPISODE I DENNE PODCAST

The doctor fighting for pain-free IUDs

The doctor fighting for pain-free IUDs

In this episode of Science Quickly, Rachel Feltman speaks with Helena Kopp Kallner, an ob-gyn and a professor, about her promising new study that shows local anesthetic can reduce pain during placements of intrauterine devices (IUDs). These devices are one of the most effective and convenient forms…
00:18:43
DEL
GEM
Who’s accountable when AI goes wrong?

Who’s accountable when AI goes wrong?

When news broke that OpenAI agents had breached the AI platform Hugging Face, many headlines framed it as a case of “rogue” artificial intelligence acting on its own. But how much of that narrative was reality, and how much was hype? In this episode, Rachel Feltman speaks with AI researcher and art…
00:14:55
DEL
GEM
Fighting Fear with Facts: Navigating Infectious Disease Information [Sponsored]

Fighting Fear with Facts: Navigating Infectious Disease Information [Sponsored]

From sensationalized health claims to AI-generated misinformation, misleading content can distort how people understand infectious disease. Epidemiologist and science communicator Jessica Malaty Rivera explores why fear spreads, how science evolves and what individuals can do to evaluate sources, r…
00:23:00
DEL
GEM
El Niño flood threats, measles risks and a risky viral trend

El Niño flood threats, measles risks and a risky viral trend

In this episode of Science Quickly, we explore how an El Niño–driven Kelvin wave could increase coastal flooding risks in California, why researchers say a plan to weaken vaccine requirements could leave Florida vulnerable to major measles outbreaks and what experts want people to know about the da…
00:14:35
DEL
GEM
Ansvarsfraskrivelse: Podcasten og kunstværket, der er indlejret på denne side, er fra Scientific American, som tilhører dens ejer og ikke er tilknyttet eller godkendt af Listen Notes, Inc.
PROMOTED
The best Podcast API to search all podcasts and episodes. Trusted by 15,200+ companies and developers.
The best Podcast API to search all podcasts and episodes. Trusted by 15,200+ companies and developers.
PodcastAPI.com

ANBEFALINGER
Brug API til at hente denne episode