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Here you can browse the extensive archive of Science Update’s flagship daily, minute-long, syndicated radio show (now also known as the Science Update Podcast – Daily Edition)\u2014by date or by topic. You can also find past episodes of the Science Update Podcast – Weekly Edition. And don’t forget: you can search by keyword in the box on the upper right of every page.<\/p>\n\n

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Sonic Boom: Killer Car Phones<\/a><\/h3>
\n \n<\/svg>\nFeb 23, 2026<\/span>\n \n \n<\/svg>\n3 min read<\/span><\/div>
Even after 30 years, researchers are still sounding the alarm on the dangers of distracted driving. But drivers aren\u2019t paying attention to the warnings, because they\u2019re too busy checking their texts and updating their play lists. Researchers at the University of Toronto, who published the original study on which our Sonic Boom story was based, …<\/div>
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Sonic Boom: Chocolate Pounds<\/a><\/h3>
\n \n<\/svg>\nFeb 13, 2026<\/span>\n \n \n<\/svg>\n3 min read<\/span><\/div>
Unless you\u2019re a competitive eater, you probably don\u2019t have to worry about gaining pounds of fat in a matter of days. But insatiably curious radio listeners still asked about the relationship between eating a pound of high-calorie food, like chocolate, and gaining a pound of weight. And Rhea Seehorn and the Sonic Boom team took …<\/div>
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Sonic Boom: Chicken Gun<\/a><\/h3>
\n \n<\/svg>\nFeb 10, 2026<\/span>\n \n \n<\/svg>\n5 min read<\/span><\/div>
Collisions with birds are a serious threat to both military and civilian airplanes. And, yes, the military could have spent millions of dollars developing an avian projectile that would have the same characteristics as a bird, and millions of dollars more manufacturing these synthetic projectiles to be fired at airplane windshields and engines for testing …<\/div>
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Creative Dreaming<\/a><\/h3>
\n \n<\/svg>\nNov 4, 2024<\/span>\n \n \n<\/svg>\n2 min read<\/span><\/div>
Dreams can be a rich source of creative ideas. <\/div>
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E.O. Wilson: World Champion<\/a><\/h3>
\n \n<\/svg>\nDec 27, 2021<\/span>\n \n \n<\/svg>\n3 min read<\/span><\/div>
World-famous evolutionary biologist and entomologist E.O. Wilson died on Sunday, leaving behind a legacy as exceptional and wide-ranging as was his intellect and curiosity. An eye injury as a child permanently damaged his distance vision, limiting him to the examination of little things, and ultimately leading him to focus on ants, which became his lifelong …<\/div>
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Robot Gaze Aversion<\/a><\/h3>
\n \n<\/svg>\nNov 2, 2018<\/span>\n \n \n<\/svg>\n2 min read<\/span><\/div>
Humans relate better to robots that avert their eyes at well-chosen moments.<\/div>
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