Neurogastroenterologist Trisha Pasricha says constipation woes on vacation happen to lots of people — but she says there are solutions.

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Spotify is expanding its Prompted Playlist feature to podcasts, allowing Premium users to create custom mixes using text prompts.

The podcast was created in partnership with UFPA to showcase what scientists in Brazil and Australia are doing to mitigate ...

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Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample, the Atlantic journalist Ross Andersen, and Jan Wörner, a former director general of the European Space Agency ...

Shows from Amy Poehler, the novelist John Green and the Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama will help you take a break from the doomscrolling.

He was an all-Canadian whiz kid, a celebrated rocket-engineering prodigy, who wanted to make this country a serious player in ...

NPR's science podcast Short Wave brings us stories on food fortification, why some people don't seem to get the flu, and a study on how much vigorous exercise you really need.

Texas A&M University has launched a bilingual podcast series introducing elementary-aged children to STEM careers through ...

Nuclear power: it's safe, sustainable and reliable—arguably the best energy source humanity has ever developed. Yet most ...