Undiscovered

About Undiscovered

A podcast about the left turns, missteps, and lucky breaks that make science happen.

Publisher

Science Friday and WNYC Studios

Category

history · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 May 2017

Latest episode

7 Aug 2023

Latest episodes

28 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Aug 2023

   New Show: Universe of Art

   Science Friday’s new podcast about science-inspired art is out now!

2. 

   8 Mar 2020

   New Show: Science Diction

   Hello Undiscovered fans! We're here to tell you about a new show we've been working on at Science Friday. Science Diction is a podcast about words—and the science stories behind them. Hosted by SciFri producer and self-proclaimed word nerd Johanna Mayer, each episode of Science Diction digs into the origin of a single word or phrase, and, with the help of historians, authors, etymologists, and scientists, reveals a surprising science connection. Here's a sneak peek!

3. 

   11 Dec 2019

   Spontaneous Generation

   These days, biologists believe all living things come from other living things. But for a long time, people believed that life would, from time to time, spontaneously pop into existence more often—and not just that one time at the base of the evolutionary tree. Even the likes of Aristotle believed in the “spontaneous generation” of life until Louis Pasteur debunked the theory—or so the story goes.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

753 ratings

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