2024 brought heat waves and hurricanes, bird flu and breakthroughs, and an overwhelming amount of progress in AI. Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman is joined by sustainability editor Andrea Thompson, health and medicine editor Tanya Lewis and technology editor Ben Guarino to recap a busy year and weigh in on the stories they’re watching in 2025.
Happy Holidays from all of us at Science Quickly! Thank you for your support and your curiosity. We’ll see you next year.
Recommended reading:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wildest-things-science-learned-about-the-human-body-in-2024/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/summer-2024-was-the-hottest-ever-measured-beating-last-year/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/78-books-scientific-american-recommends-in-2024/
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Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman, with guests Tanya Lewis, Andrea Thompson and Ben Guarino. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.
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A Farewell to 2024, and What We’re Following in the New Year | Science Quickly podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
