Jun 26, 2026
A study of more than 100,000 people across 125 countries found that people cooperate far more than they assume other people will. Hopeful news to receive in a world that feels so divided.
This week Arielle and Karissa also cover gig worker rights getting their first-ever international vote, Pakistan scrapping its period...
Jun 19, 2026
Tala and Farah Mousa received thousands of messages after they won the Earth Prize. “You gave us hope we had completely lost,” people wrote. “You showed us we can be seen.” They were sheltering in a tent when those messages came in.
This episode is about what it takes to build something: a real, physical method...
Jun 12, 2026
A high-risk breast cancer diagnosis used to mean one thing: chemotherapy. A large UK trial just found that 68 percent of those patients could skip it safely, based on a genomic test that already exists and is already in use.
Arielle and Karissa also get into the pigeon liver finding that stumped scientists for over a...
Jun 5, 2026
An oncologist cried at her desk when she read these latest trial results. Researchers put exercise wheels in empty fields and sand dunes, and wild mice found them and ran, unprompted, for no reward. A new drug just cleared hepatitis B from the body entirely for one in five patients. Not suppressed. Cleared.
Arielle and...