Daily Science Brief

The Final Episode

An announcement explaining why I'm cancelling the podcast. If you want more information about it, I wrote a public blog post over on the Patreon page. Check it out. https://www.patreon.com/c/DailyScienceBrief Please SUBSCRIBE HERE [https://shows.acast.com/daily-science-brief] to get the show delivered straight to you. Special thanks to our supporters [https://www.patreon.com/DailyScienceBrief] who help make this show possible. Enjoy the show? You can support us too on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/DailyScienceBrief]. Help keep the show going. Thank you! Send us email to dailysciencebrief@gmail.com [dailysciencebrief@gmail.com] Host, Research, and Writing: Bobby Frankenberger Cover Art: Scott Johnson Outro Music: Stravyn Brought to you by the DTNS Family of podcasts. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Penguin Spears, Ocean Currents, and a Gladiator Bear

Penguins with dagger-like beaks, a collapsing Atlantic current, a brain map of 600,000 cells, and a bear skull that proves gladiators fought wild animals. SOURCES * Early penguins may have used dagger-like beaks to skewer prey | New Scientist [https://www.newscientist.com/article/2495003-early-penguins-may-have-used-dagger-like-beaks-to-skewer-prey/] * Key Atlantic current could start collapsing as early as 2055, new study finds | Live Science [https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/key-atlantic-current-could-start-collapsing-as-early-as-2055-new-study-finds] * Map of 600,000 brain cells rewrites the textbook on how the brain makes decisions | Live Science [https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/map-of-600-000-brain-cells-rewrites-the-textbook-on-how-the-brain-makes-decisions] * Skull of bear held captive to fight Roman gladiators discovered near ancient amphitheater in Serbia | Live Science [https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/skull-of-bear-held-captive-to-fight-roman-gladiators-discovered-near-ancient-amphitheater-in-serbia] Please SUBSCRIBE HERE [https://shows.acast.com/daily-science-brief] to get the show delivered straight to you. Special thanks to our supporters [https://www.patreon.com/DailyScienceBrief] who help make this show possible. Enjoy the show? You can support us too on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/DailyScienceBrief]. Help keep the show going. Thank you! Send us email to dailysciencebrief@gmail.com [dailysciencebrief@gmail.com] Host, Research, and Writing: Bobby Frankenberger Cover Art: Scott Johnson Outro Music: Stravyn Brought to you by the DTNS Family of podcasts. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

How to Sweet-Talk an AI

Why scrolling on the toilet could be bad for your health, why we may have way less carbon storage underground than we thought, whether plant-based dog food really works, and how humans and AIs fall for the same persuasion tricks. SOURCES * Smartphone scrolling on the toilet could increase risk of haemorrhoids | New Scientist [https://www.newscientist.com/article/2494866-smartphone-scrolling-on-the-toilet-could-increase-risk-of-haemorrhoids/] * We may have 10 times less carbon storage capacity than we thought | New Scientist [https://www.newscientist.com/article/2494869-we-may-have-10-times-less-carbon-storage-capacity-than-we-thought/%5C] * Plant-based dog foods provide almost all the nutrients pets need | New Scientist [https://www.newscientist.com/article/2494878-plant-based-dog-foods-provide-almost-all-the-nutrients-pets-need/] * These psychological tricks can get LLMs to respond to “forbidden” prompts | Ars Technica [https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/09/these-psychological-tricks-can-get-llms-to-respond-to-forbidden-prompts/] Please SUBSCRIBE HERE [https://shows.acast.com/daily-science-brief] to get the show delivered straight to you. Special thanks to our supporters [https://www.patreon.com/DailyScienceBrief] who help make this show possible. Enjoy the show? You can support us too on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/DailyScienceBrief]. Help keep the show going. Thank you! Send us email to dailysciencebrief@gmail.com [dailysciencebrief@gmail.com] Host, Research, and Writing: Bobby Frankenberger Cover Art: Scott Johnson Outro Music: Stravyn Brought to you by the DTNS Family of podcasts. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Can We Recycle Every Car?

Blobs from failed planets hiding in Mars, a possible anti-aging drug, a surprising benefit of the hepatitis B vaccine, and recycling old cars into new ones. SOURCES Dozens of mysterious blobs discovered inside Mars may be the remnants of 'failed planets' | Live Science [https://www.livescience.com/space/mars/dozens-of-mysterious-blobs-discovered-inside-mars-may-be-the-remnants-of-failed-planets] Rapamycin may extend lifespans by protecting against DNA damage | New Scientist [https://www.newscientist.com/article/2494541-rapamycin-may-extend-lifespans-by-protecting-against-dna-damage/] Hepatitis B vaccine linked with a lower risk of developing diabetes | New Scientist [https://www.newscientist.com/article/2494690-hepatitis-b-vaccine-linked-with-a-lower-risk-of-developing-diabetes/] Can we finally recycle all of the metal in scrap cars? | New Scientist [https://www.newscientist.com/article/2494306-can-we-finally-recycle-all-of-the-metal-in-scrap-cars/] Please SUBSCRIBE HERE [https://shows.acast.com/daily-science-brief] to get the show delivered straight to you. Special thanks to our supporters [https://www.patreon.com/DailyScienceBrief] who help make this show possible. Enjoy the show? You can support us too on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/DailyScienceBrief]. Help keep the show going. Thank you! Send us email to dailysciencebrief@gmail.com [dailysciencebrief@gmail.com] Host, Research, and Writing: Bobby Frankenberger Cover Art: Scott Johnson Outro Music: Stravyn Brought to you by the DTNS Family of podcasts. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Red Onion, Green Energy

Volcanoes can lead to revolutions, onions powering solar panels, a spacecraft predicting solar storms, and computers you can throw in the wash. SOURCES * Volcanic eruptions may have helped spark the French Revolution | New Scientist [https://www.newscientist.com/article/2494390-volcanic-eruptions-may-have-helped-spark-the-french-revolution/] * Scientists turned to a red onion to improve solar cells — and it could make solar power more sustainable | Live Science [https://www.livescience.com/technology/scientists-turned-to-a-red-onion-to-improve-solar-cells-and-it-could-make-solar-power-more-sustainable] * Spacecraft used to forecast solar storm 15 hours before it hit Earth | New Scientist [https://www.newscientist.com/article/2494433-spacecraft-used-to-forecast-solar-storm-15-hours-before-it-hit-earth/] * Scientists cram an entire computer into a single fiber of clothing — and you can even put it through your washing machine | Live Science [https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/scientists-cram-an-entire-computer-into-a-single-fiber-of-clothing-and-you-can-even-put-it-through-your-washing-machine] * Fibre computer enables more accurate recognition of human activity | EurekAlert! - AAAS [https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1094662] Please SUBSCRIBE HERE [https://shows.acast.com/daily-science-brief] to get the show delivered straight to you. Special thanks to our supporters [https://www.patreon.com/DailyScienceBrief] who help make this show possible. Enjoy the show? You can support us too on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/DailyScienceBrief]. Help keep the show going. Thank you! Send us email to dailysciencebrief@gmail.com [dailysciencebrief@gmail.com] Host, Research, and Writing: Bobby Frankenberger Cover Art: Scott Johnson Outro Music: Stravyn Brought to you by the DTNS Family of podcasts. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.