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Science Made Simple

Rehan Ahmed

Science Made Simple is a science podcast that explains big ideas in plain English — science explained simply for students, curious minds, and science lovers.

Explore astronomy and space — NASA, Artemis, the James Webb Telescope, black holes, exoplanets and the search for alien life — plus brain science and neuroscience, physics, biology, climate, and artificial intelligence, one clear topic at a time.

New episodes daily — three fresh episodes every day. Every episode takes one complex question, removes the jargon, and answers it in about a minute.

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S8 · E15
Today · 1 min
Hera Sees Two Asteroids: One Dot Becomes Two | Science Made Simple
Discover how ESA's Hera spacecraft saw the Didymos and Dimorphos asteroids as two separate objects for the first time. Learn why the pair previously looked like a single dot, how the 18 October image from about 1,280 km revealed tiny Dimorphos, and...
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S8 · E14
Yesterday · 1 min
Comets Probably Didn't Seed Life on Earth | Science Made Simple
Discover how University of Cambridge scientists tested whether comets could have delivered life's building blocks to early Earth. Learn why small comets break up in the atmosphere, why fast, steep impacts destroy most hydrogen cyanide (HCN), why...
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S8 · E13
Yesterday · 1 min
Cold's Hidden Lifespan Switch: The BH2 Pathway | Science Made Simple
Discover how moderately cold temperatures switch on a hidden BH2 metabolic pathway in roundworms, extending lifespan by about 15 percent. Learn how the CAT-4 enzyme in muscle makes BH2, how it travels to the gut and nerves, converts to BH4 and helps...
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S8 · E12
Yesterday · 1 min
Gut Toxin's Hidden Door Found: Claudin-4 and Colon Cancer | Science Made Simple
Discover how Johns Hopkins scientists found claudin-4, the docking protein a gut bacterium's toxin needs before it can damage the colon lining. Learn how Bacteroides fragilis toxin BFT cuts E-cadherin, how a soluble claudin-4 decoy protected mice from...
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S8 · E11
Saturday · 1 min
New Dwarf Planet Beyond Pluto: Rubin Finds 2026 ED138 | Science Made Simple
Discover how the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile found 2026 ED138, a large icy body beyond Pluto. Learn why its estimated size of 600 to 1,500 kilometres makes it a dwarf planet candidate, how it sits about 46 astronomical units from the Sun, why...
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S8 · E10
Saturday · 1 min
Lab-Grown Ancient Microbes: Our Oldest Relatives Found | Science Made Simple
Discover how JAMSTEC scientists grew two strains of Heimdallarchaeia in the lab for the first time. Learn why these archaea are the closest known relatives of eukaryotes, why their simple interiors surprised researchers, how their long branching...
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S8 · E9
Saturday · 1 min
Rooibos Seeds Go to Space: 17,346 Seeds Head to the ISS | Science Made Simple
Discover how 17,346 rooibos seeds from South Africa are heading to the International Space Station. Learn why the seeds travel first to Voyager Technologies in Texas, how a compact Nanolab will carry them aboard the Cygnus NG-25 spacecraft between...
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S8 · E8
Friday · 1 min
A Third Kind of Magnetism: Altermagnetism Confirmed | Science Made Simple
Discover how a SLAC-led team confirmed altermagnetism, a third magnetic phase, in manganese telluride (MnTe). Learn how ferromagnets align spins in one direction, antiferromagnets cancel them out, and altermagnets combine both traits through a chiral...
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S8 · E7
Friday · 58 sec
A Rock from Mars: Teghaza 001's 13 Possible Homes | Science Made Simple
Discover how NASA's October 29 map narrows the ancient Martian meteorite Teghaza 001 to 13 possible origin sites in Mars' southern highlands. Learn how the rock, found in Mali's Sahara Desert in 2022 and dated to more than 4.1 billion years old, was...
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S8 · E6
Friday · 1 min
The Horns of Venus: A Crescent Beyond 180 Degrees | Science Made Simple
Discover how NASA's October 29 Astronomy Picture of the Day shows Venus as a thin glowing crescent, not the Moon. Learn why Venus, seen almost directly between Earth and the Sun, shows phases like the Moon, why its thick atmosphere bends and scatters...
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S8 · E5
Thursday · 1 min
Australia's Spider Crater: A Giant Spider Seen from Space | Science Made Simple
Discover how NASA's Landsat 9 image of Australia's Spider Crater reveals a giant spider-like shape in the Kimberley region. Learn why the 13 by 11 kilometre oval, with a 4 kilometre spider-like centre, is the eroded remains of an ancient meteorite...
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S8 · E4
October 25 · 1 min
The Hunter's Moon: October's Full Moon Rises Tonight | Science Made Simple
Discover how the Hunter's Moon lights up the October sky tonight, why it rises at nearly the same time for several nights, and what Saturn nearby adds to the view. Learn the story behind the Hunter's Moon name, how the Moon's orbit shapes its...
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S8 · E3
October 24 · 49 sec
Nobel Prize 2026: Ghost Particles from Space Caught in Antarctic Ice — IceCube Explained | Science Made Simple
Discover how Francis Halzen and the IceCube Neutrino Observatory won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics by catching high-energy neutrinos from deep space in Antarctic ice. These ghost particles travel across the universe and reveal its most powerful...
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S8 · E2
October 24 · 53 sec
Nobel Prize 2026: Controlling Brain Cells with Light — Optogenetics Explained | Science Made Simple
Discover how optogenetics won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel discovered how to switch nerve cells on and off with light, changing how scientists study the brain, memory and behaviour....
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S8 · E1
October 24 · 52 sec
3I/ATLAS: The Interstellar Comet Older Than the Sun | Science Made Simple
Discover how interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, a visitor from another star system, became the biggest space story of 2026. Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope found unusual chemistry in this ancient comet, and new research shows the Sun...
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S5 · E2
June 12 · 57 sec
How Tiny Nanoparticles Sparked Life on Earth | Science Made Simple
Discover how microscopic mineral nanoparticles acted as hidden chemical engines, transforming early Earth's chemistry to create the first building blocks of life. origin of life, nanoparticles, early earth, abiogenesis, science made simple, mineral...
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S7 · E1
June 8 · 55 sec
How AI is Transforming Renewable Energy and Sustainable Agriculture)
Discover how Artificial Intelligence is driving the future of clean energy and smart farming. Learn how green technology and AI work together to protect our planet. Artificial Intelligence, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Agriculture, Green Technology,...
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S4 · E6
May 1 · 4 min
Artemis II: NASA’s First Crewed Moon Mission & The Big Return (2026)
NASA is officially heading back to the Moon! In this episode, we dive deep into the Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight of the Orion spacecraft in over 50 years. We explore the 10-day journey of the four brave astronauts—Reid Wiseman, Victor...
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S4 · E5
April 26 · 4 min
The Watery Birth of Stars: How Ice Clouds Fuel the Milky Way
Welcome to Science Made Simple. In this episode, we simplify one of the universe's most fascinating processes: how stars are born. We dive deep into the Milky Way to explore the crucial role of vast water ice clouds. Discover how these frozen stellar...
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S4 · E4
April 23 · 5 min
Artemis II Landing Mission 2026: Will Humans Return to the Moon? Full Latest Deep Analysis
Artemis II Landing Mission 2026: Will Humans Return to the Moon? Full Deep AnalysisSpace exploration ka naya era officially shuru ho chuka hai — aur is ka center hai NASA ka Artemis program. Aaj kal sab se zyada poocha jane wala sawal hai: “Kya...
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