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Should You Eat Like A Caveman? Plus — 10 Years of Science Vs!

November 27, 2025·42 min·4 clips

Science Vs published peer-reviewed research on the orgasm gap after surveying 5,000 listeners, a first for the show.

Ten years is bonkers. Wendy Zuckerman opens by marking a full decade of saying hello to Science Vs listeners, and the birthday mood is sweet without getting too polished. Listener voicemails come in from Oliver in Mexico, Molly in Denver, and Elaine, a Brazilian biologist living in New Zealand. They talk about getting hooked, loving the pun-heavy episodes, and having their thinking shaken by the science. Then, because this is Science Vs, a toothbrushing crisis wanders in. One listener says the brushing-your-teeth episode still haunts them, which feels exactly right: one tiny daily habit, suddenly suspicious. The warmth does not stay soft for long. The excerpt moves into a sharper exchange, with Wendy pressing Dr. Corey about ivermectin and what could change his mind. He does not really move. He says he would have to unsee hundreds of patients, then pushes back on the idea that newer science could overturn his certainty. Wendy keeps at it, careful but direct. The exchange becomes a test of the show's favorite question: what evidence would make this claim bend? That is where the heat comes in. Dr. Corey frames the issue as a war on repurposed drugs. Wendy asks what happens if the conspiracy frame comes off. He says the conversation may need to end. No lecture is needed. The moment shows how hard it can be to let evidence change a story once the story feels settled. Then the credits turn into a roll call. Wendy thanks a long line of team members, making the anniversary feel shared. The listener messages return gently, thanking the team for science, joy, a more informed world, and yes, that daily toothbrushing existential crisis.

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A birthday episode that pairs listener affection with Science Vs at its most argumentative.

Science Vs marks its 10th birthday by putting listeners in the foreground, then turning to a longer argument about ivermectin that shows the show still knows how to provoke a reaction.

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Press play if you want a 10th-birthday special that celebrates Science Versus and still picks a fight with bad science.

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