A stunning solar eclipse, a vaccine shake-up and coffee’s big win

In this episode of Science Quickly, we explore the awe of a rare total solar eclipse, examine renewed controversy around childhood vaccines, look at the aftermath of Colombia’s major earthquake and unpack the latest evidence on coffee’s health benefits.

Recommended Reading:

The 2026 Solar Eclipse (scientificamerican.com/report/the-2026-solar-e…)

Colombia rocked by 7.4 magnitude earthquake—its largest in the past decade (scientificamerican.com/article/colombia-rocked…)

Trump issues executive order aimed at rewriting childhood vaccine schedule (scientificamerican.com/article/trump-signs-exe…)

RFK, Jr., Is Wrong about Cause of Rising Autism Rates, Scientists Say (scientificamerican.com/article/the-real-reason…)

Science may finally have made up its mind about coffee’s health benefits (scientificamerican.com/article/has-science-fin…)

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Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Marielle Issa and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.

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