Women’s heart health, Artemis update, postbirthing vitamins for reindeer

女性心脏健康,阿耳忒弥斯更新,驯鹿产后维生素

Science Quickly

2026-03-02

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In this episode of Science Quickly, we’ll unpack a worrying prediction for women’s heart health that says nearly 60 percent of women in the U.S. will have some form of cardiovascular disease by 2050. We’ll also get you the latest on NASA’s upcoming historic moon missions. Plus, we’ll look at a new explanation for why female reindeer have antlers. Recommended Reading: Heart disease in young women projected to rise sharply by 2050 NASA scraps 2027 Artemis III moon landing in favor of 2028 mission Female caribou grow antlers as a built-in postbirthing snack E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • For Scientific American Science Quickly, I'm Kendra Pierre-Louis in for Rachel Feldman.

  • You're listening to our weekly science news roundup.

  • First up, a worrying prediction about women's heart health.

  • A new analysis by American Heart Association researchers released last Wednesday in its journal Circulation projects that almost 60% of women will have some form of cardiovascular disease by 2050.

  • That's a jump from nearly 50% in 2020.

  • The significant increase, according to the scientific statement,

  • will be led by a rise in hypertension or high blood pressure.

  • That's when the force of blood in the artery walls is too high, forcing the heart to work harder.

  • Hypertension, which can go undetected because it often has no symptoms,