All Around Science

On today’s episode:It turns out that it doesn’t matter whether it’s true or not… your uncle is still going to share that weird article he found. And we once again explore the Drake equation; could intelligent life be out there? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES People will share misinformation that sparks “moral outrage” https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-we-pr...

On today’s episode: Pandrug-resistant bacteria might be better at causing disease than we thought. Why do we cry? It doesn’t seem to be very useful… or does it? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Pandrug-resistant bacteria from the war in Ukraine are extremely pathogenic | Lund University https://time.com/4254089/science-crying/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/43714978 https:/...

On today’s episode: Sitting or standing at work… which one is healthier? We examine the first three variables in the Drake equation. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Are standing desks good for you? The answer is getting clearer. https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/53/6/dyae136/7822310?login=false https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33813968/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

On today’s episode: Will Chonkus help save the climate? Dirt. What is it made of? And how did it get there? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/service/press/single-view/erster-bernsteinfund-auf-antarktischem-kontinent.html Meet Chonkus, the mutant cyanobacteria that could help sink climate change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udseIcrUxvA&amp...

On today’s episode: Terror birds are bigger than we thought they were. And we talk about where hot springs come from! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Fossil of huge terror bird offers new information about wildlife in South America 12 million years ago https://study.com/academy/lesson/video/springs-definition-formation-types.html https://hotspringslocator.com/mineral-hot...

On today’s episode: How do you satiate your curiosity? Social distancing may have helped ancient cities thrive. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Study reveals three ways to disappear down a Wikipedia rabbit hole Socially distanced layout of the world’s oldest cities helped early civilization evade diseases CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booki...

On today’s episode: Halloween candy is upsetting the delicate ecosystem in your gut! Do our stories of monsters have roots in real illnesses? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Halloween candy binges can overload your gut microbiome – a gut doctor explains how to minimize spooking your helpful bacteria https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/vampire-grave-found-in-poland https...

On today’s episode: Watching evolution in real time! It’s Nobel Prize time! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-creature-was-grizzly-size-millipede-centipede-hybrid-fossil-head-reveals Evolution in Real Time https://www.nobelprize.org/all-nobel-prizes-2024/ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/health/nobel-prize-medicine.html htt...

On today’s episode: Jellyfish never cease to amaze us with all their weird powers. And we talk about ADHD, both inside the brain and out. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Injured comb jellies can fuse into a single organism Hyperfocus: The ADHD Phenomenon of Hyper Fixation Original research: Silver linings of ADHD: a thematic analysis of adults’ positive experiences with...

On today’s episode: Black hole jets poppin’ novas! Is it possible to build an elevator… to space? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Space Elevators: How Do They Work? Space Elevators | Wikipedia [Video] Space Elevator - Science Fiction or the Future of Mankind? | Kurzgesagt [Video] Space Elevators | SciShow Obayashi Space Elevator https://explorersweb.com/astronomers-obser...

On today’s episode: Nasal sprays with bacteria in them really should be taken off the store shelves…. Right? … right…? And it’s time for the 34th First Annual Ig Nobel Prizes! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES The 34th First Annual Ig Nobel Ceremony Homeopathic company refuses to recall life-threatening nasal spray, FDA says Mammalian enteral ventilation ameliorates respir...

On today’s episode: Imagine if every time you ate a snickerdoodle you broke into a sweat like you’d just run a marathon. Well that happens to some people! And we have some bonus content from our interview with sleep expert Dr. Alex Reynolds. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Woman drips with sweat from a bite of food due to rare nerve-wiring mix-up CREDITS: Writing - Bobby...

On today’s episode: Some bacteria can adapt to the season! Gluten allergies. Gluten sensitivity. What’s the deal with gluten? All that and more today on All Around Science... CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrady  THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

On today’s episode: The Earth has a new electric field and it’s shooting our atmosphere into space! A quick primer on how to spot pseudoscience. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Rocket launch discovers long-sought global electric field on Earth https://www.popsci.com/fact-check-science-study-news/ https://www.popsci.com/diy/spot-fake-science/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...

On today’s episode: Brown, white, or beige? Are those decor choices or fat cell types? Crude oil… it’s everywhere and in everything. Let’s learn about it. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Beige fat cells with a “Sisyphus mechanism” | ETH Zurich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum#Formation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_refinery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI3O...

On today’s episode: How do sharks swim so fast? Denticles! How do tattoos work? And how safe are they? Hybrid swarms are causing extinctions… and we’re one of them! Why do we play? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Studying the skin of the great white shark could help reduce drag in aircraft https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9846827/ https://www.frontiersin.org/...

On today’s episode: Genes might exist outside chromosomes The dramatic story of the time Voyager 1 stopped sending us messages, and how a crack team of NASA engineers figured out how to fix it. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Last days of the lonely interstellar spacecraft | Financial Times Liquid water found on Mars Bacteria Encode Hidden Genes Outside Their Genome—Do W...

On today’s episode: Hybrid swarms are causing extinctions… and we’re one of them! Why do we play? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES https://phys.org/news/2024-07-reveals-people-evolve.html https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/play-may-be-a-deeper-part-of-human-nature-than-we-thought/ https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.aax4705 https://www.cambridge.org/c...

On today’s episode: Making hydrogen gas out of soda cans and coffee grounds. Bird flu has been making its way into farm animals. Should we be worried? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES A recipe for zero-emissions fuel: Soda cans, seawater, and caffeine | MIT News As egg prices soar, the deadliest bird flu outbreak in US history drags on Cows in Texas and Kansas test positi...

On today’s episode: We finally know what the woolly mammoth’s DNA looked like! Can cloud seeding cause major weather events? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Wooly Mammoth DNA in 3D https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)00642-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867424006421%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc...

On today’s episode: Do people with glasses see a wholly different world? 99 NASA balloons floating telescopes in the summer sky. How do fungal spores know it’s time to start growing? How do neutron stars and black holes squeeze that much stuff into one place? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES https://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/nov/12/improbable-research-seeing-upsi...

On today’s episode: What’s the deal with salty tears? Why do we gain so much weight when we’re on vacation? What does saliva have to do with vomiting? How do snails get their shells? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES The Lacrimal Gland https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/02/the-mysterious-science-of-motion-sickness/385469/ https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human...

On today’s episode: Some ants know when to save the leg and when to amputate. If you snip off a taste bad will you ever taste that taste again? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Call the ant doctor: Amputation gives injured ants a leg up on infections | Ars Technica CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrady  THEME MUSIC b...

On today’s episode: Gray whales are getting smaller, and scientists aren’t really sure why. And we talk about what sci-fi has missed in its predictions over the decades. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Mountain-size 'planet killer' asteroid will make a close approach to Earth today VIDEO   These Gray Whales Are Shrinking, and Scientists Aren’t Su...

On today’s episode: Clouds of dust in space may have changed our ancestors’ climate and night sky. If you know where to look this summer, then you can see a star exploding! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES AI might run out of reading material soon The Solar System May Have Passed through Dense Interstellar Cloud 2 Million Years Ago, Altering Earth’s Climate Our Not-So-Sup...