All Around Science

On today’s episode: Finally some good news for science in the United States! Light pollution is making our cities brighter and stars dimmer. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Under anti-vaccine RFK Jr., CDC slashes childhood vaccine schedule | Ars Technica Appeals court agrees that Congress blocked cuts to research costs | Ars Technica NASA’s science budget won’t be a trai...

On today’s episode: How to increase your chances of succeeding at this year’s resolution. And we talk about procrastination… or… I dunno… maybe we’ll do something else… All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Framing New Year’s Resolutions: Lessons From Science And Leadership A large-scale experiment on New Year’s resolutions: Approach-oriented goals are more successful than avo...

On today’s episode: This year’s been big for advances in cancer vaccines! Good chocolate might be all about the right bacteria. If you DON’T think bats are terrifying animals… you just wait… We didn’t invent booze, and we’re not the only species consuming it. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/progress-cancer-vaccines-really https:/...

On today’s episode: Could long COVID be caused by reviving latent infections? Food allergies in children have been decreasing… but why? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Could Hidden Infections Be Fueling Long COVID? | Rutgers University . Guidelines for Early Food Introduction and Patterns of Food Allergy | American Academy of Pediatrics Randomized Trial of Peanut Consump...

On today’s episode: Scientists found sugar on space rocks! If you think no one knows how to chew right, you might have misophonia. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Sugars, ‘Gum,’ Stardust Found in NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Samples https://www.soquiet.org/misophonia-survey https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9180704/ https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/artic...

On today’s episode: Maybe a kid could make a painting like that. But maybe you couldn’t. We talk to Dr. Niki Ackermans about the science and history of headbutting and brain injury. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES 20 GeV halo-like excess of the Galactic diffuse emission and implications for dark matter annihilation | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Study:...

On today’s episode: Tiny drug robots! We learn about the history of artificial blood. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Tiny robots swim through blood, deliver drugs — and then dissolve   Teeny robots could deliver drugs to specific spots - Futurity https://www.nature.com/articles/s44303-024-00007-5 What Do Blood Cells Do?   First-in-human phase 1 trial of hemogl...

On today’s episode: Sometimes a comet is just a comet. We look into why Canada has lost its measles elimination status. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES What we know about Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS | The Planetary Society Comet 3I/ATLAS | NASA https://www.alberta.ca/measles https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/3/why-is-measles-spreading-in-canada-mexico-and-the-us htt...

On today’s episode: Bobby learned about a fantastic musical podcast about climate change and woodland nymphs that he thinks you'll enjoy. Take a listen, it'll be worth your time for sure. METRA 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 a...

On today’s episode: Neanderthals drawing with crayons! We finish out our series on the Nobel Prizes with the Nobel Prize in physiology & medicine. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES This $20,000 Neo Robot Will Clean Your Home, But There’s A Catch (And It’s Kind Of Terrifying) 42,000-year-old ochre crayons reveal Neanderthals engaged in symbolic behavior | Archaeology Ne...

On today’s episode: LLMs think you’re right and your friend is wrong. This week we look at this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES The Red Sea that vanished and the catastrophic flood that brought it back | ScienceDaily Are you the asshole? Of course not!—quantifying LLMs’ sycophancy problem - Ars Technica Nobel Prizes 2025 CREDITS: Writing...

On today’s episode: An update on one of last year’s Ig Nobel prizes! We go through this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES “Butt breathing” might soon be a real medical treatment - Ars Technica Nobel Prizes 2025 CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrady  THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://tw...

On today’s episode: Naked mole rats are gonna teach us how to live longer. Why don’t you remember being a baby? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES We've discovered another reason why naked mole rats live for so long | New Scientist https://news.yale.edu/2025/03/20/why-dont-we-remember-being-baby-new-study-provides-clues https://www.science.org/content/article/are-your-earli...

On today’s episode: A promising lead on the origin of brain fog in long COVID. I’m running another marathon and need to beef up on the science of ATP! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Uncovering the Molecular Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog | Yokohama City University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMPA_receptor How do my muscles get the Energy to perform work? | Medicine Lib...

On today’s episode: Scientists are trying to save coral reefs by looking in unexpected places for sunscreen. We talk about engaging adolescents in science. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Some viruses like to cheat – and that may be good for our health | New Scientist Scientists invent new sunscreen made from pollen | Live Science Exploring Features That Play a Role in A...

On today’s episode: We feature a great new science podcast called Oceanography . Guess what it's about? Yes, ocean science. Take a listen, it'll be worth your time for sure. Oceanography Podcast 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...

On today’s episode: Do mosquitoes prefer hedonists? Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation… The sci-fi sounding medical treatment that actual works!... for some things… All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Beer drinkers are mosquito magnets, according to a festival study Hacking the Brain — A New Pradigm in Medicine | Science Based Medicine Transcranial magnetic stimulation | Mayo...

On today’s episode: We finally snapped a picture of a wild electron! Why there are fewer women participating in clinical research and why it matters. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Scientists watch a single electron move during a chemical reaction for first time ever | Live Science Watching Electron Dynamics Shape Chemical Reactions | Physics Are hormones a “female prob...

On today’s episode: A common drug taken for heart conditions might not be as useful as we thought. How much energy does it take to get ChatGPT to help cook dinner tonight? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250831010539.htm What is a beta blocker? Mechanism of action. How beta blockers help the heart to work. Explained: G...

On today’s episode: China is building some wild stuff in the middle of the ocean. I’ve got one less thing for you to worry about: electromagnetic fields! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES China Is Putting Data Centers in the Ocean to Keep Them Cool | Scientific American China builds record-breaking floating wind turbine — it could change the face of renewable energy | Live...

On today’s episode: Where’s all the sulfur!? Is your teen using an AI Companion App? Probably. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Archaeology student finds rare ninth-century gold 'within the first 90 minutes' of her first excavation | Live Science Chemists Help Solve Mystery of Missing Space Sulfur https://www.universetoday.com/articles/sofia-follows-the-sulfur-for-clues-o...

On today’s episode: We pay tribute to Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell. How does sunscreen work? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Jim Lovell, commander of NASA's Apollo 13 moon mission, dies at 97 | Live Science NASA Biography of Jim Lovell https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/the-science-of-sunscreen https://www.britannica.com/video/sunscreen-human-skin-ultraviol...

On today’s episode: Ozempic may have even more health benefits! How is RFK Jr. undermining healthcare and science in the US and the world? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/why-your-cardiologist-may-prescribe-semaglutide-wegovy https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250803011814.htm https://utswmed.org/medblog/glp-1-ra-drugs-weight-...

During the weeks from July 28 through Aug 8---while we take our summer vacation---we're going to be posting the daily news episodes from Bobby's daily science podcast, Daily Science Brief. If you like this short-form podcast and want to hear more, search for Daily Science Brief or head over to https://www.dailysciencebrief.com/ -------- RFK Jr. slashes mRNA vaccine funding, a glue that holds firm...

During the weeks from July 28 through Aug 8---while we take our summer vacation---we're going to be posting the daily news episodes from Bobby's daily science podcast, Daily Science Brief. If you like this short-form podcast and want to hear more, search for Daily Science Brief or head over to https://www.dailysciencebrief.com/ -------- Back pain relief that lasts for three years with no pills, or...