All Around Science

On today’s episode: Neuralink isn’t the only company putting computer chips into brains… And we examine the tangled complexity of the Wood Wide Web. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Precision, the Brain Computer Interface company started by a former Neuralink employee https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/02/14/trees-fungi-share-messages-resources/ https...

On today’s episode: Orchids might be supportive, loving parents! We’ve been hearing lots of news about Neuralink’s brain implants, so let’s talk about how it works and what’s going on. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Third thumb! Orchids support seedlings through ‘parental nurture’ via shared underground fungal networks | News | The University of Sheffield https://www.nc...

On today’s episode: Clear and concise science headlines help readers to avoid being misled. And we talk about how animals stay warm and keep cool. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Researcher steps on deadly vipers 40,000 times to better predict snakebites | Science https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2314091121 First ‘warm-blooded’ dinosaurs may have emerged 180 million...

On today’s episode: What happens when mice eat a ketogenic diet mostly consisting of Crisco? What causes the northern lights? And why does everyone keep talking about how much damage they can do? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES How do you pronounce “hockey”? US players say it with “fake Canadian” accent. | Ars Technica https://theconversation.com/solar-storm-knocks-out-f...

On today’s episode: Trying to be a perfect parent might actually make you…a worse parent. Storing energy from the grid using mechanical batteries. All that and more today on All Around Science... Dr. Kana's Reading Intervention and Brain Study Dr. Kana’s Reading Intervention and Brain Study (BrainREAD) is recruiting autistic and non-autistic children, ages 7-13 years, with reading comprehension di...

On today’s episode: Trying to be a perfect parent might actually make you…a worse parent. Storing energy from the grid using mechanical batteries. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Caterbot? Robotapillar? It crawls with ease through loops and bends- Princeton Engineering Study: Pressure to be “perfect” causing burnout for parents, mental health concerns for their children...

On today’s episode: Programmable fluids that can help pick blueberries without making a mess. And I talk about math and games with our very own math nerd; Bobby Frankenberger! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Tiny rubber spheres used to make a programmable fluid CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrady  THEME MUSIC by Andrew All...

On today’s episode: Playing sports is good for you; turns out, watching other people play is good for you too! Scientists have discovered a whole new part of a cell that seems to be evolving as we speak! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Zoe's Fundraiser - tinyurl.com/helpthezoo The Joy of Sports: How Watching Sports Can Boost Well-Being – Waseda University Researchers fin...

On today’s episode: Your bad sense of direction is probably b/c you didn’t explore your neighborhood enough as a kid. How to publish a scientific paper. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Evidence for a unitary structure of spatial cognition beyond general intelligence Explaining World-Wide Variation in Navigation Ability from Millions of People: Citizen Science Project Sea...

On today’s episode: Good news for huggers! And non-huggers! Should we build new particle accelerators? And if so, what kind? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES New study highlights the benefit of touch on mental and physical health - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind US particle physicists want to build a muon collider — Europe should pitch in CREDITS...

On today’s episode: Apparently climate change is stealing an entire second from our day! How exactly do memories work? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Taylor Swift concerts cause earthquakes Climate change is delaying world clocks' need for a 'negative leap second' https://www.nature.com/articles/nature11028 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaw4325 https://www...

On today’s episode: There’s a neurological condition that makes everyone around you look like goblins and pigs! Scientists are testing a new anti-tick pill for humans! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES If Faces Appear Distorted, You Could Have This Condition | Dartmouth A century of prosopometamorphopsia studies - ScienceDirect https://www.fda.gov/patients/drug-development...

On today’s episode: Scientists have found a bunch of new bacteria in our guts that help us digest plants! NASA’s many solutions to the engineering problem of pooping in space. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Urban humans have lost much of their ability to digest plants Cryptic diversity of cellulose-degrading gut bacteria in industrialized humans The world's first animal...

On today’s episode: A classic science demo may be able to generate electricity! There are many dangers to going to space… and one of them is radiation. How are we protecting our astronauts? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Article Drinking-bird-enabled triboelectric hydrovoltaic generator 'Drinking bird' toys upgraded to generate clean energy from water DB-THG powering 20...

On today’s episode: ChatGPT has beaten humans in tests on creative thinking. And it looks like whiptail lizards are just having babies…but something incredible is going on. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES AI outperforms humans in standardized tests of creative potential https://www.nature.com/articles/6884440 https://www.biologyonline.com/dictionary/apomixis https://www....

On today’s episode: A new treatment for people with severe food allergies. We talk about the science of sleep with Dr. Alex Reynolds. All that and more today on All Around Science... THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: A snapshot of a moving electron? How much energy is needed to make the sounds we hear? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES First-ever atomic freeze-frame of liquid water https://www.science.org/content/article/scienceadviser-first-ever-atomic-freeze-frame-liquid-water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e83QRGoRCo&t=313s&ab_channel=PBSSpaceTime https://en.wi...

On today’s episode: Microbes are the new stars of CSI: Miami, and Maura reaches into the mailbag and answers your burning questions! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Scientists identify “universal network” of microbes for decomposing flesh Why Do We See Visual Patterns When Rubbing Our Eyes? (explainplease.co.uk) Why do you see colors when you close or rub eyes | Ohio Sta...

On today’s episode: Some tiny robot news! Baby great white sharks. The cicada double brood swarm is coming… are you ready? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Novel aerial observations of a possible newborn white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in Southern California | Environmental Biology of Fishes https://bioone.org/journals/copeia/volume-108/issue-1/OT-19-233/The-Smallest...

On today’s episode: Some tiny robot news! We’re sending LISA to space, and she’s gonna detect black hole collisions for us! Will nuclear fusion power our future? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES LIGO goes to space: ESA to proceed with LISA gravitational wave detector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_confinement_fusion https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/world...

On today’s episode: Some tiny robot news! Big, giant, large-scale farms have a big, giant carbon footprint… but maybe not as much as that rooftop garden across the street. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Mini-robots modeled on insects may be smallest, lightest, fastest ever developed | WSU Insider How a metal with a memory will shape our future on Mars https://www.explai...

On today’s episode: Scientists tracked the 20 year journey of a mammoth that lived 14,000 years ago! How do migrating birds know where they’re going? Quantum mechanics! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES New study tracks a mammoth’s travels across Alaska Magnetic sensitivity of cryptochrome 4 from a migratory songbird | Nature How quantum mechanics help birds find their way...

On today’s episode: Evolution may not be quite as random as we thought. A new drug is being developed to help deal with the problem of antibiotic resistance. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Blue Whale Size Comparison Evolution is not as random as previously thought, finds a new study - University of Nottingham Experimental antibiotic kills deadly superbug, opens whole ne...

On today’s episode: The cutest version of humans and animals working together! We know dark matter exists; can it create dark stars? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Honeyguide Birds Learn Culturally Distinct Calls Made by Honey Hunters https://www.newsweek.com/physics-can-dark-matter-cool-thousands-clumps-hot-galactic-halos-797546 https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswitha...

On today’s episode: How much does light color affect your sleep cycle? And the 2024 calendar is already full of space missions all over the solar system! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Light color is less important for the internal clock than originally thought | University of Basel From the Moon’s south pole to an ice-covered ocean world, several exciting space mission...