All Around Science

On today’s episode: Think your neighbours are bad? Try living next to poop-covered clams! And we explore the unknown reaches of our universe and talk about Dark Energy. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Wood-eating clams use their poop to dominate their habitat | Field Museum THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Host...

On today’s episode: Will we finally be able to put an end to the mosquito repelling question? Plus, a bit of what we know, and a lot of what we don’t know about dark matter. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Mosquitoes are not repelled by vitamins and other oral supplements you might take [ARTICLE] Vera Rubin, the Rotation Curve, and the First-ever Evidence of Dark Ma...

On today’s episode: How have COVID vaccines had lasting impact on menstrual cycles? Video games; do they rot your brain, or enhance it? What is the biological reason that women live longer than men? And how can sound help us understand protein folding? All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Menstrual Cycle Changes Associated With COVID-19 Vaccine [ARTICLE] Study: Video Gam...

On today’s episode: The world of bird jaw evolution has been rocked to its core. We’re going back to the moon! Let’s talk about the Artemis Program. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Fossil overturns more than a century of knowledge about the origin of modern birds [RESOURCE] NASA - Artemis THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewalle...

On today’s episode: Scientists have made a battery out of ocean water! Someday, you might be able to be vaccinated against addiction  All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] New device can make hydrogen when dunked in salt water LINKS AND SOURCES How opioid addiction occurs An Immunconjugate Vaccine Alters Distribution and Reduces the Antinociceptive, Behavioral and Physiol...

On today’s episode: What’s that smell? It’s ancient humans, cooking fish! We talk about how whales evolved from land mammals back to the water. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Earliest proof of cooking shows our ancestors liked well-done fish Oldest evidence of the controlled use of fire to cook food, researchers report -- ScienceDaily [ARTICLE] The evolution of wha...

On today’s episode: Robots remember more things when they get a chance for a nap. Let’s talk about the nobel prizes in chemistry and medicine! All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Artificial Neural Networks Learn Better When They Spend Time Not Learning at All THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See ac...

On today’s episode: Robots will soon be taking over our universities… and mixing us margaritas. Cordyceps is a parasite that can control ants, but not by hijacking its brain. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Robots will roam a university to study “a socio-technical problem” THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hoste...

On today’s episode: Yeah, mosquitoes might really like you more. A blood test to screen for cancer can save lives! But could it cause more harm than good? All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] The Rockefeller University » Why some people are mosquito magnets THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast...

On today’s episode: A warming world helps disease spread more quickly. Humans have waded into an ancient arms race to produce antibiotic resistant bacteria. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Thawing permafrost exposes old pathogens—and new hosts THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

On today’s episode: The same things that cause autoimmune diseases may have helped our ancestors survive the Black Death. It’s Halloween! Let’s talk about the science of why we like scary things! All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Bubonic plague left lingering scars on the human genome THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic...

On today’s episode: Artificial intelligence can mine our health data to save us from blood poisoning. And we investigate why we put lead in fuel, and why we finally stopped. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] New, transparent AI tool may help detect blood poisoning THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast....

On today’s episode: Can your dog tell when you’ve had a bad day? He might be able to smell it. It’s Nobel Prize time! Let’s discuss the winners and what they accomplished. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Dogs can smell when we're stressed, study suggests [ARTICLE] 2022 Nobel Physics Prize goes to seminal tests of spooky action at a distance THEME MUSIC by Andrew All...

On today’s episode: Avocado toast is finally healthy, says the FDA! And we explore the world’s weirdest volcano. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] FDA’s rotten definition of “healthy” food is finally getting tossed [ARTICLE] Ol Doinyo Lengai | Earth Observatory THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. Se...

On today’s episode: Electric cars could help keep your air conditioners running in your house. NASA hit an asteroid! Really hard! We already know how to get to 90% renewable energy… it’s that last 10% that’s the problem… All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Electric Vehicles Could Rescue the US Power Grid [ARTICLE] NASA's DART asteroid-smashing mission: The ultimate guid...

On today’s episode: Swarms of drones repairing buildings? Finally there might be a good reason to watch YouTube ads. And where, exactly, did Saturn’s rings come from? All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] 3D printing drones work like bees to build and repair structures while flying [ARTICLE] Social media experiment reveals potential to 'inoculate' millions of users agains...

On today’s episode: Why has the hurricane season been so quiet? Why does pain feel so much worse late at night? Listen to a story about a magician who fooled scientists into believing he was psychic. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] This should be the absolute peak of hurricane season—but it’s dead quiet out there [ARTICLE] Why pain feels worse at night THEME MUSIC b...

On today’s episode: We’re finally making oxygen on Mars!... and then we’re just letting it go. Did Wales really lose two whole islands? Where did they go? Let’s dig into the historic climate bill that was recently passed in the US. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] MOXIE experiment reliably produces oxygen on Mars [ARTICLE] Map may show evidence of Wales' Atlantis off...

On today’s episode: Testosterone! It can increase aggression and…cuddling? Why is it so hard to swat a fly? And we go underground, hunting for the reasons why massive fatbergs are clogging our sewers. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] eScienceCommons: Testosterone promotes 'cuddling,' not just aggression, animal study finds [ARTICLE] Flies evade your swatting thanks t...

On today’s episode: What forms of laziness can best protect us from cognitive decline? Researchers take steps toward a treatment for total colourblindess. We were too busy figuring out of we could, that we forgot to think about if we SHOULD talk about the science of de-extinction. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Computers vs. TV: Which is less likely to promote deme...

On today’s episode: Noble gasses offer more clues to the origin of our moon. Scientists thought a star was dying, but it turned out it was just indigestion. The art and science of creating nanorobots with DNA origami. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] One more clue to the Moon’s origin | ETH Zurich [ARTICLE] Betelgeuse is bouncing back after blowing its top in 2019 [A...

On today’s episode: We know that some spiders sleep… but do they dream ? The secret to the heart’s strength is in its physical shape. Scientists are making strides in creating synthetic embryos. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Jumping spiders may experience something like REM sleep [ARTICLE] A major step forward for organ biofabrication [ARTICLE] Synthetic Embryos T...

On today’s episode: Wouldn’t it be great to slap on a sticker when you needed an ultrasound? The Earth is losing it’s patience with all this 24 hour orbiting stuff. And we dig deep on why roots grow down. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] DeepMind research cracks structure of almost every known protein [ARTICLE] MIT engineers develop stickers that can see inside the b...

On today’s episode: Despite smacking their faces into trees, woodpeckers don’t get concussions. If low serotonin isn’t a cause of depression, what does that mean? So much science coming out of the james webb space telescope. Let’s talk about it! All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] New research into why woodpeckers don’t get concussions busts a popular myth [ARTICLE] No...

On today’s episode: You’re probably going to need to keep getting your COVID boosters for a while Scientists have figured out how to boil water more efficiently! And we talk about the long, strange life of periodical cicadas. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Vaccine protection against COVID-19 short-lived, booster shots important, new study says [ARTICLE] MIT Enginee...