All Around Science

On today’s episode: Orangutan mothers organize playdates! Just like humans! Cyborg cockroaches just got an upgrade. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's 10-year movie of the universe is about to 'blow our minds' | Live Science Orangutan mothers seem to plan playdates for their offspring | New Scientist Great apes use self-experience to anticipa...

On today’s episode: Spiders that launch their prey into their web! Scientists are fighting cancer by making it cosplay as malaria. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES This Newly Discovered Spider Builds a Unique Web That Catapults Ants Through the Air Phages could enable us to hijack vaccine immunity to kill cancer cells | New Scientist Discovery of VIP236, an αvβ3-Targeted...

On today’s episode: Bats in helium fly weird. Invisible lightning is creating invisible, air-cleaning substances! And one of the world's oldest science experiments involves secret treasure maps!  All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: Researchers raise bats in helium-rich air to check how they sense sound ARTICLE: Lightning and subvisible discharges produce molecu...

On today’s episode: Do we hear silence? Simon and Garfunkel may have been on to something. And we finally close the book on the four fundamental forces by talking about gravity. 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://andrewalle...

On today’s episode: Despite what you might be reading in the news… aspartame is safe! And it’s part three in our series on the four fundamental forces; let’s talk about the weak force! 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://and...

On today’s episode: A lake in Canada has earned the Golden Spike. How do the protons and neutrons in an atom GLUE themselves together? … The Strong Force. 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 Ac...

On today’s episode: Scientists made a telescope out of pulsars and now we can see HUGE gravitational waves! Magnets. How DO they work? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES NANOGrav hears “hum” of gravitational wave background, louder than expected LIGO Scientific Collaboration FAQ 10.1: Relativity Requires Magnetism | LibreTexts Physics THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https:...

On today’s episode: There’s a new device that smells your farts. Bloated whales, lying in, and grey hair: It’s a mailbag episode! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Smart underwear detects lactose intolerance by tracking your farts | New Scientist https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/11/29/scientists-discover-secret-to-waking-up-alert-and-refreshed/ https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643...

On today’s episode: What do we really know about the effect of using ChatGPT in the classroom? Electric vehicle technology has changed a lot over the past five years. Is it worth it yet? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags - Ars Technica https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-went-methodologically-wrong-cha...

On today’s episode: Everyone in hospital dramas always has sepsis! But maybe not much longer if these researchers have anything to say about it. And we talk about a beautiful infographic about the building blocks of our universe: the periodic table of elements. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES A whole new way to prevent death from sepsis shows promise | New Scientist http...

On today’s episode: Bruce has no upper beak and complete authority over his circus. I built a deck in the middle of a drought! What is a drought? And why are we having one? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Meet Bruce, the "beak-jousting" parrot - Ars Technica Florida is facing its most intense drought in 15 years. Here's how it got so bad and how long it will last. | Live...

On today’s episode: The second part of our chat about the amazingly successful journey that Integrity just went on with the Artemis 2 mission. 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 for more information.

On today’s episode: We have a chat about the amazingly successful journey that Integrity just went on with the Artemis 2 mission. 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 for more information.

On today’s episode: AI data centers are really hot right now! What is an instinct, anyway? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES AI data centres can warm surrounding areas by up to 9.1°C | New Scientist https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_instinct Development evolving:The origins and meanings of instinct - PMC https://www.britannica.com/topic/instinct https://www.ebsco.c...

On today’s episode: Bee vitamins! Like, for bees! We’re running out of water in the ground. How can we get it back? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Saving bees with ‘superfoods’: new engineered supplement found to boost colony reproduction | University of Oxford   Engineered yeast provides rare but essential pollen sterols for honeybees | Nature A Bit of Good News:...

On today’s episode: It might be time to sleep in separate beds. We talk about how our very own Bobby Frankenburger discovered his passion for science. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Your partner may wake you up six times a night – but does it matter? | New Scientist CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrady  THEME MUSI...

On today’s episode: What makes a stable star start to flicker wildly? Electrons are really a lot slower than you think they are. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES UW astronomers collect rare evidence of two planets colliding CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrady  THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwit...

On today’s episode: There’s a new ant species that is all queens. We answer listener questions about hair! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Artemis III not going to the moon Every ant is a queen in this parasitic species — and they reproduce by cloning themselves and hijacking other ant colonies | Live Science https://elifesciences.org/articles/76911 https://www.bbc.com/f...

On today’s episode: Worried about heart attacks? Try oatmeal! And we reach into the mailbag again and answer your questions about boomerangs and airpods. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level — University of Bonn https://www.healthline.com/health/hdl-vs-ldl-cholesterol#hdl-vs-ldl Air Quality Index (AQI) Basics | AirNow Technical Ass...

On today’s episode: Elephants have whiskers too! And we talk about the science of burnout. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Unique structure of elephant whiskers give them built-in sensing “intelligence” | Ars Technica https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=FI2ADwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR3&ots=oD06mQ3Vvm&sig=wexUiegvScQl-GIWZqVQaWs8hBM#v=onepage&...

On today’s episode: A new milestone for the Perseverance rover! There’s some promising research into how psychedelics could help treat PTSD All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES NASA’s Perseverance Rover Completes First AI-Planned Drive on Mars | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) . Psychedelics may rewire the brain to treat PTSD. Scientists are finally beginning to understa...

On today’s episode: Want to smell a mummy being embalmed!? Well now you can! How, exactly, do you launch a rocket? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Nasal spray could prevent infections from any flu strain | New Scientist Museums incorporate “scent of the afterlife” into Egyptian exhibits | Ars Technica https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/01/31/countdown-begins-for-ar...

On today’s episode: There’s news on the long term effects of the keto diet, and it’s not great. We go on an archaeological journey to learn about some old wooden tools. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES https://news.med.virginia.edu/research/scientists-reveal-how-ketogenic-diet-protects-against-seizures-when-drugs-fail/ https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/fatty-...

On today’s episode: Cows are using tools now? And we sit down with Logan Larson for a discussion on the science of coaching. All that and more today on All Around Science... Logan's Coaching Website: https://www.powerfulclarity.com/ RESOURCES Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow | Ars Technica https://coachingfederation.org/ CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - Septe...

On today’s episode: How do marine darkwaves affect seafloor ecosystems? Electrons and wave-particle duality and uncertainty… it’s time to get quantum. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-03023-4 Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle Explained | Veritasium - YouTube This Model Explains WHY Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle Happens | As...