All Around Science

On today’s episode: Can video games lower risk of depression? Physicists didn’t see this one coming! And now we might have to invent new physics to explain it. And we dig into how your cells pull strings to change gene expression!  All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: Boys who play video games have lower depression risk ARTICLE: Elusive particle may point to undiscovered...

On today’s episode: Scientists have discovered a way to switch genes off and then back on again! Flowers may not be able to count, but we have new insight into why their growth tends to follow the Fibonacci sequence. And finally… buckle up… we’re going to the moon!  All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: A CRISPR Genetic On-Off Switch ARTICLE: Researchers determine why the...

On today’s episode: Neuron repair might hold a key to understanding Alzheimer’s. Can giving kids sugar make their memory bad as adults? And we dig into the connection between COVID vaccines and blood clots. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: How brain cells repair their DNA reveals "hot spots" of aging and disease ARTICLE: Sugar not so nice for your child's brain develo...

On today’s episode: If less is more, then why are we always adding more things? Robots! Made of cells! Ants get stressed about quarantine too.  All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: When asked to fix something, we don't even think of removing parts ARTICLE: Scientists Create the Next Generation of Living Robots ARTICLE: Xenobots 2.0: These Living Robots Elf-Assemble From F...

On today’s episode: In an epic struggle between plants and insects, one agent has stolen genetic secrets from the other side! Did volcanoes kill the dinosaurs? Can you see music and taste words? You might have synesthesia! All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: Whitefly hijacks a plant detoxification gene that neutralizes plant toxins ARTICLE: Plant gene found in insect, sh...

On today’s episode: New bacteria found on the international space station. Solar canals in California could solve multiple environmental problems simultaneously. Can you see a sunset in your mind? Don’t take it for granted, because not everyone can! All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: New strains of bacteria found on the international space station ARTICLE: New analysis...

On today’s episode: A cleverly designed study digs into the effects of small doses of psychedelics. New climate models reveal that by 2100 we may not be eating deep fried oreos on ferris wheels anymore! And we explore the effects of shrinking arctic ice on the resilient underdogs of arctic ecosystems.  All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: Traces of psychedelics make you...

On today’s episode: People are driving less during the pandemic, but traffic fatalities are increasing. Some SARS COV 2 variants are figuring out how to dodge our immune response, and mRNA has been hogging the biological spotlight… let’s talk about tRNA... All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: U.S. Traffic Deaths Spiked in 2020, Even as People Stayed Off the Road ARTICLE...

On today’s episode: Under hundreds of meters of sediment, microbes are thriving thanks to radiation from space. Why were there so few dinosaurs?... Teenagers… Worried about the polar vortex? Wait until you hear about sudden stratospheric warming!  All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: URI researchers: Microbes deep beneath seafloor survive on byproducts of radioactive proc...

On today’s episode: Dreaming might be critical for learning to be scared of the right things. Earth’s water may have been locally sourced. And magnetic field reversals might be leading to mass extinctions!  All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: Sleep is vital to associating emotion with memory, study finds ARTICLE: The Milky Way may be swarming with planets with oceans and...

On today’s episode: It’s tourism season at the red planet; China and UAE have successfully sent orbiters to Mars. Why do we care so much about water on Mars? The Perseverance rover is an incredible instrument of interplanetary science! All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: China launches ambitious Tianwen-1 Mars rover mission ARTICLE: Spectacular video released from China'...

On today’s episode: Life on Venus? Mmmmmmaybe not. An AI learns to play the piano just by watching someone’s hands! Let’s talk about how bad your memory really is. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: Scientific community on report of a strange chemical at Venus: Probably not ARTICLE: 'Audeo' teaches artificial intelligence to play piano THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https:...

On today’s episode: Cats love catnip, and mosquitoes hate it! How does COVID get into the brain? And we dig into what happens inside the brains of those suffering from addiction. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: Why cats are crazy for catnip ARTICLE: COVID-19 virus enters the brain, research strongly suggests ARTICLE: Understanding Addiction | Harvard Health READING:...

On today’s episode: Good news! It seems that public schools are actually helping to prevent COVID transmission! Best practices when combating the spread of fake news on social media. And what is “motivated reasoning” and how does it lead to conspiracy thinking? All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: Basic pandemic safety limits spread in schools ARTICLE: To combat false new...

On today’s episode: COVID dropped carbon emissions in 2020, but the real climate win lies in what we do next. Millipedes that stop trains in their tracks! And the science behind how we know that humans are changing Earth’s climate. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: COVID curbed carbon emissions in 2020 -- but not by much ARTICLE: Coronavirus: Tracking how the world's '...

On today’s episode, baby Megalodon was Yoooooge. The weird and wonderful genome of the majestic platypus. And scientists debate about a 150 year old rule about animals. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: Newborn megalodon sharks were larger than most adult humans. ARTICLE: How Earth's oddest mammal got to be so bizarre. ARTICLE: Will climate change make animals darker -...

On today’s episode spiders might be building a tempting oasis to trap their pre. New flexible materials inspired by squids! What we know about the UK and South African SARS CoV 2 variants All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: These spiders may sew leaves into fake shelters to lure frogs to their doom ARTICLE: 3D-printed smart gel changes shape when exposed to light ARTICLE...

On today’s episode Satellites made out of wood? Bronze Age food trade may have been more global than we thought! Archaeologists found an ancient Roman fast food restaurant! All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: Japan developing wooden satellites to cut space junk ARTICLE: The aroma of distant worlds ARTICLE: Archaeologists excavate ancient Roman takeout counter at Pompeii...

On today’s episode, we go back through 2020 to bring you some news items you may have missed: Super detailed photos of the sun! A new sparrow song has gone viral in Canada! Mars has Marsquakes! And a way to translate thoughts directly into text. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: See the most detailed photos of the sun ever taken ARTICLE: A 'Viral' New Bird Song in Cana...

On today’s episode: How do we learn it’s better to give than to receive? Have we discovered a new solar system superhighway? If the north pole moves, does that mean Santa has to move too? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: Is It Better to Give Than Receive? ARTICLE: Fast Superhighway Through the Solar System Discovered THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/K...

On today’s episode: Scientists are still learning what causes leaves to change color. Evidence for the hypothesis that water is actually two coexisting liquids! Eyeballs are really neat! All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: Which factors trigger leaf die-off in Autumn? ARTICLE: Two liquids of water exist THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http:...

On today’s episode: DeepMind breaks more barriers with their protein-predicting AI AlphaFold. Them scientists at NASA have got MOXIE… and other ways to get oxygen too. And how to make a protein! All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: 'It will change everything': DeepMind's AI makes gigantic leap in solving protein structures ARTICLE: Mars' underground brine could be a goo...

On today’s episode: AstraZeneca flubbed their vaccine trial… but can we learn something? Once we get a COVID vaccine, immunity may last longer than we originally expected. The story of a star: from birth to black hole. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: AstraZeneca's best COVID vaccine result was a fluke. Experts have uestions ARTICLE: Immunity to the Coronavirus May...

On today’s episode: How have stars affected our trees? New research makes us question what we know about the gender roles of hunter gatherers. What are isotopes and why do they matter? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: Tree rings may hold clues to impacts of distant supernovae on Earth ARTICLE: Early big-game hunters of the Americas were female, researchers suggest T...

On today’s episode: Midnight snacking and your midsection. Newborn baby brains appear to be primed to learn how to read. And everything you need to know about that new Pfizer vaccine everyone’s talking about. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: Squeezing most of your calories in early doesn't impact weight loss ARTICLE: Humans are born with brains 'prewired' to see wor...