All Around Science

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...

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...