All Around Science

On today’s episode: What is the true cost of all this wildfire smoke? Glass is a fascinating substance of contradicting properties! Let’s learn about it! All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES Wildfire smoke downwind affects health, wealth and mortality | Cornell Chronicle THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Ac...

On today’s episode: Soon you might be able get your blood pressure by pinching your smartphone. Psilocybin and other psychedelics might be a major advancement in treating some mental illnesses. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES Ultra low-cost smartphone attachment measures blood pressure at home Ethical principles of traditional Indigenous medicine to guide western ps...

On today’s episode: No one is honest anymore! Or are they…? Blueberries aren’t blue, blue flowers aren’t blue, most things aren’t really blue… Why is blue so hard to find? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES Morality is declining, right? Scientists say that idea is an illusion Why is blue so easy to make in a lab? THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwith...

On today’s episode: To celebrate our 144th episdoe, we answered all your gross science questions: earwax, clogged pipes, boogers... There was just so much it went on to a 145th episode! All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES https://atlasbiomed.com/blog/wet-earwax-dry-earwax-and-earwax-colours-of-earwax/   https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326093#earwax-textures Sa...

On today’s episode: To celebrate our 144th episdoe, we answered all your gross science questions: toejam, poop, pee... All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES https://www.livescience.com/37664-human-urine-colors-rainbow.html https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/313779#causes https://www.ucsfhealth.org/medical-tests/hemoglobinuria-test https://www.health.harvard.edu/new...

On today’s episode: Vaccines are in the news! And it’s not COVID this time. Whether or not you find them appealing, there’s hope in the research to save bananas. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: Long-sought universal flu vaccine: mRNA-based candidate enters clinical trial BANANA SOURCES https://asm.org/Articles/2021/June/Clone-Wars-How-Fusarium-Fungi-Control-the-Banana-I htt...

On today’s episode: It’s happening… Scientists are starting to be able to read our minds! We might owe the existence of life to quasars. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: Evidence of conscious-like activity in the dying brain | Michigan Medicine The potential for a plastic recycling facility to release microplastic pollution and possible filtration remediation effectiveness R...

On today’s episode: It’s happening… Scientists are starting to be able to read our minds! We might owe the existence of life to quasars. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: Reading The Mind with fMRI and AI | Neurologica Blog QUASAR SOURCES https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazar https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/astronomers-solve-60-year-mystery-quasars-most-powerful-objects-unive...

On today’s episode: If you fall off your bike, most people will help you. Just because it’s “natural” does not mean it’s “good”... let’s talk about logical fallacies! All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: Small acts of kindness are frequent and universal, study finds | UCLA Raw milk from farm with no electricity sparks outbreak that nearly killed baby THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen...

On today’s episode: Scientists think they figured out where all the water came from! How to make science fun for the kids in your life! All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: Chemical reactions on the early Earth may have formed its ocean THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

On today’s episode: Did you hear about the astronomical breakup? DRAMA! We try to solve the unsolvable problems of mathematics. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: Hubble Sees Possible Runaway Black Hole Creating a Trail of Stars | NASA THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

On today’s episode: Ancient Egyptians have handed archaeologists new evidence of a gruesome ceremonial practice. Migraines. They’re a lot more than a headache. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: Gruesome cache of severed hands is evidence of trophy-taking in ancient Egypt First osteological evidence of severed hands in Ancient Egypt What is a migraine? A Mayo Clinic expert exp...

On today’s episode: Monkeys and magic! We thought we domesticated elephants, but it turns out they domesticated themselves. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: [ARTICLE] Sleight-of-hand magic trick only fools monkeys with opposable thumbs | University of Cambridge [ARTICLE] Mirroring Behavior | Scientific American [ARTICLE] Comparison with humans and bonobos suggests wild Afric...

On today’s episode: California doesn’t have enough energy tubes! And what exactly will the crew of Artemis 2 be doing on their lunar trip? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: [ARTICLE] California wants to build more solar farms but needs more power lines [ARTICLE] NASA’s First Flight With Crew Important Step on Long-term Return to the Moon, Missions to Mars [ARTICLE] Follow the...

On today’s episode: Pull out your map, we’re taking a trip into an insect brain! It’s part 2 of our reading science chat… speed reading! All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: [ARTICLE] Scientists complete first map of an insect brain | Hub THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

On today’s episode: Fevers might do more than just turn up the heat! How fast can YOU read? The science of speed reading. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: [ARTICLE] Fever integrates antimicrobial defences, inflammation control, and tissue repair in a cold-blooded vertebrate [ARTICLE] Mild fever helps clear infections faster, new study suggests | Folio THEME MUSIC by Andrew A...

On today’s episode: The next frontier of computing might be neurons! We talk heart disease and women’s health with Scott and Stephanie. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: [ARTICLE] Woman with TB ordered to jail for refusing treatment [ARTICLE] Could future computers run on human brain cells? | Hub [ARTICLE] Organoid intelligence (OI): the new frontier in biocomputing and intel...

On today’s episode: James Webb space telescope took some more baby pictures of our universe! And we talk about three scrumptious reactions. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: [ARTICLE] Webb spots surprisingly massive galaxies in early universe [ARTICLE] Universe’s first galaxies unexpectedly large [SOURCE] Caramelization | Bakerpedia THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter...

On a special mailbag episode: Lots of questions about Dark Energy. What’s the speed of a falling feather? Are average human body temperatures dropping? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: [ARTICLE] What's the average human body temperature—and is it cooling down? [ARTICLE] Human body temperature has decreased in United States, study finds THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twi...

On today’s episode: Don’t worry parents, you teenagers hate you b/c their brains made them. And why is it that we usually only get sick with one thing at a time? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: [ARTICLE] Kids brains’ become less tuned to mother’s voice as they become teenagers VIRAL INTERFERENCE RESOURCES Superinfect on exclusion by vesicular stomatitis virus Rubella virus-...

On today’s episode It’s time for tiny robot news! A new gel you can inject into your veins to repair your broken heart! We talk to our Valentine experts about how to fix a broken heart.  All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: [ARTICLE] This groundbreaking biomaterial heals tissues from the inside out THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmu...

On today’s episode It’s time for tiny robot news! Hopefully we don’t go over your head on today’s feature… clouds. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: [ARTICLE] A fairy-like robot flies by the power of wind and light | Tampere universities REFERENCES https://whatsthiscloud.com/cloud-identification/ https://www.weather.gov/lmk/cloud_classification https://www.weather.gov/source/...

On today’s episode: A dinosaur so well-preserved you can see its face! And we have a little chat about the world of AI. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: [ARTICLE] Researchers look a dinosaur in its remarkably preserved face 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: Why is it ancient roman buildings are still standing? Self-healing concrete! What’s better than camouflage? Invisibility! All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] First-in-Class Honeybee Vaccine Receives Conditional License from the USDA Center for Veterinary Biologics | Business Wire Evolution References De novo genes with an lncRNA origin encode unique...

On today’s episode: Why is it ancient roman buildings are still standing? Self-healing concrete! What’s better than camouflage? Invisibility! All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Ancient Roman concrete could self-heal thanks to “hot mixing” with quicklime Transparent Animals References https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-25599-y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QJ...