All Around Science

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...

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...