The Science Pawdcast

Send us Fan Mail This is a little ADORABLE recording from our live show from Telus Spark.  Jason talked about The Science Pawdcast and then invited kids to come up and talk about their pets. The mini-interviews were adorable and so super sweet! Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations of designs and apparel- all with Printful...

Send us Fan Mail We interviewed Melanie a.k.a. The Pup Mommy, an amazing lady with decades of experience in welcoming animals into your home that may have had a devastating start to their life.  Many shelter dogs are returned after adoption, which is traumatic for both the dog and the family that adopted them, and Melanie expertly explains how this can be avoided.  She also takes questions from ou...

Send us Fan Mail On this live show we chat with the amazing Dr. Michael Meyer about his work with water chemistry.  He also weaves an amazing story about his time researching in Siberia.  Finally he expertly takes questions from our live audience.  He's just an amazing person! Science Chat runs live every Tuesday on Twitter at 9PM Eastern/7PM Mountain Time. Michael on Twitter: https://twitter...

Send us Fan Mail This is bonus content from our live Twitter show on Saturday at 6PM Mountain/8PM Eastern where we meet to play games, break down stories about Bunsen and Beaker and share stories about our pets! We included the game this week in our recording - normally I edit it out! Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations...

Send us Fan Mail This is bonus content from our live Twitter show.  We got speak with expert trainer Shannon Riley-Coyner!!  She chatted some basic dog training tips and then took questions from the audience.  It was awesome!    Shannon Riley-Coyner's website! https://trulyforcefree.com/ Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combi...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Science Pawdcast we have a super creepy story about NECROBIOLOGY and it uses spiders.  Be warned, it's very very unsettling (and pretty interesting too) In Pet Science we look at the parasite that could infect pregnant folks and the science that working on treatments for it.  Our guest is Dr. Deanna Hooper who opened up new areas of the cosmos we have never d...

Send us Fan Mail On this SciChat episode we talk nuclear science with engineer Mairead Montague.  Mairead has a focus on nuclear safety and it's a breath of fresh air to cut through the myths about nuclear power. Science Chat takes place live on Twitter Spaces, Clubhouse, LinkedIn, and Wisdom at 9PM Eastern every Tuesday. Find Mairead on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/MaireadMontague Bunse...

Send us Fan Mail On this live chat we have Dr. Keith Barr who is a musculoskeletal expert.  You'll love the chat and the question and answer period! Science Chat takes place live on Twitter Spaces, Clubhouse, LinkedIn, and Wisdom at 9PM Eastern every Tuesday. Dr. Barr on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MuscleScience Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with h...

Send us Fan Mail Wow!  While this episode is a big bigger than our average show, it's packed with great stuff.  In Science News we break down an exciting and unusual finding about WHAT is pollinating stuff at night!  In Pet Science we chat about some amazing findings about dogs in environments with a language they are unfamiliar with!  Our Expert Guest this week is Dr. Ketaki Ganti who just b...

Send us Fan Mail On this live chat recording we have the amazing Danielle Bush!  Danielle is a chemist and we get into her seriously talented lab skills, but also her passion for, and talent for baking! (You'll find that most of the questions are about food in the Q and A section.) Don't miss this interview and discussion! Danielle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigblackwolf188 Bunsen a...

Send us Fan Mail This is bonus content from our live Twitter show on Saturday at 6PM Mountain/8PM Eastern where we meet to play games, break down stories about Bunsen and Beaker and share stories about our pets! We included the game this week in our recording - normally I edit it out! Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations...

Send us Fan Mail This is bonus content from our live Twitter show on Saturday at 6PM Mountain/8PM Eastern where we meet to play games, break down stories about Bunsen and Beaker and share stories about our pets! We included the game this week in our recording - normally I edit it out! Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations...

Send us Fan Mail Hey everyone!  This week on The Science Pawdcast we look at a science news article that ties into the deadly heat wave in Europe..but in this case using the heat to do something good for cities.  In Pet Science we have an amazing study to breakdown about a new finding in how dogs may "see" the world.  Our guest in ask an expert is K.T. Lee, an engineer and author.  We ha...

Send us Fan Mail This is bonus content from our live Twitter show on Saturday at 6PM Mountain/8PM Eastern where we meet to play games, break down stories about Bunsen and Beaker and share stories about our pets! We included the game this week in our recording - normally I edit it out! Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations...

Send us Fan Mail On this live show we were so very lucky to have livestock scientist, Doctor Holland all the way from Australia!  Many things in the livestock industry have misinformation swirling around them and the Doc gives us such an amazing discussion around some of the controversy and how livestock scientists are working to bring food production in line with things like climate change and wa...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the show I break down the photos released by JWST.  The first photo made me tear up, they are all just so incredible.  Jaw dropping.  Mind bending...but why?  In Pet Science I look at advice from a journal about coping with Pet Loss.  It's not a happy discussion, but for all of us with pets, it something that comes eventually.   Our guest is Musher and Adventurer...

Send us Fan Mail On this live show we were so lucky to have Lillian from the Warrnambol Penguin Project with us.  Tiny penguins lived their life in peace on a gorgeous island on the southern coast of Australia.  Foxes found their way onto the island and in a few short years they had killed nearly ALL the penguins. A farmer and biologist teamed up and trained Mareama dogs to guard and protect the p...

Send us Fan Mail Every Tuesday Evening we have a live chat with a scientist on Twitter/Wisdom/Clubhouse.  If you miss the live chat, you can listen here. This is Mayhe Han a scientist who studies the interactions today of people and their dogs and how 'Dogdad or Dogmom" has become a relatively new thing!  It's such a fun chat! Maythe's Links! https://twitter.com/maythehan https...

Send us Fan Mail Every Tuesday Evening we have a live chat with a scientist on Twitter/Wisdom/Clubhouse.  If you miss the live chat, you can listen here. Dr. Sarah Milkovich is an amazing scientist that worked on most of the rovers that are on Mars.  Those we had audio issues recording at the start, most of the awesome conversation is there! Dr. Milkovich's links! https://twitter.com/milkysa...

Send us Fan Mail This is bonus content from our live Twitter show on Saturday at 6PM Mountain/8PM Eastern where we meet to play games, break down stories about Bunsen and Beaker and share stories about our pets! We included the game this week in our recording - normally I edit it out! Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Science Pawdcast we break down the latest study on bone loss in space.  Conclusion?  It's not great!  Good thing we aren't going to space anytime soon.  In Pet Science we get the answers to why your cat or dog might be dragging their butt along the floor.  It's gross but interesting.  Our expert in "Ask an Expert" is Dr. Laci Brock who wil...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Canada Day!  If you are listening to this July 1st our family wants to wish you a good one, eh? In science news we talk about the little baby mammoth that was unearthed in the Canadian tundra.  We go into what the heck a mammoth is too!  In Pet Science an amazing study shows that dogs protect kids from stress!  Our guest in ask an expert is Simon Spichak a science communicat...

Send us Fan Mail This is bonus content from our live Twitter show on Saturday where we meet to play games, break down stories about Bunsen and Beaker and share stories about our pets! We included the game this week in our recording - normally I edit it out! Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations of designs and apparel- all...

Send us Fan Mail Every Tuesday Evening we have a live chat with a scientist on Twitter/Wisdom/Clubhouse.  If you miss the live chat, you can listen here. Our guest in this show is Dr. Jan Scholtz, an astrophysicist who chatted blackholes with us.  It was an AMAZING discussion!   https://twitter.com/astrojansen Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds...

Send us Fan Mail Every Tuesday Evening we have a live chat with a scientist on Twitter/Wisdom/Clubhouse.  If you miss the live chat, you can listen here. Our guest in this show is Dr. Arcand, a visualization scientist who works with X-Rays from outer space!  She is brilliant speaker and an author of amazing and adorable books!  https://twitter.com/kimberlykowal Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen...