The Science Pawdcast

Send us Fan Mail After a week off due to work commitments and being SUPER sick with a wicked cold, we are back! In Science News we have a freaky finger news story were a teach built a robotic finger and covered it with living skin!  In Pet Science we have a genetics study that found the gene that is behind nightblindness in dogs AND could be used to help humans as well!  Our Expert guest this week...

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 This is a recording of our live show that runs every Tuesday night on Twitter at 7PM Mountain Time/9 PM Eastern. Our guest in this recording was Dr. Zazie Todd Dr. Todd on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CompAnimalPsych https://twitter.com/CompAnimalPsych Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations of designs and a...

Send us Fan Mail This is a recording of our live show that runs every Tuesday night on Twitter at 7PM Mountain Time/9 PM Eastern. Our guest in this recording was Food Safety Expert Donna Craig! Donna on Twitter: https://twitter.com/craigofdonna 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 Spaces Unleashed Sci Chat runs every Tuesday evening LIVE on Twitter.  This is a recording on the show.  You can listen live every Tuesday at 7PM Mountain Time/ 9 PM Eastern. Dr. Liz Murray talks Tibetan Mastiffs and using the sun and plants to break down dangerous pollutants. Dr. Murray on Twitter https://twitter.com/Takudabeast  Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Web...

Send us Fan Mail Spaces Unleashed Sci Chat runs every Tuesday evening LIVE on Twitter.  This is a recording on the show.  You can listen live every Tuesday at 7PM Mountain Time/ 9 PM Eastern. Civil Engineer Dr. Reshmina William talks water problems and water engineering with us in a super fun and informative way! Dr. William on Twitter https://twitter.com/ReshminaWilliam Bunsen and Beaker Links: T...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Science Pawdcast we have a story about breaking down some of those dangerous annoying forever chemicals PFAS.   In Pet Science we look at a story that found something interesting about families that have dogs and Crohn's disease.  Our guest is Dr. Asma Bashir about brain injuries, her podcast, and writing!  It's a great conversation. Adam caught a bug (t...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Pawdcast we look at the ground breaking results from scientists growing plants in moon "dirt".  What did they grow?  How did the plants do?  In Pet Science we look at a fun study that found that cats know their human's name.  Do they listen?  You'll have to find out! Our guest in Ask an Expert is Quantum Materials Scientist Andrea Damascelli an...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the 'cast we have a fascinating study that looked at how parasite could control plant growth by weakening the animals that eat the plants!  Amazing!  In Pet Study we have a pupdated study on those COVID sniffing dogs...what did it find out?  You'll have to listen in! Our expert guest is Astrophysicist Dr. Parshati Patel who chats space, sci-com and also prom...

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 Dr. Laci Brock was our guest on Sci-Chat which runs every Tuesday night on twitter (7PM Mountain Time, 9 PM Eastern) Dr. Brock is a planetary scientist and wowed us with tales of Brown Dwarf planets! Dr. Brock on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stellerarts Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations of designs and...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the 'cast we have a deep dive (that we may never return from)  into the news about the black hole imaged at the centre of the galaxy!!  It's deep!  Ha!  In Pet Science we take a look at the rise in cases of pet poisoning from marijuana  and the symptoms of pet ingestion.  Our expert guest is Ashley Park, an environmental scientist who takes on an important t...

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 This is bonus content from our live show on Twitter: Sci-Chat from Tuesday evenings. This was a fantastic and moving conversation with the amazing Dr. Shenell Tolson about public heath, inequality, and yelling/growling at a fox to save a dog.  We hope you enjoy it! https://twitter.com/G_Protein Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds...

Send us Fan Mail Bunsen's 5th birthday came and went and we had some really exciting announcements!  Bunsen Stuffie 2.0!  Texts From Bunsen eBook!  Also an audiobook! The well wishes from everyone was really cool.  Thank you for celebrating Bunsen's birthday with us! On the Pawdcast this week we have a study that linked WHY sunscreen is dangerous to coral reefs.  In Pet Science we chat a...

Send us Fan Mail This is bonus content from our live spaces show on Twitter. Our guest in this show is Geologist and Professional Martian Dr. Tanya Harrison. We chat about Mars, the Earth, pets, and take questions from the audience. Tayna on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tanyaofmars Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations of...

Send us Fan Mail This is Bonus Content from our Live Audio show on twitter. Every week on Saturday at 6PM Mountain Time our amazing community The Paw Pack meets to talk Pets, play games, ask questions and have fun. This recording is everything but the live game. Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations of designs and apparel-...

Send us Fan Mail Hi everyone!  We are hoping you and your family are happy and healthy! This week on the Science Pawdcast we look at a very interesting study that found a molecule appears to have a role in sleep.  It's tricky and complicated but we hope at the end everyone learns something!  In Pet Science we are doing our homework on the huge study that was just released on dog breeds and be...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the Science Pawdcast we break down a really interesting study that compares Yellow Stars (Iike ours) to Orange Stars!  In Pet Science we've been asked to chat about how chocolate affects dogs and if it's safe for them to eat!  Spoiler Alert..nope. Our guest is Software Engineer Janique-ka John who is as informative as she is hilarious.  You don't want t...

Send us Fan Mail This is bonus content from our live twitter show that runs every Saturday at 6PM Mountain Time.  We share our favourite stories about Bunsen and Beaker, we play a game, we give out a prize, and then the audience shares stories about their pets with us! Enjoy! Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations of designs and appar...

Send us Fan Mail Spaces Unleashed has two shows on twitter.  On our Science Chat show we invite an amazing guest to talk about their area of science and we follow it up with questions from the audience. This is a recording of our interview and audience questions of the amazing Dr. Emily Bray about puppy science! Emily Bray on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrEmilyBray Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bu...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Science Pawdcast in science news we looked at how science is used to find out how much coastal cities are sinking.  In Pet Science we look at a very profound study that compared how children compare to teens and adults on the ethics of animals for food.  We'd love your opinion on it as Kris is a vegetarian and the boys and I are meat eaters (though not big on...

Send us Fan Mail This is bonus content from our live twitter show that runs every Saturday at 6PM Mountain Time.  We share our favourite stories about Bunsen and Beaker, we play a game, we give out a prize, and then the audience shares stories about their pets with us! Enjoy! Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations of designs and appar...

Send us Fan Mail This is bonus content from our Live Twitter Show! Franziska Tell wowed us for a whole hour speaking about these tiny organisms in the ocean called Foraminifera.  They are tiny shell producing organisms with an absolutely banana life cycle. Fransika on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/franziska_tell Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen Website has adorable merch with hundreds of differ...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Science Pawdcast we look at animal emotions and the application how humans feel to how we could possibly test animals for their emotions.  Can we use how WE feel to conclude how animals feel?  By popular demand I delve into HOW we got our cat Ginger to not cause an allergic reaction despite me being super allergic to cats!  Our expert guest is Dr. Emma Rehn who wi...