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A weekly podcast by two huge science fans discussing what’s new and interesting in science! Science is our window into incredible worlds, from impossibly small atoms to impossibly distant stars. We want to use it to discover as much as possible, and share it with you every week.
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On today’s episode: Scientists have found a bunch of new bacteria in our guts that help us digest plants! NASA’s many solutions to the engineering problem of pooping in space. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Urban humans have lost much of their ability to digest plants Cryptic diversity of cellulose-degrading gut bacteria…
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On today’s episode: A classic science demo may be able to generate electricity! There are many dangers to going to space… and one of them is radiation. How are we protecting our astronauts? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Article Drinking-bird-enabled triboelectric hydrovoltaic generator 'Drinking bird' toys upgraded to g…
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On today’s episode: ChatGPT has beaten humans in tests on creative thinking. And it looks like whiptail lizards are just having babies…but something incredible is going on. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES AI outperforms humans in standardized tests of creative potential https://www.nature.com/articles/6884440 https://www.…
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On today’s episode: A snapshot of a moving electron? How much energy is needed to make the sounds we hear? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES First-ever atomic freeze-frame of liquid water https://www.science.org/content/article/scienceadviser-first-ever-atomic-freeze-frame-liquid-water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e83QR…
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On today’s episode: Microbes are the new stars of CSI: Miami, and Maura reaches into the mailbag and answers your burning questions! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Scientists identify “universal network” of microbes for decomposing flesh Why Do We See Visual Patterns When Rubbing Our Eyes? (explainplease.co.uk) Why do yo…
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On today’s episode: Some tiny robot news! Baby great white sharks. The cicada double brood swarm is coming… are you ready? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Novel aerial observations of a possible newborn white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in Southern California | Environmental Biology of Fishes https://bioone.org/journal…
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On today’s episode: Some tiny robot news! We’re sending LISA to space, and she’s gonna detect black hole collisions for us! Will nuclear fusion power our future? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES LIGO goes to space: ESA to proceed with LISA gravitational wave detector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_confinement_fusio…
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On today’s episode: Some tiny robot news! Big, giant, large-scale farms have a big, giant carbon footprint… but maybe not as much as that rooftop garden across the street. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Mini-robots modeled on insects may be smallest, lightest, fastest ever developed | WSU Insider How a metal with a memor…
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On today’s episode: Scientists tracked the 20 year journey of a mammoth that lived 14,000 years ago! How do migrating birds know where they’re going? Quantum mechanics! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES New study tracks a mammoth’s travels across Alaska Magnetic sensitivity of cryptochrome 4 from a migratory songbird | Natu…
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On today’s episode: Evolution may not be quite as random as we thought. A new drug is being developed to help deal with the problem of antibiotic resistance. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Blue Whale Size Comparison Evolution is not as random as previously thought, finds a new study - University of Nottingham Experimenta…
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On today’s episode: The cutest version of humans and animals working together! We know dark matter exists; can it create dark stars? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Honeyguide Birds Learn Culturally Distinct Calls Made by Honey Hunters https://www.newsweek.com/physics-can-dark-matter-cool-thousands-clumps-hot-galactic-hal…
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On today’s episode: How much does light color affect your sleep cycle? And the 2024 calendar is already full of space missions all over the solar system! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Light color is less important for the internal clock than originally thought | University of Basel From the Moon’s south pole to an ice-c…
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On today’s episode: The plants have been screaming all this time and we haven’t been listening! A millenia-old mystery has been solved! Long COVID… what have scientists figured out about it so far? And the superstar of 2023 has made strides toward better outcomes for some of the most challenging cancer cases. All that and more today on All Around S…
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On today’s episode: That gene editing wonder technology, CRISPR, is finally curing diseases! What REALLY killed off the dinosaurs? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES FDA approves first CRISPR therapy—here’s how it works against sickle cell https://scitechdaily.com/volcanoes-or-asteroid-ai-ends-debate-over-dinosaur-extinction…
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On today’s episode: A new method that can make AI systems more like brains. Quantum computers are not going to be on your desktop, but they ARE going to threaten life as we know it. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES AI system self-organises to develop features of brains of complex organisms | University of Cambridge How Qua…
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On today’s episode: Did you hear? One of the highest energy cosmic rays ever recorded zapped the Utah desert! Why do the seasons affect our mood, sometimes dramatically? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Meet “Amaterasu”: Astronomers detect highest energy cosmic ray since 1991 https://www.infona.pl/resource/bwmeta1.element.…
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On today’s episode: Public trust in science is down… why is that? Sometimes the earth quakes. Why? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Our brains are not able to ‘rewire’ themselves, despite what most scientists believe, new study argues | University of Cambridge Study yields new insights into why some people get headaches fr…
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On today’s episode: Public trust in science is down… why is that? Sometimes the earth quakes. Why? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Trust in science down; trends worst in minorities, Republicans https://www.bgs.ac.uk/discovering-geology/earth-hazards/earthquakes/what-causes-earthquakes/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOCx…
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On today’s episode: It’s been 4.5 billion years since Earth and the Moon violently broke up…but Earth just can’t let go. Is it a food allergy? An intolerance? A sensitivity? Let’s talk about the difference! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES A 'protoplanet' that created the moon may be hiding deep inside Earth | Live Science…
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On today’s episode: Pacific hurricanes are pretty scary… why don’t we ever hear about them? And we talk about JuMBOs, the celestial object that shouldn’t exist. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Hurricane Otis smashed into Mexico and broke records. Why did no one see it coming? | Science https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.01231.pdf…
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On today’s episode: Scientists have found the oldest known structure; and it’s really, really old. You’re going to be hearing a lot about El Nino over the next year… So let’s learn what it is! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure - News - University of Liverpool We’re ent…
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On today’s episode: Australian researchers are trying to learn more about how heat exposure affects pregnancy. Our biggest asteroid sample ever touched down a couple weeks ago, which means we’ve got science to do. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES Intense heat is a particular hazard in pregnancy. New studies are probin…
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On today’s episode: Let's check in with Perserverance on Mars. And talk to EMT Scott Armstrong about some annoying medical myths from the media. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES Here’s what the latest Mars rover has learned so far THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com…
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On today’s episode: A breakthrough in our understanding of preeclampsia! And we celebrate the weird fringes of science by looking at this year’s Ig Nobel Prizes. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES In major breakthrough, Western, Brown researchers close in on preeclampsia cure Ig Nobel Prizes THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen …
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On today’s episode: Spicy foods might be more dangerous than we thought. And what happens when a parasite messes with the wrong organism? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES The room-temperature superconductor that wasn’t Teen’s death after eating a single chip highlights risks of ultra-spicy foods FEATURE SOURCES https:…
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On today’s episode: Do opposites attract, or do birds of a feather flock together? Today we study our enemy… the fly… All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES News flash: Opposites don't actually attract | CU Boulder Today Correlations between human mating partners: a comprehensive meta-analysis of 22 traits and raw data anal…
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On today’s episode: Apparently scientists have finally finished sequencing the human genome! Finally, for the fourth time. And speaking of hot research from the 90s…what’s up with stem cells lately? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES Students built a little baby satellite with space brakes that can help it deorbit witho…
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On today’s episode: AI unlocked the world for a woman who hasn’t spoken for 18 years. How does caffeine work? And why doesn’t it seem to work for everyone? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES How Artificial Intelligence Gave a Paralyzed Woman Her Voice Back | UC San Francisco Sleep pressure; is this why we crash? Why Caf…
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On today’s episode: More evidence that Mars was a great place for life to maybe happen… maybe… Nostalgia hurts, feels good, and could help make you a better person. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES Mars rover finds signs of seasonal floods https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/17/12/1131/6585517#384170666 https://www.…
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On today’s episode: Genes that pose risks in advanced age may show benefits when we’re younger. We all want to know if social media is making our uncles more polarized in our echo chambers… well scientists are figuring it out! Probably. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES Alzheimer’s gene associated with increased fertil…
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On today’s episode: Not a lot of doctors know this… but you can be allergic to MEAT! The Gulf Stream won’t collapse in the next two years. Probably. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES GPT-3 aces tests of reasoning by analogy Meat allergy from tick bites is on the rise—and US doctors are in the dark SPECIAL REPORT: SPECI…
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On today’s episode: Do we hear silence? Simon and Garfunkel may have been on to something. And we finally close the book on the four fundamental forces by talking about gravity. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES The perception of silence The Perception of Silence From Event Representation to Linguistic Meaning The one-…
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On today’s episode: Despite what you might be reading in the news… aspartame is safe! And it’s part three in our series on the four fundamental forces; let’s talk about the weak force! All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES Aspartame and cancer: Why you really shouldn’t worry about this Aspartame and Cancer What Is the Weak…
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On today’s episode: A lake in Canada has earned the Golden Spike. How do the protons and neutrons in an atom GLUE themselves together? … The Strong Force. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES Canada's Crawford Lake chosen as 'golden spike' to mark proposed new epoch | CBC News THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.c…
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On today’s episode: Scientists made a telescope out of pulsars and now we can see HUGE gravitational waves! Magnets. How DO they work? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES NANOGrav hears “hum” of gravitational wave background, louder than expected LIGO Scientific Collaboration FAQ 10.1: Relativity Requires Magnetism | Lib…
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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/KEY…
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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 t…
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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 …
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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.medical…
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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/hemo…
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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/Clon…
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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 a…
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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-6…
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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 th…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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