All Around Science
Episodes
The Great Egg Debate
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: How to reverse aging in mice! Scientists are doing important work studying the complicated properties of… spaghetti. The epic ...
Blood Type
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: After anesthesia, your brain doesn’t reboot all at once. A tiny new method for delivering cancer drugs! Scientists are develop...
Your Brain's Wash Cycle
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: The complex aerodynamics of paper airplanes. Scientists are trying to imagine what life as we DON’T know it would look like. A...
Words Can Change Your Brain
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Dinosaurs went extinct in the spring. Hubble found a triangular galaxy. Wait, that can’t be right. Triangular? Words help us t...
Giant Viruses
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Humans aren’t the only ones who can choke under pressure! Mad scientists made a robot fish out of human hearts! Some viruses a...
Evolution w/ Dr. Niki
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Evolution doesn’t always happen slowly over long periods of time! Sometimes it’s quick. Viruses make genes go…viral? And w...
How the Solar System Formed
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Fetal development is influenced by the lifestyle choices of…the father? Some birds are shuffling their songs like a Spotify pl...
Is Nuclear Energy Safe?
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Scientists have figured out how to regrow frogs’ legs. Something weird is going on with Mars’s carbon… Is nuclear power to...
We Don't Know How Planes Fly
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Why do the COVID vaccines have such frequent side effects? It might be because we expect them. Astronauts are being plagued by S...
The Origins of Our Moon
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: New evidence that the virus which causes mono might also trigger Multiple Sclerosis. There’s something in the air…it’s DNA...
MRI Machines
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Watch out, flu virus; we found a new antibody, and we’re coming for you! Water plumes on Enceladus might not be coming from wh...
Sentience and Animal Ethics
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: One scientist built a robot to hunt down and scare the fins off of mosquitofish. Bladeless, noninvasive….brain surgery? And wh...
Science We Missed From 2021
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Humans don’t produce pheromones, but…do they? Can lab grown coffee save the environment? Scientists have found a way to trac...
James Webb Space Telescope
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: We’ve gotten closer to the sun than ever before! What is NASA’s plan for replacing the International Space Station? And we d...
Virgin Birth
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: AIs are hallucinating proteins… that’s right, you heard me. Future jet fuel may be synthesized from sunlight and air. And we...
Hubble Space Telescope
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Can deep red light improve your vision? Fungi are adapting to infect humans! And we marvel at the incredible legacy of the Hubbl...
Marathon Training
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Astronauts prepared to evacuate the International Space Station. Learning how to use tools can improve your language skills? And...
Coffee - Getting to Know the Bean
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: A surprising part of your brain tells you when you’re full. Turkey science facts! And we talk coffee; how it’s processed, ro...
How Does Fluoride Help Teeth?
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Parents are starting to wonder, when can our kids stop wearing masks to school? We may have found our first extragalactic exopla...
Water Bears
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: New insight into the sticky world of web building. Finally some very exciting vaccine news that ISN’T covid-related. And we di...
Science of Hair Care
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: More brain connectomes! This time it’s a fruit fly! Tiny generators modeled after seaweed. The science of haircare products. W...
Brain Structure - What We Know (and don't)
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: For the third time EVER….we found a tardigrade fossil! New research shows that metaphoric language makes our brains light up! ...
Nobel Prizes 2021
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: NASA and SpaceX are smashing rockets into asteroids to DEFEND PLANET EARTH! A new app is effective in helping people deal with a...
Genetic Engineering - Breaching the Cell
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: A great new way to grow a pancreas! The dark part of the moon is getting darker! And it’s all b/c of earthshine... And we look...
Galactic Threats
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: The ongoing drought in the US is now the worst in recorded history. Scientists have figured out what drives the sardine run. Thr...
Eel Sex
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Mars may have been too small to hold on to its water. Why don’t humans have tails? Scientists figured it out! And how do eels ...
Answering Questions
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Can avocado REALLY reduce your visceral belly fat? What can cold fountains of air above storms tell us about tornadoes below? An...
Ivermectin and COVID
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Space radiation is going to limit how much time people can spend on Mars. How are fish fins both stiff AND flexible? Why are peo...
IVF and Fertility
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Volcanoes may have caused the formation of ancient…. oxygen? Researchers are working on ways to feel sensation from prosthetic...
Hurricanes
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: As if Australia wasn’t scary enough, now the toads are eating each other alive! New ideas for a billion years of geological my...
COVID Vaccines and Fertility
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: We’ve figured out just how tiny mountains on neutron stars can be! Scientists are producing record amounts of energy… with F...
Climate Change and Extreme Weather
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Pterodactyls could probably fly as soon as they were born! How do you keep your heart healthy? Plants! Is climate change causing...
Neurotransmitters
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Mice can control surges of dopamine in their brain in order to get a snack. The CDC is telling everyone to wear masks again… l...
Influencers, Viruses, and Magnets
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Influencers may not be the best way to get information through a social network. We’ve got some news about ancient viruses and...
Homeopathy
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Soon we might be harvesting our sweat for ELECTRICITY! 16,000 poop samples later, we’ve concluded that genes DO affect your gu...
Heat Wave
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Time for Tiny Robot News! An experiment on shorter work weeks has some promising results! And we break down the summer heatwave ...
Lead Poisoning in Ancient Rome
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Do our children’s immune systems suffer because of how clean modern society is? Don’t have a mind’s eye? Your brain may be...
The Gut-Brain Connection
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Turns out stress can make you go gray; and relaxing might be able to reverse it! Astronomers have found where there might be ali...
Is Bitcoin Green?
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Apparently Earth has a pulse! A very, very slow pulse…. Why do some of us doomscroll, and some of us don’t? And our Bitcoin ...
Cancer
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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How Does Bitcoin Work?
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Taking breaks helps your brain learn things! We’ve learned a little more about our immune system’s team of assassins; natur...
Zombie Fires
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Morning waking time seems to be related to risk of depression. Giraffes have high blood pressure, but they don’t seem to care!...
Animal Brains w/ Dr. Niki
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Honeybees are spreading viruses because of cannibalism. Psychadelics might reduce the effects of stress. And we talk to our real...
Ant Farming
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: The future of farming is...wriggly? Scientists force mice to socialize by using MIND CONTROL. Fungus farming ants have mastered ...
Holograms and Space Exploration
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: New evidence in how to maintain long term weight loss! Real Life Holograms like in Star Wars! We revisit NASA’s iconic Voyager...
Secret Science and Invisible Lightning
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Bats in helium fly weird. Invisible lightning is creating invisible, air-cleaning substances! And one of the world's oldest scie...
Your Behavior Can Affect Your DNA
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Can video games lower risk of depression? Physicists didn’t see this one coming! And now we might have to invent new physics t...
Going Back to the Moon
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Scientists have discovered a way to switch genes off and then back on again! Flowers may not be able to count, but we have new i...
Blood Clots and COVID Vaccines
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Neuron repair might hold a key to understanding Alzheimer’s. Can giving kids sugar make their memory bad as adults? And we dig...
Problem Solving Social Creatures
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: If less is more, then why are we always adding more things? Robots! Made of cells! Ants get stressed about quarantine too. Al...
Synesthesia
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: In an epic struggle between plants and insects, one agent has stolen genetic secrets from the other side! Did volcanoes kill the...
Missing Your Mind's Eye
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: New bacteria found on the international space station. Solar canals in California could solve multiple environmental problems si...
Fall is Disappearing
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: A cleverly designed study digs into the effects of small doses of psychedelics. New climate models reveal that by 2100 we may no...
tRNA Gets the Job Done
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: People are driving less during the pandemic, but traffic fatalities are increasing. Some SARS COV 2 variants are figuring out ho...
The Polar Vortex
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Under hundreds of meters of sediment, microbes are thriving thanks to radiation from space. Why were there so few dinosaurs?... ...
Earth's Magnetic Shield
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Dreaming might be critical for learning to be scared of the right things. Earth’s water may have been locally sourced. And mag...
Mars and Perseverance
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: It’s tourism season at the red planet; China and UAE have successfully sent orbiters to Mars. Why do we care so much about wat...
Your Memories Are Wrong
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Life on Venus? Mmmmmmaybe not. An AI learns to play the piano just by watching someone’s hands! Let’s talk about how bad ...
Addiction and the Brain
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Cats love catnip, and mosquitoes hate it! How does COVID get into the brain? And we dig into what happens inside the brains of t...
Why Do We Believe Conspiracies?
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Good news! It seems that public schools are actually helping to prevent COVID transmission! Best practices when combating the s...
Humans Are Causing Climate Change
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: COVID dropped carbon emissions in 2020, but the real climate win lies in what we do next. Millipedes that stop trains in their t...
Animal Science
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, baby Megalodon was Yoooooge.The weird and wonderful genome of the majestic platypus.And scientists debate about a 150 year old ...
New COVID Mutations
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode spiders might be building a tempting oasis to trap their pre. New flexible materials inspired by squids! What we know about the ...
Ancient Roman Fast Food
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode Satellites made out of wood? Bronze Age food trade may have been more global than we thought! Archaeologists found an ancient Ro...
No Science Left Behind in 2020
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, we go back through 2020 to bring you some news items you may have missed: Super detailed photos of the sun! A new sparrow ...
Will the Earth's Magnetic Field Flip?
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: How do we learn it’s better to give than to receive? Have we discovered a new solar system superhighway? If the north po...
Eyes Are Complex
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Scientists are still learning what causes leaves to change color. Evidence for the hypothesis that water is actually two c...
How to Make Protein
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: DeepMind breaks more barriers with their protein-predicting AI AlphaFold. Them scientists at NASA have got MOXIE… and ot...
The Life and Death of Stars
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: AstraZeneca flubbed their vaccine trial… but can we learn something? Once we get a COVID vaccine, immunity may last longer th...
Isotopes and Supernovae
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: How have stars affected our trees? New research makes us question what we know about the gender roles of hunter gatherers....
Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Midnight snacking and your midsection. Newborn baby brains appear to be primed to learn how to read. And everything you ne...
Tokamak Fusion Reactors
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Neurocientists find that political bias affects neural patterns. Turns out there might NOT be life on Venus? Bummer! Tokam...
CRISPR-Cas9
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: We’ve figured out how to teach robots to do the laundry even faster! We found water on the moon….again? So what is C...
Happy Fibonacci Episode!
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
LINKS: ARTICLE: Babies Prefer What They Choose Even When Random ARTICLE: Voyager Spacecraft Detect an Increase in the Density of Space O...
Updates on COVID
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: It’s Nobel Prize time! A serendipitous discovery may mean new treatment options for Type 2 diabetes. It’s time to talk...
Sub-Glacial Lakes Are Amazing
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode: Plastic eating enzymes are helping us improve recycling. Does too many pictures make it too hard to read? And we get to th...
Placebo Effect and Healing with the Mind
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode of All Around Science: Are perfectionist parents likely to be helicopter parents? Thick Martian ice might be harboring dee...
What if the Moon Disappeared?
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode of All Around Science: Scientists have taken a closer look at 66 million years of climate change. Baby animals all grow at...
COVID Vaccine Safety w/ Dr. Paul Offit
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode of All Around Science: Did you hear the news about Venus?!? How to lock away carbon for...ever? And we talk to Dr. Paul ...
Milk and Honey and Pseudoscience
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode of All Around Science: The latest buzz on the hunt for cancer therapies Got Milk? Ancient Bronze Age Warriors sure did! ...
COVID Vaccine Tech
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode of All Around Science: A rose by any other name you might remember is a rose at all. Tiny robots are the result of a breakth...