SciShow Tangents
Episodes
Fungi
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Plants and animals get all the glory, but fungi are out there every day, breaking down leaf litter, making our bread nice and fluffy, and fermenting a...
The Apollo Program
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From 1961 to 1972, thousands of scientists, engineers, mathematicians, seamstresses, pilots, and even a child or two worked on the Apollo Program, col...
Cancer
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Living things are so full of complicated systems of cells and DNA, that things are bound to go wrong. And sometimes when things go wrong, cancer is th...
Natural Disasters
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Natural disasters are a fact of life when you live on a giant ball of water, ice, and rock with a gooey magma center that’s hurtling through space…...
Fossils with Kallie Moore
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Fossils: a profound link to our Earth’s past… some are profound... some are beautiful… some are poop! Kallie Moore, host of PBS Eons joins the T...
Communication with Vanessa Hill
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Birds singing, dogs barking, computers sending and receiving data, you reading this description: at the end of the day, it’s all communication. This...
Digestion
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Everybody eats, and everybody poops, but in between… that’s where the magic happens! This week we’re talking about everyone’s favorite organic...
Messes with Joe Hanson
04 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Be they big or small, purposeful or accidental, innocuous or potentially-planet-destroying, there is no question that humans are great at making messe...
Sleep
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
So,right off the bat, basically all you need to know about this episode is that Hank sings this week's Science Poem. Beyond that, we delve into the et...
Cooking
21 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Every day, billions of people perform vital, life sustaining chemistry right in their homes! Baking, frying, boiling, fermenting… all cooking is sci...
Mars
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From countless stories of little green men to colonization plans and endless rover and satellite missions, humans are sort of obsessed with Mars. One ...
Sound
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We couldn’t make podcasts without the science of sound. There’s a lot of technology involved in capturing the vibrations we’re making with our v...
Mutation with Trace Dominguez
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re joined by Trace Dominguez from the YouTube channel Uno Dos of Trace to talk about genetic mutations! Tiny changes in an organism’...
Agriculture
23 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A bunch of things are considered agricultural science, from planting crops and raising sheep for wool to food safety and developing fertilizers. This ...
Pregnancy
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Pregnancy is, biologically speaking, extremely weird! A pregnant animal’s body goes through so many hormonal and physical changes to make sure a zyg...
Ancient Mega with Blake de Pastino
09 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re joined by Blake de Pastino from the YouTube channel PBS Eons to talk about how plants, animals, and geologic events used to be so…...
Bats
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bats have a bad reputation because of the ones that drink blood or spread disease, but these furry flying critters can be pretty cute! This week, we’...
Charles Darwin
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You might know him from his greatest hits: natural selection, Galápagos finches, and eating lots of the animals he studied… it’s Charles Darwin! ...
Timekeeping
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you think about it, we’re all time travelers moving forward at one second per second… right? This week, we try really hard to define time, get ...
Giant Rodents
12 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When can you start calling a rodent “giant?” When it’s twice the average size of its species? When you’re not grossed out by it? When it could...
Celebrity Science with Elah Feder
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For our very first live show at PodCon 2, we were joined by Elah Feder, the co-host and producer of the podcast Undiscovered! Podcasting on a stage wi...
Bees
26 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever just wonder, “are the bees doing okay?” They’re so important to our food industry and native ecosystems, and every couple of years i...
Artificial Intelligence
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all heard about “The Algorithms” that affect our lives, making decisions for and about us. And artificial intelligence systems are recomme...
The Sun with Caitlin Hofmeister
12 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, our producer Caitlin Hofmeister is joining the pod to talk about the Sun, and lending her expertise as a host of the YouTube channel SciSho...
Stimulants
05 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Are you one of those people who doesn’t feel awake until you have caffeine coursing through your bloodstream? Well, you can choose to ingest some ch...
Flight
29 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
At some point, we’ve all probably looked up at birds and wished we could fly. And some curious people took that wish and did science! From the biolo...
Mucus
22 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mucus grosses people out. Whether it’s coming out of your nose or slime oozing from an animal, it’s not really a pleasant substance. But scientifi...
Dragons
15 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Some small, magical corner of your heart wants dragons to be real, right? Well... sorry. They’re not. But this week, we wanted to celebrate some sci...
Ice and Snow
08 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From sugary snow cones to WWII plans for an aircraft carrier made of ice and wood pulp, humans have had big dreams for frozen water. So this week, we’...
Exercise
01 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A new year means New Year’s resolutions! Lots of people are probably getting their fitness on, whether it’s by joining a gym or putting on yoga Yo...
Parasites with Sally Le Page
25 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re joined by evolutionary biologist and science communicator Dr. Sally LePage to talk all about parasites! How did we deal with them b...
Advertising
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
From website banners to scratch-and-sniff magazine spreads, you’ve probably been the target of thousands of ads. Like, you’re even going to hear o...
Eggs
11 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Eggs have tons of different sizes, textures, and protective shells, from giant ostrich eggs to squishy fish egg clusters. But, scientifically, they al...
Taste
04 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wanted to lick the Moon and find out what that grey dust tastes like? If so, you’re in luck. This week, we’re sampling the science o...
Satellites
27 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What do the Hubble Space Telescope, the International Space Station, and the Moon have in common? They’re all satellites that orbit the Earth! This ...
Flightless Birds
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
With American Thanksgiving around the corner, turkey is on everyone’s mind! So this week, we’re taking a closer look at flightless birds of all sh...
Science Hoaxes
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We’re delving into the complicated world of scientific hoaxes. Some are just goofs that went a little too far, but others have had serious negative ...
Introducing: SciShow Tangents
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing the lightly competitive knowledge showcase from the geniuses behind the YouTube series SciShow. Every Tuesday, join Hank Green, Ceri R...