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... CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 08, 2026•56 min•Ep. 297
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... CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 01, 2026•55 min•Ep. 296
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 | LibreTexts Physics THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
May 25, 2026•1 hr•Ep. 295
On today’s episode: There’s a new device that smells your farts. Bloated whales, lying in, and grey hair: It’s a mailbag episode! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Smart underwear detects lactose intolerance by tracking your farts | New Scientist https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/11/29/scientists-discover-secret-to-waking-up-alert-and-refreshed/ https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/9/1912?ref=godgaveus.com https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7305793/ https://www.mdpi.com/...
May 18, 2026•51 min•Ep. 294
On today’s episode: What do we really know about the effect of using ChatGPT in the classroom? Electric vehicle technology has changed a lot over the past five years. Is it worth it yet? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags - Ars Technica https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-went-methodologically-wrong-chatgpt-education-ilkka-tuomi-den0f/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04787-y Are Electric Ve...
May 11, 2026•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 293
On today’s episode: Everyone in hospital dramas always has sepsis! But maybe not much longer if these researchers have anything to say about it. And we talk about a beautiful infographic about the building blocks of our universe: the periodic table of elements. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES A whole new way to prevent death from sepsis shows promise | New Scientist https://chem-textbook.ucalgary.ca/version2/review-of-background-topics/measurements-and-data/measurement...
May 04, 2026•59 min•Ep. 292
On today’s episode: Bruce has no upper beak and complete authority over his circus. I built a deck in the middle of a drought! What is a drought? And why are we having one? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Meet Bruce, the "beak-jousting" parrot - Ars Technica Florida is facing its most intense drought in 15 years. Here's how it got so bad and how long it will last. | Live Science U.S. Drought Monitor Is High Pressure Always Warm Air? | The Weather Guys CREDITS: Writing ...
Apr 27, 2026•36 min•Ep. 291
On today’s episode: The second part of our chat about the amazingly successful journey that Integrity just went on with the Artemis 2 mission. CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 20, 2026•59 min•Ep. 290
On today’s episode: We have a chat about the amazingly successful journey that Integrity just went on with the Artemis 2 mission. CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 18, 2026•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 289
On today’s episode: AI data centers are really hot right now! What is an instinct, anyway? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES AI data centres can warm surrounding areas by up to 9.1°C | New Scientist https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_instinct Development evolving:The origins and meanings of instinct - PMC https://www.britannica.com/topic/instinct https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/psychology/instinct-theory https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-00569-017 https:...
Apr 08, 2026•55 min•Ep. 288
On today’s episode: Bee vitamins! Like, for bees! We’re running out of water in the ground. How can we get it back? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Saving bees with ‘superfoods’: new engineered supplement found to boost colony reproduction | University of Oxford Engineered yeast provides rare but essential pollen sterols for honeybees | Nature A Bit of Good News: It’s Possible to Turn Around A Groundwater Crisis | Ars Technica Ground Water Atlas of the United States | ...
Mar 31, 2026•59 min•Ep. 287
On today’s episode: It might be time to sleep in separate beds. We talk about how our very own Bobby Frankenburger discovered his passion for science. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Your partner may wake you up six times a night – but does it matter? | New Scientist CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Mar 23, 2026•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 286
On today’s episode: What makes a stable star start to flicker wildly? Electrons are really a lot slower than you think they are. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES UW astronomers collect rare evidence of two planets colliding CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 16, 2026•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 285
On today’s episode: There’s a new ant species that is all queens. We answer listener questions about hair! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Artemis III not going to the moon Every ant is a queen in this parasitic species — and they reproduce by cloning themselves and hijacking other ant colonies | Live Science https://elifesciences.org/articles/76911 https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230310-why-dont-humans-have-fur https://www.cbhs.com.au/mind-and-body/blog/why-men-a...
Mar 09, 2026•59 min•Ep. 284
On today’s episode: Worried about heart attacks? Try oatmeal! And we reach into the mailbag again and answer your questions about boomerangs and airpods. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level — University of Bonn https://www.healthline.com/health/hdl-vs-ldl-cholesterol#hdl-vs-ldl Air Quality Index (AQI) Basics | AirNow Technical Assistance Document for the Reporting of Daily Air Quality – the Air Quality Index (AQI) | EPA CREDITS:...
Mar 02, 2026•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 283
On today’s episode: Elephants have whiskers too! And we talk about the science of burnout. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Unique structure of elephant whiskers give them built-in sensing “intelligence” | Ars Technica https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=FI2ADwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR3&ots=oD06mQ3Vvm&sig=wexUiegvScQl-GIWZqVQaWs8hBM#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.scribd.com/document/685389638/Maslach-burnout-Inventory-Standardized-Quest...
Feb 23, 2026•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 282
On today’s episode: A new milestone for the Perseverance rover! There’s some promising research into how psychedelics could help treat PTSD All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES NASA’s Perseverance Rover Completes First AI-Planned Drive on Mars | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) . Psychedelics may rewire the brain to treat PTSD. Scientists are finally beginning to understand how. | Live Science Psychedelic drug ayahuasca could treat PTSD, early studies hint. But exactly ...
Feb 16, 2026•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 281
On today’s episode: Want to smell a mummy being embalmed!? Well now you can! How, exactly, do you launch a rocket? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Nasal spray could prevent infections from any flu strain | New Scientist Museums incorporate “scent of the afterlife” into Egyptian exhibits | Ars Technica https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/01/31/countdown-begins-for-artemis-ii-wet-dress-rehearsal/ CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking -...
Feb 09, 2026•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 280
On today’s episode: There’s news on the long term effects of the keto diet, and it’s not great. We go on an archaeological journey to learn about some old wooden tools. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES https://news.med.virginia.edu/research/scientists-reveal-how-ketogenic-diet-protects-against-seizures-when-drugs-fail/ https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/fatty-liver-disease-masld/symptoms-causes/syc-20354567 https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-hea...
Feb 02, 2026•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 279
On today’s episode: Cows are using tools now? And we sit down with Logan Larson for a discussion on the science of coaching. All that and more today on All Around Science... Logan's Coaching Website: https://www.powerfulclarity.com/ RESOURCES Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow | Ars Technica https://coachingfederation.org/ CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.co...
Jan 26, 2026•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 278
On today’s episode: How do marine darkwaves affect seafloor ecosystems? Electrons and wave-particle duality and uncertainty… it’s time to get quantum. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-03023-4 Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle Explained | Veritasium - YouTube This Model Explains WHY Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle Happens | Astrum - YouTube The Uncertainty Principle is NOT About “Uncertainty” | The Science Asylum - YouTube B...
Jan 19, 2026•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 277
On today’s episode: Finally some good news for science in the United States! Light pollution is making our cities brighter and stars dimmer. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Under anti-vaccine RFK Jr., CDC slashes childhood vaccine schedule | Ars Technica Appeals court agrees that Congress blocked cuts to research costs | Ars Technica NASA’s science budget won’t be a train wreck after all | Ars Technica https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/behavioural-ecology-ec...
Jan 12, 2026•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 276
On today’s episode: How to increase your chances of succeeding at this year’s resolution. And we talk about procrastination… or… I dunno… maybe we’ll do something else… All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Framing New Year’s Resolutions: Lessons From Science And Leadership A large-scale experiment on New Year’s resolutions: Approach-oriented goals are more successful than avoidance-oriented goals | PLOS One Why procrastination isn’t laziness – it’s rigid thinking that your ...
Jan 05, 2026•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 275
On today’s episode: This year’s been big for advances in cancer vaccines! Good chocolate might be all about the right bacteria. If you DON’T think bats are terrifying animals… you just wait… We didn’t invent booze, and we’re not the only species consuming it. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/progress-cancer-vaccines-really https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-vaccine-pancreatic-cancer.html https://ufhealth.org/news/2025/surpri...
Dec 29, 2025•56 min•Ep. 274
On today’s episode: Could long COVID be caused by reviving latent infections? Food allergies in children have been decreasing… but why? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Could Hidden Infections Be Fueling Long COVID? | Rutgers University . Guidelines for Early Food Introduction and Patterns of Food Allergy | American Academy of Pediatrics Randomized Trial of Peanut Consumption in Infants at Risk for Peanut Allergy | NEJM Common loss-of-function variants of the epidermal ...
Dec 22, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 273
On today’s episode: Scientists found sugar on space rocks! If you think no one knows how to chew right, you might have misophonia. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Sugars, ‘Gum,’ Stardust Found in NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Samples https://www.soquiet.org/misophonia-survey https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9180704/ https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2022.841816/full https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6034066/ CREDITS: Writin...
Dec 15, 2025•58 min•Ep. 272
On today’s episode: Maybe a kid could make a painting like that. But maybe you couldn’t. We talk to Dr. Niki Ackermans about the science and history of headbutting and brain injury. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES 20 GeV halo-like excess of the Galactic diffuse emission and implications for dark matter annihilation | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Study: Kids’ drip paintings more like Pollock’s than those of adults - Ars Technica A history of thought on...
Dec 08, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 271
On today’s episode: Tiny drug robots! We learn about the history of artificial blood. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Tiny robots swim through blood, deliver drugs — and then dissolve Teeny robots could deliver drugs to specific spots - Futurity https://www.nature.com/articles/s44303-024-00007-5 What Do Blood Cells Do? First-in-human phase 1 trial of hemoglobin vesicles as artificial red blood cells developed for use as a transfusion alternative | NIH Artificial Blood ...
Dec 01, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 270
On today’s episode: Sometimes a comet is just a comet. We look into why Canada has lost its measles elimination status. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES What we know about Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS | The Planetary Society Comet 3I/ATLAS | NASA https://www.alberta.ca/measles https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/3/why-is-measles-spreading-in-canada-mexico-and-the-us https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-s-measles-outbreaks-surpass-case-counts-reported-for-ent...
Nov 24, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 269
On today’s episode: Bobby learned about a fantastic musical podcast about climate change and woodland nymphs that he thinks you'll enjoy. Take a listen, it'll be worth your time for sure. METRA CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 17, 2025•22 min
