On today’s episode: Bats in helium fly weird. Invisible lightning is creating invisible, air-cleaning substances! And one of the world's oldest science experiments involves secret treasure maps! All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: Researchers raise bats in helium-rich air to check how they sense sound ARTICLE: Lightning and subvisible discharges produce molecules that clean the atmosphere ARTICLE: One of the World's Oldest Science Experiments Comes Up From the Dirt THE...
May 10, 2021•47 min•Ep. 36
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 to explain it. And we dig into how your cells pull strings to change gene expression! All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: Boys who play video games have lower depression risk ARTICLE: Elusive particle may point to undiscovered physics THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Host...
May 03, 2021•48 min•Ep. 35
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 insight into why their growth tends to follow the Fibonacci sequence. And finally… buckle up… we’re going to the moon! All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: A CRISPR Genetic On-Off Switch ARTICLE: Researchers determine why the spirals in gerbera inflorescences follow the Fibonacci sequence THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://t...
Apr 26, 2021•51 min•Ep. 34
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 into the connection between COVID vaccines and blood clots. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: How brain cells repair their DNA reveals "hot spots" of aging and disease ARTICLE: Sugar not so nice for your child's brain development, study suggests THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewalle...
Apr 19, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 33
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. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: When asked to fix something, we don't even think of removing parts ARTICLE: Scientists Create the Next Generation of Living Robots ARTICLE: Xenobots 2.0: These Living Robots Elf-Assemble From Frog Skin Cells ARTICLE: Ant responses to social isolation resemble those in humans THEME MUSIC by And...
Apr 12, 2021•42 min•Ep. 32
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 dinosaurs? Can you see music and taste words? You might have synesthesia! All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: Whitefly hijacks a plant detoxification gene that neutralizes plant toxins ARTICLE: Plant gene found in insect, shields it from leaf toxins ARTICLE: Did volcanoes kill the dinosaurs? New research says no THEME MUSI...
Apr 07, 2021•56 min•Ep. 31
On today’s episode: New bacteria found on the international space station. Solar canals in California could solve multiple environmental problems simultaneously. Can you see a sunset in your mind? Don’t take it for granted, because not everyone can! All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: New strains of bacteria found on the international space station ARTICLE: New analysis shows potential for 'solar canals' in California ARTICLE: I ain't afraid of no ghosts: People with m...
Mar 29, 2021•51 min•Ep. 30
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 not be eating deep fried oreos on ferris wheels anymore! And we explore the effects of shrinking arctic ice on the resilient underdogs of arctic ecosystems. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: Traces of psychedelics make you feel good, but so does placebo, finds unusual 'self-blinding' study ARTICLE: Northern hemisphere sum...
Mar 22, 2021•50 min•Ep. 29
On today’s episode: People are driving less during the pandemic, but traffic fatalities are increasing. Some SARS COV 2 variants are figuring out how to dodge our immune response, and mRNA has been hogging the biological spotlight… let’s talk about tRNA... All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: U.S. Traffic Deaths Spiked in 2020, Even as People Stayed Off the Road ARTICLE: New Study of Coronavirus Variants Predicts Virus Evolving to Escape Current Vaccines, Treatments A...
Mar 15, 2021•46 min•Ep. 28
On today’s episode: Under hundreds of meters of sediment, microbes are thriving thanks to radiation from space. Why were there so few dinosaurs?... Teenagers… Worried about the polar vortex? Wait until you hear about sudden stratospheric warming! All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: URI researchers: Microbes deep beneath seafloor survive on byproducts of radioactive process ARTICLE: Did teenage 'tyrants' outcompete other dinosaurs? ARTICLE: On the sudden stratospheric w...
Mar 08, 2021•47 min•Ep. 27
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 magnetic field reversals might be leading to mass extinctions! All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: Sleep is vital to associating emotion with memory, study finds ARTICLE: The Milky Way may be swarming with planets with oceans and continents like here on Earth ARTICLE: A magnetic field reversal 42,000 years ago may have contribut...
Mar 01, 2021•44 min•Ep. 26
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 water on Mars? The Perseverance rover is an incredible instrument of interplanetary science! All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: China launches ambitious Tianwen-1 Mars rover mission ARTICLE: Spectacular video released from China's first Mars mission - Spaceflight Now THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL ...
Feb 22, 2021•54 min•Ep. 25
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 your memory really is. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: Scientific community on report of a strange chemical at Venus: Probably not ARTICLE: 'Audeo' teaches artificial intelligence to play piano THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
Feb 15, 2021•52 min•Ep. 24
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 those suffering from addiction. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: Why cats are crazy for catnip ARTICLE: COVID-19 virus enters the brain, research strongly suggests ARTICLE: Understanding Addiction | Harvard Health READING: The Neurobiology of Substance Use, Misuse, and Addiction THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter...
Feb 08, 2021•46 min•Ep. 23
On today’s episode: Good news! It seems that public schools are actually helping to prevent COVID transmission! Best practices when combating the spread of fake news on social media. And what is “motivated reasoning” and how does it lead to conspiracy thinking? All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: Basic pandemic safety limits spread in schools ARTICLE: To combat false news, correct after reading | MIT THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://a...
Feb 01, 2021•50 min•Ep. 22
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 tracks! And the science behind how we know that humans are changing Earth’s climate. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: COVID curbed carbon emissions in 2020 -- but not by much ARTICLE: Coronavirus: Tracking how the world's 'green recovery' plans aim to cut emissions ARTICLE: Mystery of massive, train-stopping millipede swa...
Jan 25, 2021•50 min•Ep. 21
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 rule about animals. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: Newborn megalodon sharks were larger than most adult humans. ARTICLE: How Earth's oddest mammal got to be so bizarre. ARTICLE: Will climate change make animals darker -- or lighter? THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com...
Jan 18, 2021•43 min•Ep. 20
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 UK and South African SARS CoV 2 variants All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: These spiders may sew leaves into fake shelters to lure frogs to their doom ARTICLE: 3D-printed smart gel changes shape when exposed to light ARTICLE: SARS-CoV-2 Variants THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewalle...
Jan 11, 2021•51 min•Ep. 19
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 Roman fast food restaurant! All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: Japan developing wooden satellites to cut space junk ARTICLE: The aroma of distant worlds ARTICLE: Archaeologists excavate ancient Roman takeout counter at Pompeii THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on A...
Jan 04, 2021•53 min•Ep. 18
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 song has gone viral in Canada! Mars has Marsquakes! And a way to translate thoughts directly into text. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: See the most detailed photos of the sun ever taken ARTICLE: A 'Viral' New Bird Song in Canada is Causing Sparrows to Change Their Tune ARTICLE: NASA's robot that's exploring Mars has detected...
Dec 28, 2020•47 min•Ep. 17
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 pole moves, does that mean Santa has to move too? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: Is It Better to Give Than Receive? ARTICLE: Fast Superhighway Through the Solar System Discovered THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 21, 2020•50 min•Ep. 16
On today’s episode: Scientists are still learning what causes leaves to change color. Evidence for the hypothesis that water is actually two coexisting liquids! Eyeballs are really neat! All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: Which factors trigger leaf die-off in Autumn? ARTICLE: Two liquids of water exist THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 14, 2020•51 min•Ep. 15
On today’s episode: DeepMind breaks more barriers with their protein-predicting AI AlphaFold. Them scientists at NASA have got MOXIE… and other ways to get oxygen too. And how to make a protein! All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: 'It will change everything': DeepMind's AI makes gigantic leap in solving protein structures ARTICLE: Mars' underground brine could be a good source of oxygen THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmu...
Dec 07, 2020•48 min•Ep. 14
On today’s episode: AstraZeneca flubbed their vaccine trial… but can we learn something? Once we get a COVID vaccine, immunity may last longer than we originally expected. The story of a star: from birth to black hole. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: AstraZeneca's best COVID vaccine result was a fluke. Experts have uestions ARTICLE: Immunity to the Coronavirus May Last Years, New Data Hint THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrew...
Nov 30, 2020•51 min•Ep. 13
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. What are isotopes and why do they matter? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: Tree rings may hold clues to impacts of distant supernovae on Earth ARTICLE: Early big-game hunters of the Americas were female, researchers suggest THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Ac...
Nov 23, 2020•42 min•Ep. 12
On today’s episode: Midnight snacking and your midsection. Newborn baby brains appear to be primed to learn how to read. And everything you need to know about that new Pfizer vaccine everyone’s talking about. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: Squeezing most of your calories in early doesn't impact weight loss ARTICLE: Humans are born with brains 'prewired' to see words Pfizer press release THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewal...
Nov 16, 2020•44 min•Ep. 11
On today’s episode: Neurocientists find that political bias affects neural patterns. Turns out there might NOT be life on Venus? Bummer! Tokamaks! Weird birds? Halloween costume? Fusion reactor? What are they? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: Hot-button words trigger conservatives and liberals differently ARTICLE: Doubts over a 'possible sign of life' on Venus show how science works Further reading on Hydrogen Plasma THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com...
Nov 09, 2020•45 min•Ep. 10
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 CRISPR-Cas9 anyway? How does it work? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: Dog training methods help researchers teach robots to learn new tricks ARTICLE: NASA's SOFIA Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of Moon THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
Nov 02, 2020•44 min•Ep. 9
LINKS: ARTICLE: Babies Prefer What They Choose Even When Random ARTICLE: Voyager Spacecraft Detect an Increase in the Density of Space Outside the Solar System Vihart's Fibonacci Videos Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Numberphile - The Golden Ratio (why it is so irrational) THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 26, 2020•39 min•Ep. 8
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 about COVID being airborne. All that and more today on All Around Science… LINKS: ARTICLE: Herd Immunity - A Rough Guide ARTICLE: Nobel Prize Annoucement ARTICLE: Remote control of blood sugar: Electromagnetic fields treat diabetes in animal models LETTER: Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 ARTICLE: Assessment and Comparison of different mask types List of a...
Oct 19, 2020•56 min•Ep. 7
