On today’s episode: Gladiators in Britain! Why are things the color that they are? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Study reveals skeletal evidence of Roman gladiator bitten by lion in combat - News and events, University of York 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....
May 19, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 246
On today’s episode: Neanderthals weren’t as dumb as you thought! And we catch up on listener questions! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Neanderthals invented their own bone weapon technology by 80,000 years ago Zolpidem - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf . 2-Minute Neuroscience: Zolpidem (Ambien) Beat Jet Lag with These Insider Tips | U30X How to Fall Asleep on an Airplane Health and Wellness: How Private Jets Ensure Passenger Wellbeing - Blog - The Aviation Factory CREDIT...
May 12, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 245
On today’s episode: We revisit an old favorite episode from back in 2021 about eel sex, and include some updates on what scientists have learned about this mysterious phenomenon in the past four years. 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....
May 05, 2025•36 min•Ep. 244
On today’s episode: Lemurs. They’re cute. They’re fuzzy. They’re huge bullies. Dogs and cats, living together, with humans… how did that even happen? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES How Changes in Lemur Brains Made Some Mean Girls Nice - Research Blog Stone Age dog skeleton hints at complex early relationship with pets The Evolution of House Cats Did cult sacrifices in ancient Egypt give rise to the cat? CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Book...
Apr 28, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 243
On today’s episode: How good are you at spotting an AI voice? Probably not as good as you think. Is boredom good for you? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES People are really bad at spotting AI-generated deepfake voices | New Scientist Is boredom a source of noise and/or a confound in behavioral science research? https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10342197/#s5 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4330241/ https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fapl00011...
Apr 21, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 242
On today’s episode: Scientists mapped out half a billion connections in section of brain the size of a grain of sand. Can you treat PMS with placebos? Some scientists tried to find out. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Scientists complete largest wiring diagram and functional map of the brain to date - Allen Institute Efficacy of open-label placebos for premenstrual syndrome: a randomised controlled trial | BMJ Placebo pills found to significantly reduce premenstrual sy...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 241
On today’s episode: Scientists can now grow the flesh of one potato with the skin of another potato. Which organs can you live without? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Plant skin grafts could result in new kinds of vegetables https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18265855/ https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical/your-appendix-may-not-be-useless-after-all CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen htt...
Apr 07, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 240
On today’s episode: Do birds experience road rage? Time. It’s not just made up. It’s a real thing. And I’m going to tell you how. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES 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 31, 2025•55 min•Ep. 239
On today’s episode: A new technique for growing human muscle tissue for robotic limbs. We head on down to the factory for a fresh, juicy, lab grown burger! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES A “biohybrid” robotic hand built using real human muscle cells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNlnSMe8imo&ab_channel=CNBCInternational https://www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/lab-grown-meat-carbon-footprint-worse-beef https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.04.21.537778v1.full.pdf...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 238
On today’s episode: Whale poop and pee is more important than you might think! Um… What? Huh? And lots of other examples of why my public speaking teacher was wrong. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Discovery: The Great Whale Pee Funnel Huh? The valuable role of interjections Speech interjections aren’t throwaway lines Is “Huh?” a Universal Word? Conversational Infrastructure and the Convergent Evolution of Linguistic Items Listeners as co-narrators | APA PsycNet CREDIT...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 237
On today’s episode: Social media is making us sweat. And let’s talk about endometriosis. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES How our bodies react when we use social media – and when we stop Worldwide Daily Social Media Usage (New 2024 Data) https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/endometriosis-is-common-and-debilitating-why-do-we-know-so-little-about-it/ https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2022/cancer-lymph-nodes-metastasis#:~:text=Inside%2C%20immune%2...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 236
On today’s episode: Your brain is telling you that you have room for one more cookie. Did you know that plants have an immune system? Well I didn’t! So let’s learn about it! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES The Brain Perceives Unexpected Pain More Strongly | Research News - University of Tsukuba Dessert stomach emerges in the brain How plant immune systems protect them from disease - Jonathan Jones | YouTube Introduction to Plant-Pathogen Interactions | YouTube CREDITS:...
Mar 03, 2025•56 min•Ep. 235
On today’s episode: Let’s talk about this asteroid that might be headed toward Earth. And we talk about the science and pseudoscience of the alkaline diet. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES 2024 YR4 | NASA Dietary acid load in health and disease - PMC The role of the kidney in acid-base balance - renal physiology https://www.livescience.com/health/food-diet/what-is-alkaline-water-and-does-it-have-any-benefits Dietary acid load: Mechanisms and evidence of its health reper...
Feb 24, 2025•56 min•Ep. 234
On today’s episode: A bunch of PRIME questions from listeners! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/news/how-are-animal-matches-made-zoo https://www.aza.org/species-survival-plan-programs https://www.cmzoo.org/news/archive/all-about-species-survival-plans-matchmaking-in-the-zoo-animal-kingdom/ https://www.epa.gov/pfas/our-current-understanding-human-health-and-environmental-risks-pfas https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/ser...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 233
On today’s episode: A new type of non-opioid painkiller has been approved by the FDA. What causes tonsillitis? And why do some people have to get their tonsils removed? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Tonsil | Wikipedia Tonsils | Clinical Anatomy | YouTube Tonsillitis | Khan Academy Inflammatory Response | Khan Academy Tonsillectomy Indications and Complications | Science Based Medicine Association of Long-Term Risk of Respiratory, Allergic, and Infectious Diseases Wit...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 232
On today’s episode: The FDA banned red dye #3 in the US… but should they have? And the asteroid Bennu has incredible new clues about the origin of life. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES FDA Announcement Why Did the FDA Ban Red Dye No. 3 | Science Based Medicine NASA's Asteroid Bennu Sample Reveals Mix of Life's Ingredients CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL...
Feb 03, 2025•49 min•Ep. 231
On today’s episode: Sleeping pills might be gunking up your brain. And we revisit a conversation about societal perceptions of science. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Sleeping pills stop the brain's system for cleaning out waste 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....
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 230
On today’s episode: Gene evidence from Iron Age Britain points to a much more female-centered society. Astronomers talk all about Dark Energy… but a new model proposes that maybe it’s not even real! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on women - News & Events | Trinity College Dublin Cosmological foundations revisited with Pantheon+ CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrad...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 229
On today’s episode: Perseverance is leaving samples all over the surface of Mars. Will we ever get them back? Maybe? Hopefully? Babies! What’s their deal? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES NASA defers decision on Mars Sample Return to the Trump administration https://atlanticeyeinstitute.com/eye-color-physics-or-genetics/ https://www.ophthalmology24.com/baby-eye-color-change#:~:text=Beyond%20genetic%20traits%2C%20eye%20color,deposition%2C%20prolonging%20lighter%20eye%20c...
Jan 13, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 228
On today’s episode: Can we cross the uncanny valley? Time to clean out the listener mailbag and answer some of your questions! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Crossing the Uncanny Valley: Breakthrough in technology for lifelike facial expressions in androids - ResOU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQm5RCz9Pxc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallowing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC6CrUZcW-A JPL - Custom Orbit Visualization Tool CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger ...
Jan 06, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 227
On today’s episode: There’s been a huge breakthrough in HIV prevention. Move over, oxytocin, there’s a new love hormone in town! Scientists may have figured out a way to reverse the effects of lupus. This worm’s remarkable eyes may change how we envision sight. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES HIV Drug Breakthrough Science confirms it: Love leaves a mark on your brain | CU Boulder Today Scientists discover a cause of lupus and a possible way to reverse it Mediterranean ...
Dec 30, 2024•52 min•Ep. 226
On today’s episode: We may have gotten all of our Neanderthal DNA from a single, short-lived rendezvous. And we look into the psychology of holiday beliefs. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Studies pin down exactly when humans and Neanderthals swapped DNA https://liberalarts.mercer.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/07/SharonTWoolleyJD2004.pdf https://uva.theopenscholar.com/files/early-development-lab/files/the_effect_of_realistic_8.pdf?preview=true https://pubmed.ncbi...
Dec 23, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 225
On today’s episode: Good news for electric vehicle owners; your batteries will last much longer than we thought! Is AI becoming more deceptive in an effort to keep itself from being deleted? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Existing EV batteries may last up to 40% longer than expected | Stanford Report Is It Bad to Charge an Electric Vehicle to 100%? OpenAI o1 System Card Specific Gaming Examples in AI OpenAI o1 explained: Everything you need to know | Tech Target OpenA...
Dec 16, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 224
On today’s episode:It turns out that it doesn’t matter whether it’s true or not… your uncle is still going to share that weird article he found. And we once again explore the Drake equation; could intelligent life be out there? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES People will share misinformation that sparks “moral outrage” https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-we-probably-wont-find-aliens-anytime-soon/ https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/technosignatures-and-the-se...
Dec 09, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 223
On today’s episode: Pandrug-resistant bacteria might be better at causing disease than we thought. Why do we cry? It doesn’t seem to be very useful… or does it? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Pandrug-resistant bacteria from the war in Ukraine are extremely pathogenic | Lund University https://time.com/4254089/science-crying/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/43714978 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28831948/ https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/09/07/curious-behvaior-provin...
Dec 02, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 222
On today’s episode: Sitting or standing at work… which one is healthier? We examine the first three variables in the Drake equation. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Are standing desks good for you? The answer is getting clearer. https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/53/6/dyae136/7822310?login=false https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33813968/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Fkvtr2z8M&ab_channel=SETIInstitute https://www.livescience.com/space/exoplanets/there-may-be-h...
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 221
On today’s episode: Will Chonkus help save the climate? Dirt. What is it made of? And how did it get there? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/service/press/single-view/erster-bernsteinfund-auf-antarktischem-kontinent.html Meet Chonkus, the mutant cyanobacteria that could help sink climate change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udseIcrUxvA&t=25s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil#Horizons https://iastate.pressbooks.pub/introsoilscience/c...
Nov 18, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 220
On today’s episode: Terror birds are bigger than we thought they were. And we talk about where hot springs come from! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Fossil of huge terror bird offers new information about wildlife in South America 12 million years ago https://study.com/academy/lesson/video/springs-definition-formation-types.html https://hotspringslocator.com/mineral-hot-spring-types https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUA39d3_y_o&ab_channel=BBCEarthKids https://www.ja...
Nov 11, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 219
On today’s episode: How do you satiate your curiosity? Social distancing may have helped ancient cities thrive. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Study reveals three ways to disappear down a Wikipedia rabbit hole Socially distanced layout of the world’s oldest cities helped early civilization evade diseases CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewall...
Nov 04, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 218
On today’s episode: Halloween candy is upsetting the delicate ecosystem in your gut! Do our stories of monsters have roots in real illnesses? All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Halloween candy binges can overload your gut microbiome – a gut doctor explains how to minimize spooking your helpful bacteria https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/vampire-grave-found-in-poland https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/130715-vampire-archaeology-burial-exorcism-anthropol...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 217
