LeVar Burton presents SOUND DETECTIVES – a funny, engaging, and thought-provoking podcast that invites elementary school-aged kids to explore the magic and mystery of sound. Breaking News – Across the globe, sounds are mysteriously going missing! Waves aren’t crashing, crickets aren’t chirping, and the familiar jingle of the ice cream truck is a distant memory. Follow Detective Hunch (Vinny Thomas) and his new sidekick Audie the Ear (Jess McKenna) as they solve sound mysteries and track down the...
Nov 01, 2023•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Greetings, Science Rules! listeners! Have you ever wondered about the future of lab grown meat? Or what the deal is with GMOs? What about the science behind salting your pasta water? Today, we are sharing a special episode of the food podcast The Sporkful where Bill Nye and Corey S. Powell tackle your food science questions, and talk about their own food quirks. It turns out that Bill is very particular about his Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich, and there’s one thing he won’t tolerate in PB&J p...
Apr 10, 2023•29 min•Ep 148•Transcript available on Metacast More on where this show is going — and when it will come back!
Jun 24, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Science Rules! Presents is a series of science-focused episodes from some of our favorite shows. This week we’re featuring Planetary Radio from the Planetary Society. The Planetary Society has awarded more than 60 Shoemaker near-Earth object grants to astronomers around the world, enabling them to discover, track, and characterize thousands of asteroids. We’ll hear from two of these dedicated observers. The Society’s Rae Paoletta takes us to Venus where three new spacecraft will help answer big ...
Jun 17, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep 147•Transcript available on Metacast The author of Moneyball, The Blind Side, and The Big Short explains why a country with so many experts was so unprepared for this pandemic. (This interview was recorded May 24.)
Jun 15, 2021•30 min•Ep 146•Transcript available on Metacast Science Rules! Presents is a series of science-focused episodes from some of our favorite shows. This week we’re featuring This Podcast Might Kill You’s episode on Coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley fever.
Jun 10, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep 145•Transcript available on Metacast Science Rules! Presents is a series of science-focused episodes from some of our favorite shows. Today Flash Forward takes us to a future where we become immune to every poison, venom, and toxin in the world. What happens next?
Jun 03, 2021•55 min•Ep 144•Transcript available on Metacast Behavioral scientist Katy Milkman explains how simple nudges can make people want to get vaccinated. Also: is this the biggest “fresh start” of all time?
Jun 01, 2021•30 min•Ep 143•Transcript available on Metacast Science Rules! Presents is a series of science-focused episodes from some of our favorite shows. This week we’re featuring Hidden Brain's “Humor Us.” Hahaha! The average four-year-old child laughs 300 times a day. By contrast, it takes more than two months for the average 40-year-old adult to laugh that many times. This week, we talk with behavioral scientist Jennifer Aaker of Stanford University about why so many of us fall off a “humor cliff” as we become adults. Plus, how we can inject more l...
May 27, 2021•54 min•Ep 142•Transcript available on Metacast Science Rules! Presents is a series of science-focused episodes from some of our favorite shows. This week we’re featuring Episode #827 of The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe from May 15, 2021.
May 20, 2021•2 hr 40 min•Ep 141•Transcript available on Metacast We ask Brian Deese — head of the White House National Economic Council — to survey the economic impact of the pandemic and explain how President Biden can make good on his promise to Build Back Better.
May 18, 2021•22 min•Ep 140•Transcript available on Metacast Science Rules! Presents is a series of science-focused episodes from some of our favorite shows. This week we’re featuring 99% Invisible’s “Their Dark Materials.” Vantablack is a pigment that reaches a level of darkness that’s so intense, it’s kind of upsetting. It’s so black it’s like looking at a hole cut out of the universe. If it looks unreal, it’s because Vantablack isn’t actually a color, it’s a form of nanotechnology. It was created by the tech industry for the tech industry, but this str...
May 13, 2021•41 min•Ep 139•Transcript available on Metacast By day, Clifford Johnson is a mild-mannered physicist searching for a Theory of Everything. But in his secret life, he helps slip real science into movies like Avengers: Endgame .
May 06, 2021•57 min•Ep 90•Transcript available on Metacast The World Health Organization has a long to-do list: address outbreaks in India and South America, distribute vaccines around the globe, and prevent the emergence of the next pandemic. Dr. Bruce Aylward explains how they intend to do it all.
May 04, 2021•22 min•Ep 137•Transcript available on Metacast From the depths of the ocean to the voids of outer space, maps matter. That's the motto of Kathryn Sullivan — astronaut, oceanographer, and former head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Jack Dangermond, founder of the mapping software company Esri, joins her to explain the science of “where.”
Apr 29, 2021•48 min•Ep 89•Transcript available on Metacast A brief update from your friends at Science Rules! Coronavirus Edition .
Apr 27, 2021•2 min•Ep 135•Transcript available on Metacast It’s a 4/20 special! The head of one of the few labs doing placebo-controlled research on cannabis joins us to blow up everything you thought you knew about weed withdrawal, medical marijuana, the munchies, and why there will never be a breathalyzer for bud.
Apr 20, 2021•54 min•Ep 88•Transcript available on Metacast The basketball legend is teaching kids from all over Los Angeles a different kind of hook-then-look shot. He wants students to get hooked on science, then come to camp and observe their environment both in the forest and in the sky.
Apr 15, 2021•36 min•Ep 87•Transcript available on Metacast The head veterinarian of the Wildlife Conservation Society explains how animals infect humans — and vice versa.
Apr 13, 2021•25 min•Ep 132•Transcript available on Metacast The food industry is a wasteland for innovation, or so says Pat Brown. The founder of Impossible Foods explains how animal agriculture wrecks our environment, how chemistry can trick our taste buds, and when we might see Impossible Bacon on our breakfast tables.
Apr 08, 2021•47 min•Ep 86•Transcript available on Metacast A leader of NASA's Mars Perseverance rover team explains what we've learned about the red planet since the rover landed and lays out the mission to find — and return — evidence of life. Plus, acronyms galore!
Apr 01, 2021•44 min•Ep 85•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Igor Koralnik explains his research on the neurological impacts of Covid-19, especially with non-severe cases.
Mar 30, 2021•27 min•Ep 129•Transcript available on Metacast Harold McGee changed the culinary world in the ’80s with his book on the science of cooking. His new book moves up the face to the nose, breaking down the molecules that make up all the smells around us. He explains why some scents echo each other, how dogs can sniff out cancer, and what happens when a coronavirus takes away your sense of smell.
Mar 25, 2021•48 min•Ep 84•Transcript available on Metacast The chemicals we rely on for practically everything are slowly threatening our health, happiness, and the future of our species. Dr. Shanna Swan walks us through the evidence.
Mar 18, 2021•52 min•Ep 83•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee takes us through his investigation into why low-income countries seem to have largely escaped the pandemic’s wrath — and why they still need to get vaccines.
Mar 16, 2021•24 min•Ep 126•Transcript available on Metacast * But didn't know to ask. Rebecca Wragg Sykes will also tell us about the art, language, and mysterious extinction of our brawny cousins.
Mar 11, 2021•58 min•Ep 82•Transcript available on Metacast As the first National Climate Advisor, Gina McCarthy may have the most important — and toughest — unelected job in America. So ... how’s that going?
Mar 04, 2021•36 min•Ep 81•Transcript available on Metacast Sociologist Zeynep Tufekci takes news outlets to task for how our coverage has hindered the response to COVID-19 and explains why no matter what variant is going around your community, you should still get a vaccine — any of them — as soon as you are eligible.
Mar 02, 2021•29 min•Ep 123•Transcript available on Metacast Gillian Jacobs ( Community , Love ) and Diona Reasonover ( NCIS ) get back in touch with their science roots and turn the tables on us in a new segment, Grill Bill and Query Corey! Check out Gillian and Diona's new podcast Periodic Talks and subscribe here: https://link.chtbl.com/PeriodicTalks
Feb 25, 2021•45 min•Ep 80•Transcript available on Metacast How does exercise work? Should all runners go barefoot? And is sitting really the new smoking? Daniel Lieberman shines some science on common exercise myths.
Feb 18, 2021•1 hr•Ep 79•Transcript available on Metacast 
