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A weekly podcast by two huge science fans discussing what’s new and interesting in science! Science is our window into incredible worlds, from impossibly small atoms to impossibly distant stars. We want to use it to discover as much as possible, and share it with you every week.
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Can Animals Be Warm AND Cold Blooded?
On today’s episode: Clear and concise science headlines help readers to avoid being misled. And we talk about how animals stay warm and keep cool. All that and more today on All Around Science...
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Researcher steps on deadly vipers 40,000 times to better predict snakebites | Science https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2314091121 First ‘warm-blooded’ dinosaurs may have emerged 180 million years ago | UCL News Were Dinosaurs Warm-Blooded? | Discover Magazine Why Dinosaurs Were Like Tuna, Great Whites, and Echidnas Leatherback Sea Turtle | National Wildlife Federation https://www.britannica.com/science/dormancy/Dormancy-in-cold-blooded-vertebrates#ref1121981 https://www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/types-of-hibernation https://www.nature.com/articles/s41684-018-0218-1 https://science.uq.edu.au/article/2021/12/warm-bodied-ties-between-mammals-and-birds-more-ancient-previously-recognised Evidence for mesothermy in dinosaurs | Science https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2939168/ https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/8/jeb247781/346529 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20807394/ https://www.studysmarter.co.uk/explanations/biology/ecology/endotherm-vs-ectotherm/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37990562/ CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
http://andrewallenmusic.com -
The Danger of the Northern Lights
On today’s episode: What happens when mice eat a ketogenic diet mostly consisting of Crisco? What causes the northern lights? And why does everyone keep talking about how much damage they can do? All that and more today on All Around Science...
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How do you pronounce “hockey”? US players say it with “fake Canadian” accent. | Ars Technica https://theconversation.com/solar-storm-knocks-out-farmers-high-tech-tractors-an-electrical-engineer-explains-how-a-larger-storm-could-take-down-the-power-grid-and-the-internet-177982 https://www.space.com/aurora-colors-explained https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/images/NOAAscales.pdf https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/help/the-kp-index.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/us/solar-storm-tractor-break-nebraska.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_2024_solar_storms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyake_event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
http://andrewallenmusic.com -
The Autistic Brain w/ Dr. Rajesh Kana
On today’s episode: Trying to be a perfect parent might actually make you…a worse parent. Storing energy from the grid using mechanical batteries. All that and more today on All Around Science...
Dr. Kana's Reading Intervention and Brain Study
Dr. Kana’s Reading Intervention and Brain Study (BrainREAD) is recruiting autistic and non-autistic children, ages 7-13 years, with reading comprehension difficulties to participate in an MRI study that includes a 10-week long free reading intervention. Participation involves pre and post sessions at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Participants will be compensated for both testing sessions. If interested, please contact:
call: 205-202-0616 email: cas-cbalab@uab.edu RESOURCES
DEA to reclassify marijuana as a lower-risk drug, reports say Algorithms help people see and correct their biases, study shows Rajesh Kana’s The Neuroscience of Autism: Tracing the A-Z of Cutting-edge ASD Research CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
http://andrewallenmusic.com -
Mechanical Batteries for the Grid
On today’s episode: Trying to be a perfect parent might actually make you…a worse parent. Storing energy from the grid using mechanical batteries. All that and more today on All Around Science...
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Caterbot? Robotapillar? It crawls with ease through loops and bends- Princeton Engineering Study: Pressure to be “perfect” causing burnout for parents, mental health concerns for their children | The Ohio State University College of Nursing Storing energy with compressed air is about to have its moment of truth https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19052022/inside-clean-energy-flow-battery/ https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/energy-storage-for-electricity-generation.php https://www.theecoexperts.co.uk/blog/pumped-storage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9slIBECva4 CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
http://andrewallenmusic.com -
What is Math?
On today’s episode: Programmable fluids that can help pick blueberries without making a mess. And I talk about math and games with our very own math nerd; Bobby Frankenberger! All that and more today on All Around Science...
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Tiny rubber spheres used to make a programmable fluid CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
http://andrewallenmusic.com -
Shoving Bacteria Into Your Cells
On today’s episode: Playing sports is good for you; turns out, watching other people play is good for you too! Scientists have discovered a whole new part of a cell that seems to be evolving as we speak! All that and more today on All Around Science...
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Zoe's Fundraiser - tinyurl.com/helpthezoo The Joy of Sports: How Watching Sports Can Boost Well-Being – Waseda University Researchers find a new organelle evolving Evidence for endosymbiosis Chloroplast | Wikipedia Mitochondria | Wikipedia CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
http://andrewallenmusic.com