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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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Glasses, Fungi, and Neutron Stars
On today’s episode: Do people with glasses see a wholly different world? 99 NASA balloons floating telescopes in the summer sky. How do fungal spores know it’s time to start growing? How do neutron stars and black holes squeeze that much stuff into one place? All that and more today on All Around Science...
RESOURCES
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/nov/12/improbable-research-seeing-upside-downhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/fungal-spore-germination#:~:text=Spore%20germination%20is%20a%20preliminary,factors%20that%20aid%20spore%20germinationhttps://time.com/6292311/fungal-spores-pathogens-essay/
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
http://andrewallenmusic.com
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Mailbag - Tears, Saliva, and Snails
On today’s episode: What’s the deal with salty tears? Why do we gain so much weight when we’re on vacation? What does saliva have to do with vomiting? How do snails get their shells? All that and more today on All Around Science...
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The Lacrimal Glandhttps://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/02/the-mysterious-science-of-motion-sickness/385469/https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/why-do-we-drool-before-being-sickhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780323672931000086https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/hypersalivationhttps://www.nbcnews.com/healthmain/why-do-we-salivate-when-were-nauseous-880551https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7987796/
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
http://andrewallenmusic.com
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How Do Taste Buds Work?
On today’s episode: Some ants know when to save the leg and when to amputate. If you snip off a taste bad will you ever taste that taste again? All that and more today on All Around Science...
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Call the ant doctor: Amputation gives injured ants a leg up on infections | Ars TechnicaCREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
http://andrewallenmusic.com
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Science, Dystopia, and Science Fiction
On today’s episode: Gray whales are getting smaller, and scientists aren’t really sure why. And we talk about what sci-fi has missed in its predictions over the decades. All that and more today on All Around Science...
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Mountain-size 'planet killer' asteroid will make a close approach to Earth today VIDEO These Gray Whales Are Shrinking, and Scientists Aren’t Sure Why CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com
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Watch A Star Explode This Summer
On today’s episode: Clouds of dust in space may have changed our ancestors’ climate and night sky. If you know where to look this summer, then you can see a star exploding! All that and more today on All Around Science...
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AI might run out of reading material soon The Solar System May Have Passed through Dense Interstellar Cloud 2 Million Years Ago, Altering Earth’s Climate Our Not-So-Super Nova https://www.cnet.com/science/get-ready-to-see-a-sky-explosion-that-only-happens-once-every-80-years/ https://earthsky.org/tonight/in-a-dark-sky-look-for-the-northern-crown/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_dwarf https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova#:~:text=All%20observed%20novae%20involve%20white,RNe)%2C%20and%20dwarf%20novae.
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com
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The Wood Wide Web
On today’s episode: Neuralink isn’t the only company putting computer chips into brains… And we examine the tangled complexity of the Wood Wide Web. All that and more today on All Around Science...
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Precision, the Brain Computer Interface company started by a former Neuralink employee https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/02/14/trees-fungi-share-messages-resources/ https://undark.org/2023/05/25/where-the-wood-wide-web-narrative-went-wrong/ https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/mycorrhizal-networks-wood-wide-web https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/18/Detangling-Debate-Wood-Wide-Web/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-trees-180968084/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-largest-organism-is-fungus/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-01986-1#Sec12
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.
Customer Reviews
Great
I’ve struggled to find a quality science podcast where the host isn’t up their own butt about how smart they are. This show has a great balance of information and fun. Keep it up!
Solid show with smart people who seem nice
Bobby Franks has quickly become one of my favorite regular contributors to the morning stream podcast - now I’m listening to his show and enjoying it greatly!
Great show
I’m loving this science show. They delve in deep enough and explain enough to be satisfying without going over your head.