Podcast Episodes

CoVid19 Update // Beer Chemistry Redux

This week How on Earth adjusts to the restrictions imposed by the corona virus by replaying a previous feature on the chemistry of beer brewing. Firs…

6 years, 1 month ago

COVID-19: ACE, Targeted Therapies, Old & New Medicines

This episode talks about research about COVID-19, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE), and targeted therapies, and our feature is an interview with C…

6 years, 1 month ago

Miracle Brew (encore feature) // COVID-19 // Drying Towels

This week on How On Earth, we present an Encore Feature from January 2018 about the science and art of brewing beer with guest Pete Brown, author of …

6 years, 1 month ago

CoVid19 Update // Sleep and Your Immune System

This week on How On Earth, we produced the entire show out of the studio, explaining one brief glitch. Beth gives a short update on the way the coron…

6 years, 1 month ago

Peer Pressure can Influence Your Carbon Footprint // CoVid19 Update

This week on How on Earth we start with an update on the corona virus, focusing on treatments and vaccines. At 12 minutes, we begin our interview wit…

6 years, 1 month ago

Ice Age Bone Fire // Backcountry Skiing & Wildlife

Backcountry Skiing & Wildlife (Starts 1:00) Margaret Hedderman reports on how off-trail use of wilderness areas is causing increasing harm to wildlif…

6 years, 2 months ago

Space Mining

image credit: DSI/Bryan Versteeg

Space Mining [starts at 9:20] Stars have been called “diamonds in the sky,” but there are other valuable and more ac…

6 years, 2 months ago

Stem Cell Science // Decoding Science

Stem cell science v. hype (start time: 00:57) Clinics offering stem cell therapies and other forms of so-called regenerative medicine are cropping u…

6 years, 3 months ago

The Science of Hearing and Hearing Aids

Volume Control

This week Beth and Angele talk with David Owen about his book, Volume Control, in which he explores the surprising science of hearing …

6 years, 3 months ago

Who Pays for Climate Change?

This week, Beth and Angele speak with with Brenda Ekwurzel in the studio. Brenda is the director of climate science for the Union of Concerned Scient…

6 years, 3 months ago