Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAsking For Help, PFAS Chemicals, Plastics Recycling, Depression Book. October 21, 2022. Part 2
Episode 522
The Science Behind Why You Should Ask For Help
Sometimes asking for help—even for the smallest of favors—can feel awkward, or like you’re inconvenien…
3 years, 6 months ago
Societal Climate Impacts, Alaskan Crab Shortage, Protected Fisheries Surprise. October 21, 2022, Part 1
Episode 521
A Boost For U.S. Electric Vehicle Battery Production
This week, the Biden administration announced it would issue grants totaling some $2.8 billion t…
3 years, 6 months ago
Eco-Death Care, Brain Memory Prosthetic, Space Food. Oct 14, 2022, Part 2
Episode 520
Burying Green: Eco-Friendly Death Care On The Rise
Dying, it turns out, isn’t carbon neutral. Like many of the choices we make in our lifetimes, the …
3 years, 6 months ago
How Gamification Has Taken Over, Brewing An Ancient Beer Again. Oct 14, 2022, Part 1
Episode 519
Scientists Are Trying To Study Human Neurons… In Rat Brains?
Scientists have a tricky time studying neurons, partially because they are remarkably di…
3 years, 6 months ago
Science Issues In the Election, Diabetes and Hibernating Bears, Medicine Nobel. Oct 7, 2022, Part 2
Episode 518
The Politics Of Science: Voters Have An Important Voice
This November’s general election season covers every level of government, from Congress at th…
3 years, 6 months ago
Planning To Power The Electric Vehicle Boom, Hurricane Ian Aftermath. October 7, 2022, Part 1
Episode 517
Hurricane Ian Destroys Iconic Florida House Meant To Survive Hurricanes
The Cape Romano Dome House, built in 1982, was an iconic—if more recently uns…
3 years, 6 months ago
New Alzheimer’s Drug, Bangladeshi Water Machine, Recording Earth’s Sounds. Sept 30, 2022, Part 1
Episode 516
New Alzheimer’s Drug Reduces Cognitive Decline, Say Biotech Firms
This week, the biotech firms Biogen and Eisai released preliminary data from the cl…
3 years, 7 months ago
DART Asteroid Mission, Rescue Robots, Raccoon Vaccination, Medical Marijuana and Workplace Rules, Lanternfly Signals. Sept 30, 2022, Part 2
Episode 515
After Hurricane Ian, Robots To The Rescue
Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida Wednesday, with winds over 150 miles per hour, high storm …
3 years, 7 months ago
Undersea Rovers, Swimming Sperm, Teen Inventor, Soil Judging. Sep 23, 2022, Part 2
Episode 514
Sperm Swim Together To Help Each Other Reach The Egg
New research is complicating our understanding of how, exactly, sperm are able to reach eggs. Th…
3 years, 7 months ago
Big Ideas In Physics, Saturn’s Rings, Soylent Green. Sep 23, 2022, Part 1
Episode 513
Biden Declares The COVID-19 Pandemic Over. Is It?
During an interview with 60 minutes last weekend, President Joe Biden said “the pandemic is over.”
…3 years, 7 months ago