Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPizza Science, Remembering E.O. Wilson And Richard Leakey. Jan 7 2022, Part 2
Episode 439
How A Former Microsoft Exec Mastered The Perfect Slice—Using Science
Who doesn’t love pizza? It’s a magical combination of sauce, cheese, crust, and …
4 years ago
Best Science Books Of 2021, Glitter Bad For Environment. December 31, 2021, Part 1
Episode 437
Glitter Gets An Eco-Friendly Glimmer
Glitter—it’s everywhere this time of year. You open up a holiday card, and out comes a sprinkle of it. And that …
4 years ago
Celebration Of Weird Ice, Non-Melting Jelly, Former NIH Director Reflects On His Tenure. December 31, 2021, Part 2
Episode 438
From the Arctic To Enceladus: A Celebration Of Unusual Ice
With the Arctic’s annual summer ice cover hovering at record lows; and a new record low in…
4 years ago
American Chestnut, ‘Don’t Look Up’ Movie, Aurora Electrons. December 24, 2021, Part 1
Episode 436
The Resurrection Of The American Chestnut
At the turn of the 20th century, the American chestnut towered over other trees in forests along the easter…
4 years ago
Looking Back On A Century Of Science, Holiday Math. December 24, 2021, Part 2
Episode 435
Looking Back On A Century of Science
In 1921, the discovery of radium was just over 20 years in the past. And the double helix of DNA was still over …
4 years ago
Big Trees, Masks And Singing, Capturing Holiday Scents, Unseen Body. Dec 17, 2021, Part 2
Episode 434
Big Trees, Big Benefits
When you think about big trees, likely what comes to mind are some of the Earth’s biggest trees, like giant sequoias or redwo…
4 years ago
James Webb Space Telescope, Vaccination And Church, Maine Puffins. Dec 17, 2021, Part 1
Episode 433
A Spike In Winter COVID Cases Begins
The United States reached a grim milestone this week: 800,000 total deaths from COVID-19.
A winter spike in COVI…
4 years ago
Vocal Fry, Indigenous Tribes And The Colorado River, Year In Space. December 10, 2021, Part 2
Episode 432
The Why Of Vocal Fry
For decades, vocal fry lived a relatively quiet existence. A creaky or breathy sound that occurs when your voice drops to its lo…
4 years, 1 month ago
Michael Pollan On Mind-Altering Plants, A Second Pandemic Winter. December 10, 2021, Part 1
Episode 431
How America Is Preparing For Another Pandemic Winter
The weather is getting colder, the days are getting shorter, and the world is approaching the tw…
4 years, 1 month ago
Omicron Variant, Quantum Computing, Xenobots, SciFri Trivia. Dec 3, 2021, Part 2
Episode 430
Decoding Quantum Computing
The computer chips that are delivering these words to you work on a simple, binary, on/off principle. There’s either a vol…
4 years, 1 month ago