Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEndemic Diseases, Insects and Light, Opossum vs Aye-Aye. Sept 17, 2021
Episode 408
Nighttime Streetlights Are Stressing Out Urban Insects
As insect populations—including bees, moths, and other pollinators—decline worldwide, research…
4 years, 3 months ago
Living With Wildfire, 7,000 Steps A Day Okay, Kids’ Mars Questions. Sept 17, 2021, Part 1
Episode 407
Scientists Potty Train Cows To Lower Greenhouse Gasses
Scientists have known it for a long time: Cattle are a major source of nitrogen emissions, con…
4 years, 3 months ago
Covid And Disabilities, Alzheimer’s And Inflammation, Ultrasonic Sound. Sept 10, 2021, Part 1
Episode 406
New Policies Emerge In The Wake Of Climate-Connected Disasters
This week, people across the United States continued to be reminded of the results of …
4 years, 4 months ago
Oyster Breeding, Climate Communication, Hellbender Vs Mantis Shrimp. Sept 10, 2021, Part 2
Episode 405
To Breed An Oyster
In the ocean, climate change involves more than just warming temperatures. Water levels are shifting, and ocean chemistry is chang…
4 years, 4 months ago
COVID Fact Check, Ocean Circulation and Climate, Bread Culture. Sept 3, 2021, Part 2
Episode 404
Fact Check My Feed: Why Are People Taking Discredited Horse Medicine For COVID-19?
If you’ve been online at all in the past few weeks, you’ve probabl…
4 years, 4 months ago
Schools And The Delta Variant, Doubts For High-Tech Air Purifiers. Sept 3, 2021, Part 1
Episode 403
Nation Grapples With Several Climate Disasters At Once
Hurricane Ida wreaked havoc on the eastern U.S. this week. It all started in Louisiana, leavin…
4 years, 4 months ago
Medieval Bones, Bird Ancestors And Dinosaurs. August 27, 2021, Part 2
Episode 402
A Skeletal Record Of Medieval England Society
Whether you like it or not, a record of your life is constantly being chronicled. No, not through the i…
4 years, 4 months ago
Pfizer Vaccine Approval, Making Solar Power For Everyone. August 27, 2021, Part 1
Episode 401
Pfizer’s Vaccine Is Now Fully Approved. What’s Next For The Pandemic?
This week, the COVID-19 vaccine marketed by Pfizer finally received full FDA ap…
4 years, 4 months ago
Third Thumb, Nostalgia, Orcas. Aug 20, 2021, Part 2
Episode 400
You, Too, Can Be All Thumbs. Or At Least Three.
Take a look at your hand and fingers—and imagine that instead of five digits, you had an additional t…
4 years, 4 months ago
Delta Variant in Kids, Myers-Briggs Personality Test, Suicide in Communities of Color. Aug 20, 2021, Part 1
Episode 399
Why The Delta Variant Will Make More Kids Sick
As cases of the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 continue to spike around the U.S., childre…
4 years, 4 months ago