Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLucid Dreaming, Sex As A Biological Variable, Parachute Science, Global Vaccine Access. Feb 26, 2021, Part 2
Episode 348
Memory And The Dreaming Mind
If you’ve ever stayed up too late studying for a test, you know that sleep impacts memory—you need that precious shut-ey…
4 years, 10 months ago
Tech Unions, Color Perception, Fish Vs Birds. Feb 19, 2021, Part 2
Episode 347
Reprogramming Labor In Tech
More than 6,000 warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama are midway through voting on whether they should unionize. If the …
4 years, 10 months ago
Fauci On Vaccines and Variants, Mummy Mystery, Texas Power Grid Failure. Feb 19, 2021, Part 1
Episode 346
Fauci Says Majority Of U.S. Adults Likely To Be Vaccinated By Late Summer
We’re about a month shy of a big anniversary: one year since the World Heal…
4 years, 10 months ago
Fish Eye Secrets, Human Genome Project, Science Diction 'Mesmerize.' Feb 12, 2021, Part 2
Episode 345
Seeing The World Through Salmon Eyes
The saying goes, “The eyes are the window to the soul.” But for fish, the eyes are the window to the stomach.
A…
4 years, 11 months ago
The Effectiveness Of Double-Masking, Mars Landing Preview. Feb 12, 2021, Part 1
Episode 344
Two Masks Are Better Than One
Masks have been a big issue throughout the pandemic, from supply shortages to debates about when they should be require…
4 years, 11 months ago
Four Lost Cities, Sourdough Microbiome, Queen Bees, Bison. Feb 5, 2021, Part 2
Episode 343
National Bison Range Returns To Indigenous Management
Hundreds of years ago, tens of millions of bison roamed North America. They were an essential r…
4 years, 11 months ago
COVID Variants And Vaccines, U.S. Energy Justice. Feb 5, 2021, Part 1
Episode 342
Will Vaccines Work Against New Variants Of The Coronavirus?
The rollout of COVID-19 vaccination programs around the world has been anything but smoot…
4 years, 11 months ago
Medieval Bones, Vaccine Rollout, Florida Panthers. Jan 29, 2021, Part 2
Episode 341
A Skeletal Record Of Medieval England Society
If you’ve ever fractured a bone, that skeletal trauma stays with you forever, even after it heals. So r…
4 years, 11 months ago
Your Questions About COVID-19 Vaccines Answered, Placenta Science. Jan 29, 2021, Part 1
Episode 340
Everything You Want To Know About COVID-19 Vaccines
The U.S. has been vaccinating people against COVID-19 for a little over a month. While there have…
4 years, 11 months ago
Orange Bat, Greenland Bacteria, COVID Anniversary, Alien Argument. Jan 22, 2021, Part 2
Episode 339
Orange Is The New Black—For Bats
For a newly-described bat from West Africa, dubbed Myotis nimbaensis (mouse-eared bat from the Nimba Mountains), sci…
4 years, 11 months ago