Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGreenland Plants, Privacy and Big Data, Rainbows. March 19, 2021, Part 2
Episode 355
Under A Mile Of Ice, A Climate Clue
Scientists studying sediment taken from a core sample of the Greenland ice sheet just 800 miles from the North Po…
4 years, 11 months ago
COVID Questions, Introvert Origin. March 19, 2021, Part 1
Episode 354
Rise In Anti-Asian Violence Is At The Intersection Of Racism And Disease
Earlier this week, eight people were killed at three Atlanta-area massage pa…
4 years, 11 months ago
Virtual Disease, Daydreaming, Geoengineering. March 12 2021, Part 2
Episode 353
Learning From World Of Warcraft’s Virtual Pandemic
The widespread infection of roughly four million virtual characters all started with a giant snake…
5 years ago
Jackson Water Woes, Giant Telescope Mirror, Shark Sex. March 12 2021, Part 1
Episode 352
What Went Wrong With Jackson, Mississippi’s Water?
Residents of Jackson, Mississippi have been dealing with a water crisis since a storm rolled throu…
5 years ago
Conversations, Baby Teeth, Tasmanian Tiger. March 5, 2021, Part 2
Episode 351
When Is It Time To Say Goodbye?
Imagine you’re having a conversation with someone. You may get the sense that they have somewhere else to be. Or you …
5 years ago
Implementing Oregon’s Drug Policy, Wisconsin Wolf Hunt, Johnson & Johnson Vaccine. March 5, 2021, Part 1
Episode 350
Oregon Just Decriminalized Small Amounts of All Drugs. Now What?
On February 1, a big experiment began in Oregon: The state has decriminalized small …
5 years ago
Texas Storm, NASA Climate Advisor, Mars Sounds. Feb 26, 2021, Part 1
Episode 349
Does A Vaccine Help You If You’ve Already Had COVID-19?
Vaccines doses have started to rollout and are getting into the arms of people. We know that …
5 years ago
Lucid 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…
5 years 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 …
5 years 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…
5 years ago