Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchScience And The Election, Disinformation, Vampire Bats. Oct 30, 2020, Part 1
Episode 314
Choosing the next U.S. president is not the only decision voters will make in the upcoming 2020 elections. Major science policies are also on the bal…
5 years, 4 months ago
Should We Trust Election Forecasting, COVID Dreams. Oct 23, 2020, Part 1
Episode 313
The first “scientific” election poll was conducted in 1936 by George Gallup, who correctly predicted that Franklin D. Roosevelt would win the preside…
5 years, 4 months ago
Teaching in a Pandemic, Inheriting Stress, Book Club. Oct 23, 2020, Part 2
Episode 312
Even In A Pandemic, Science Class Is In Session
This academic year, school campuses across the United States look very different. Instead of crowded …
5 years, 4 months ago
U.S. COVID Spikes, Blockchain Chicken Farm, Book Club: Chicanafuturism. Oct 16, 2020, Part 2
Episode 311
Across The Country, A Spike In Coronavirus Cases
Over 217,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the U.S., and many states are seeing an upswing in case…
5 years, 5 months ago
The Black Hole At The Center Of The Galaxy, Shipwreck Microbes. Oct 16, 2020, Part 1
Episode 310
The 2020 Nobel Prize winners have been announced, and among them is UCLA astronomer Andrea Ghez, who split the prize with Roger Penrose and Reinhard …
5 years, 5 months ago
Science News, Nobel Roundup, Book Club. Oct 9, 2020, Part 1
Episode 309
What Is The Status Of President Trump’s COVID-19 Case?
Late last week, President Trump announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was adm…
5 years, 5 months ago
Solar System Smackdown: Mars v. Venus, Mussel Mystery. Oct 9, 2020, Part 2
Episode 308
Solar System Smackdown: Mars Vs. Venus
One of the fiercest hunts in the solar system is the scientific search for signs of extraterrestrial life—whet…
5 years, 5 months ago
Antarctic Ice, Itching, Ancient Birds. Oct. 2, 2020, Part 2
Episode 307
New Study Shows No Second Chance For Antarctic Ice Shelves
From the heat waves and wildfires in the western U.S. to the active hurricane season in th…
5 years, 5 months ago
Trump Tests Positive For Coronavirus, COVID-19 Fact Check, SciFri Book Club. Oct. 2, 2020, Part 1
Episode 306
The news hit us overnight: President Trump, the First Lady, and at least one member of the president’s staff tested positive for COVID-19.
Just befor…
5 years, 5 months ago
Feather Communication, Thermal Imaging Wildfires, Tick Saliva. September 25, 2020, Part 2
Episode 305
Thermal Imaging Technology Helps Firefighters See Through Smoke
Wildfires are still raging out west, and states are using anything in their arsenals …
5 years, 5 months ago