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809: The Best Science Books For Summer 2024
Episode 809
It’s officially summertime, and a new season of reading is here! Two science writers and voracious readers have compiled their summer reading recomme…
2 years, 3 months ago
808: Avoiding Grilling and Barbecue Pitfalls
Episode 808
In a conversation from 2014, Ira talks marinade myths, charcoal chemistry, and the elusive “smoke ring”—the science behind barbecue and grilling. Are…
2 years, 3 months ago
807: From Microbes To Mammoths: How Life Transformed The Planet
Episode 807
When you think about Earth, you might think of a giant rock, floating around in space, making laps around the sun. A rock that just happens to have c…
2 years, 3 months ago
806: Study Shows Which Kids Are Getting Periods Younger Than Others
Episode 806
If you have teenagers in your life, you may have noticed that kids these days seem to be getting their periods earlier than previous generations did.…
2 years, 3 months ago
805: What To Do When Your Hypothesis Is Wrong? Publish!
Episode 805
Most scientific studies that get published have “positive results,” meaning that the study proved its hypothesis. Say you hypothesize that a honeybee…
2 years, 3 months ago
804: The Sample From The Far Side Of The Moon | Will The Seine Be Clean Enough For The Olympics?
Episode 804
China’s Chang’e 6 return capsule landed in Mongolia, carrying samples from the far side of the moon. Also, Paris has invested $1.5B in cleaning up th…
2 years, 3 months ago
803: The Octopus Overlooked By Science | Squid With ‘Giant’ Eggs Could Be New Species
Episode 803
The larger Pacific striped octopus is unusually social. But it wasn’t recognized by scientists until 2015, despite one man’s efforts. And, a deep-sea…
2 years, 3 months ago
802: House Stalls On Bill To Compensate Victims Of Nuclear Testing
Episode 802
In July 1945, the US deployed the world’s first nuclear weapon during the Trinity Test. Since then, the US has tested more than 200 nukes above groun…
2 years, 3 months ago
801: Crowdsourced Data Identifies 126 ‘Lost’ Bird Species
Episode 801
Some birds are famous for being extinct, like the Dodo and the passenger pigeon.But how do we prevent species from reaching that point? One of the st…
2 years, 3 months ago
800: 20 Years Later, How Are City Climate Plans Actually Going?
Episode 800
In 2005, countries around the world ratified the Kyoto Protocol. It was the first big, legally-binding international climate policy, but there was a …
2 years, 3 months ago