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Ig Nobel Prizes 2023
On today’s episode: A breakthrough in our understanding of preeclampsia! And we celebrate the weird fringes of science by looking at this year’s Ig Nobel Prizes. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES In major breakthrough, Western, Brown...
Parasites
On today’s episode: Spicy foods might be more dangerous than we thought. And what happens when a parasite messes with the wrong organism? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES The room-temperature superconductor that wasn’t Teen’s death...
Flies – The Enemies of Summer
On today’s episode: Do opposites attract, or do birds of a feather flock together? Today we study our enemy… the fly… All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES News flash: Opposites don't actually attract | CU Boulder Today Correlations...
Stem Cells
On today’s episode: Apparently scientists have finally finished sequencing the human genome! Finally, for the fourth time. And speaking of hot research from the 90s…what’s up with stem cells lately? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES...
How Does Caffeine Keep You Awake?
On today’s episode: AI unlocked the world for a woman who hasn’t spoken for 18 years. How does caffeine work? And why doesn’t it seem to work for everyone? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES How Artificial Intelligence Gave a Paralyzed...
Nostalgia
On today’s episode: More evidence that Mars was a great place for life to maybe happen… maybe… Nostalgia hurts, feels good, and could help make you a better person. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES Mars rover finds signs of seasonal...
Is Facebook Making Us More Polarized?
On today’s episode: Genes that pose risks in advanced age may show benefits when we’re younger. We all want to know if social media is making our uncles more polarized in our echo chambers… well scientists are figuring it out! Probably. All that and more today on All...
The Gulf Stream Will Disappear
On today’s episode: Not a lot of doctors know this… but you can be allergic to MEAT! The Gulf Stream won’t collapse in the next two years. Probably. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES GPT-3 aces tests of reasoning by analogy Meat allergy...
The Fundamentals: Gravity
On today’s episode: Do we hear silence? Simon and Garfunkel may have been on to something. And we finally close the book on the four fundamental forces by talking about gravity. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES The perception of silence...
The Fundamentals: Weak Force
On today’s episode: Despite what you might be reading in the news… aspartame is safe! And it’s part three in our series on the four fundamental forces; let’s talk about the weak force! All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES Aspartame and...