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Science of Hair Care

On today’s episode: More brain connectomes! This time it’s a fruit fly! Tiny generators modeled after seaweed. The science of haircare products. What works and what’s just marketing? All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: ARTICLE: How to map a fly...

Neurotransmitters

On today’s episode: Mice can control surges of dopamine in their brain in order to get a snack. The CDC is telling everyone to wear masks again… let’s talk about why. And we talk about how neurotransmitters work. All that and more today on All Around Science....

Lead Poisoning in Ancient Rome

On today’s episode: Do our children’s immune systems suffer because of how clean modern society is? Don’t have a mind’s eye? Your brain may be different from those who do! Was the fall of the Roman Empire caused by lead poisoning? All that and more today on All...

The Gut-Brain Connection

On today’s episode: Turns out stress can make you go gray; and relaxing might be able to reverse it! Astronomers have found where there might be alien planets looking at US! And your brain is controlling your gut; but your gut might also be controlling your...

Is Bitcoin Green?

On today’s episode: Apparently Earth has a pulse! A very, very slow pulse…. Why do some of us doomscroll, and some of us don’t? And our Bitcoin follow-up, asking whether Bitcoin is bad for the environment. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS:...