All Around Science 271 - History of Headbutting w/ Dr. Niki Ackermans
Dec 8, 2025
01:14:49
On today’s episode: Maybe a kid could make a painting like that. But maybe you couldn’t. We talk to Dr. Niki Ackermans about the science and history of headbutting and brain injury. All that and more today on All Around Science...
RESOURCES
- 20 GeV halo-like excess of the Galactic diffuse emission and implications for dark matter annihilation | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Study: Kids’ drip paintings more like Pollock’s than those of adults - Ars Technica
- A history of thought on brain injury in head-hitting animals
- Dr. Niki Ackermans' Website
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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