All Around Science

On today’s episode: LLMs think you’re right and your friend is wrong. This week we look at this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESThe Red Sea that vanished and the catastrophic flood that brought it back | ScienceDaily Are you the asshole? Of course not!—quantifying LLMs’ sycophancy problem - Ars TechnicaNobel Prizes 2025CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: An update on one of last year’s Ig Nobel prizes! We go through this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics! All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCES“Butt breathing” might soon be a real medical treatment - Ars Technica Nobel Prizes 2025CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: Naked mole rats are gonna teach us how to live longer. Why don’t you remember being a baby? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESWe've discovered another reason why naked mole rats live for so long | New Scientisthttps://news.yale.edu/2025/03/20/why-dont-we-remember-being-baby-new-study-provides-clueshttps://www.science.org/content/article/are-your-earliest-childhood-memories-still-lurking-your-mind-or-gone-foreverhttps://qbi.uq.edu.au/memory/where-are-memories-storedhttps://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1990.tb48908.xhttps://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.27.678956v1.fullhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-14461-3CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: A promising lead on the origin of brain fog in long COVID. I’m running another marathon and need to beef up on the science of ATP! All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESUncovering the Molecular Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog | Yokohama City University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMPA_receptor How do my muscles get the Energy to perform work? | Medicine LibreTextsMuscle Tissues and the Sliding Filament Model | Amoeba Sisters - YouTubeCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: Scientists are trying to save coral reefs by looking in unexpected places for sunscreen. We talk about engaging adolescents in science. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESSome viruses like to cheat – and that may be good for our health | New ScientistScientists invent new sunscreen made from pollen | Live ScienceExploring Features That Play a Role in Adolescents’ Science Identity DevelopmentThe connecting brain in context: How adolescent plasticity supports learning and development - ScienceDirectCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: We feature a great new science podcast called Oceanography. Guess what it's about? Yes, ocean science. Take a listen, it'll be worth your time for sure. Oceanography PodcastCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: Do mosquitoes prefer hedonists? Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation… The sci-fi sounding medical treatment that actual works!... for some things… All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESBeer drinkers are mosquito magnets, according to a festival study Hacking the Brain — A New Pradigm in Medicine | Science Based MedicineTranscranial magnetic stimulation | Mayo Clinichttps://sciencebasedmedicine.org/brain-wave-pseudoscience/CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: We finally snapped a picture of a wild electron! Why there are fewer women participating in clinical research and why it matters. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESScientists watch a single electron move during a chemical reaction for first time ever | Live ScienceWatching Electron Dynamics Shape Chemical Reactions | PhysicsAre hormones a “female problem” for animal research?https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/biomedical-research-falls-short-at-factoring-in-sex-and-gender/https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10710812/https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7661839/https://www.healthline.com/health/gender-bias-healthcareCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: A common drug taken for heart conditions might not be as useful as we thought. How much energy does it take to get ChatGPT to help cook dinner tonight? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCES https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250831010539.htm What is a beta blocker? Mechanism of action. How beta blockers help the heart to work.Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impact | MIT NewsAI’s Growing Carbon FootprintCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: China is building some wild stuff in the middle of the ocean. I’ve got one less thing for you to worry about: electromagnetic fields! All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESChina Is Putting Data Centers in the Ocean to Keep Them Cool | Scientific AmericanChina builds record-breaking floating wind turbine — it could change the face of renewable energy | Live Sciencehttps://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/maha-draft-takes-on-electromagnetic-radiation-echoing-rfk-jr-s-conspiracies/https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5504984/#ack1https://ehtrust.org/the-invisible-poison/https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-electromagnetic-fieldshttps://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/emfhttps://www.healthline.com/health/emf#typeshttps://sciencenotes.org/difference-between-ionizing-and-non-ionizing-radiation/https://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/emerging/docs/scenihr_o_041.pCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.