All Around Science

On today’s episode: No one is honest anymore! Or are they…? Blueberries aren’t blue, blue flowers aren’t blue, most things aren’t really blue… Why is blue so hard to find? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES Morality is declining, right? Scientists say that idea is an illusion Why is blue so easy to make in a lab? THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: To celebrate our 144th episdoe, we answered all your gross science questions: earwax, clogged pipes, boogers... There was just so much it went on to a 145th episode! All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES https://atlasbiomed.com/blog/wet-earwax-dry-earwax-and-earwax-colours-of-earwax/  https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326093#earwax-textures Salivary mucins protect surfaces from colonization by cariogenic bacteria Nose picking and nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: To celebrate our 144th episdoe, we answered all your gross science questions: toejam, poop, pee... All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: SOURCES https://www.livescience.com/37664-human-urine-colors-rainbow.html https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/313779#causes https://www.ucsfhealth.org/medical-tests/hemoglobinuria-test https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/red-brown-green-urine-colors-and-what-they-might-mean THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: Vaccines are in the news! And it’s not COVID this time. Whether or not you find them appealing, there’s hope in the research to save bananas. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: Long-sought universal flu vaccine: mRNA-based candidate enters clinical trial BANANA SOURCES https://asm.org/Articles/2021/June/Clone-Wars-How-Fusarium-Fungi-Control-the-Banana-I https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS.2004.88.6.580 https://asm.org/Articles/2021/June/Clone-Wars-How-Fusarium-Fungi-Control-the-Banana-I https://asm.org/Articles/2021/June/Clone-Wars-How-Fusarium-Fungi-Control-the-Banana-I https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5684404/ https://www.qut.edu.au/news?id=173568 https://www.bonappetit.com/story/banana-fungus-monoculture-extinction THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: It’s happening… Scientists are starting to be able to read our minds! We might owe the existence of life to quasars. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: Evidence of conscious-like activity in the dying brain | Michigan Medicine The potential for a plastic recycling facility to release microplastic pollution and possible filtration remediation effectiveness Recycling in the U.S. Is Broken. How Do We Fix It? How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: It’s happening… Scientists are starting to be able to read our minds! We might owe the existence of life to quasars. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: Reading The Mind with fMRI and AI | Neurologica Blog QUASAR SOURCES https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazar https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/astronomers-solve-60-year-mystery-quasars-most-powerful-objects-universe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9W5x3SMBH4&ab_channel=JoeScott https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230426210530.htm https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/522/2/1736/7035603?login=false https://webbtelescope.org/contents/articles/what-are-active-galactic-nuclei https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/a/Active+Galactic+Nuclei#:~:text=Carl%20Seyfert%20discovered%20the%20first,very%20close%20to%20the%20nucleus THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: If you fall off your bike, most people will help you. Just because it’s “natural” does not mean it’s “good”... let’s talk about logical fallacies! All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: Small acts of kindness are frequent and universal, study finds | UCLA Raw milk from farm with no electricity sparks outbreak that nearly killed baby THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: Scientists think they figured out where all the water came from! How to make science fun for the kids in your life! All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: Chemical reactions on the early Earth may have formed its ocean THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: Did you hear about the astronomical breakup? DRAMA! We try to solve the unsolvable problems of mathematics. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: Hubble Sees Possible Runaway Black Hole Creating a Trail of Stars | NASA THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: Ancient Egyptians have handed archaeologists new evidence of a gruesome ceremonial practice. Migraines. They’re a lot more than a headache. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: Gruesome cache of severed hands is evidence of trophy-taking in ancient Egypt First osteological evidence of severed hands in Ancient Egypt What is a migraine? A Mayo Clinic expert explains A Phase-by-Phase Review of Migraine Pathophysiology [VIDEO] What Causes Migraine Disease? 5 Factors in Migraine Neurobiology Where Migraines Start: The Trigeminal Nerve The Phases of Migraine Dysfunction of the Nervous System Can Cause Migraine THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.