All Around Science

On today’s episode: Evolution doesn’t always happen slowly over long periods of time! Sometimes it’s quick. Viruses make genes go…viral? And we’ve got Dr. Niki Ackermans here to talk to us about evolution. All that and more today on All Around Science. Dr. Nicole Ackermans Website @AckermansNicole on Twitter LINKS: [ARTICLE] New research shows gene exchange between viruses and hosts drives evolution | UBC Science [ARTICLE] A new database reveals how much humans are messing with evolution 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: Fetal development is influenced by the lifestyle choices of…the father? Some birds are shuffling their songs like a Spotify playlist to keep it interesting. How did our solar system form? All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Study Shows Paternal Alcohol Use Increases Fetal Development Issues [ARTICLE] Song sparrows shuffle and repeat to keep their audience listening 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 have figured out how to regrow frogs’ legs. Something weird is going on with Mars’s carbon… Is nuclear power too risky to rely on to replace fossil fuels? All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Scientists regrow frog's lost leg [ARTICLE] Newly discovered carbon may yield clues to ancient Mars | Penn State University [ARTICLE] Europe is in the middle of a messy nuclear showdown [ARTICLE] Answering Questions About Nuclear Power 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: Why do the COVID vaccines have such frequent side effects? It might be because we expect them. Astronauts are being plagued by SPACE ANEMIA!! How do planes fly? No, really? How? All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Nocebo responses explain up to 76% of COVID vaccine side effects | Ars Technica [ARTICLE] We don’t know why, but being in space causes us to destroy our blood [ARTICLE] Apparently we don’t know why planes actually stay in the sky… 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: New evidence that the virus which causes mono might also trigger Multiple Sclerosis. There’s something in the air…it’s DNA! New computer models help understand mysteries of the moon. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] A Virus Likely Triggers Almost All Multiple Sclerosis, Massive Study Concludes -- IFL Science [ARTICLE] A very common virus may be the trigger for multiple sclerosis -- Ars Technica [ARTICLE] Scientists vacuum zoo animals' DNA out of the air [ARTICLE] Did a large impact remix the Moon's interior? 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: Watch out, flu virus; we found a new antibody, and we’re coming for you! Water plumes on Enceladus might not be coming from where we think they are. What exactly is MRI? It’s Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and it’s even cooler than you think. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] No more annual flu shot? Scripps Research and collaborators find new target for universal influenza vaccine [ARTICLE] Enceladus' plumes might not come from an underground 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: One scientist built a robot to hunt down and scare the fins off of mosquitofish. Bladeless, noninvasive….brain surgery? And what is sentience? How does it factor into our decisions about animal treatment? All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Putting the fear of bass into mosquitofish -- with a robot [ARTICLE] UVA Develops Precise Brain Surgery Without a Scalpel [ARTICLE] The world's first octopus farm - should it go ahead? [ARTICLE] Animals to be formally recognised as sentient beings in domestic law 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: Humans don’t produce pheromones, but…do they? Can lab grown coffee save the environment? Scientists have found a way to trace the lineage of your cells IN your body. The first ever pig-to-human kidney transplant happened this year! All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Misplaced trust: When trust in science fosters belief in pseudoscience and the benefits of critical evaluation [ARTICLE] Chemical emitted by babies could make men more docile, women more aggressive [ARTICLE] Lab-grown coffee cuts out the beans and deforestation [ARTICLE] Cellular lineage: Researchers create 'Ancestry.com' for our bodies [ARTICLE] In a major scientific advance, a pig kidney is successfully transplanted into a human 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: We’ve gotten closer to the sun than ever before! What is NASA’s plan for replacing the International Space Station? And we dig into the most complex space observatory ever created; the James Webb Space Telescope. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] A Spacecraft Has "Touched" the Sun for the First Time [ARTICLE] NASA sets sail into a promising but perilous future of private space statoins [VIDEO] James Webb Space Telescope Deployment Sequence James Webb References Want to Watch the Launch? Click Here https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/forScientists/faqScientists.html  https://webb.nasa.gov/content/observatory/ote/mirrors/index.html#1c  https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/deploymentExplorer.html  https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/assets/documents/WebbFactSheet.pdf  https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/launch.html 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: AIs are hallucinating proteins… that’s right, you heard me. Future jet fuel may be synthesized from sunlight and air. And we discuss the science of virgin birth… also known as “parthenogenesis”. All that and more today on All Around Science. LINKS: [ARTICLE] Getting software to "hallucinate' reasonable protein structures [ARTICLE] Making Aircraft Fuel From Sunlight and Air [ARTICLE} California Condors Surprise Scientists With Two 'Virgin Births' THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.