

All Around Science
All Around Science
A weekly podcast by two huge science fans discussing what’s new and interesting in science! Science is our window into incredible worlds, from impossibly small atoms to impossibly distant stars. We want to use it to discover as much as possible, and share it with you every week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 21, 2020 • 50min
Will the Earth's Magnetic Field Flip?
On today’s episode: How do we learn it’s better to give than to receive? Have we discovered a new solar system superhighway? If the north pole moves, does that mean Santa has to move too? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: Is It Better to Give Than Receive? ARTICLE: Fast Superhighway Through the Solar System Discovered THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 14, 2020 • 51min
Eyes Are Complex
On today’s episode: Scientists are still learning what causes leaves to change color. Evidence for the hypothesis that water is actually two coexisting liquids! Eyeballs are really neat! All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: Which factors trigger leaf die-off in Autumn? ARTICLE: Two liquids of water exist THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 7, 2020 • 48min
How to Make Protein
On today’s episode: DeepMind breaks more barriers with their protein-predicting AI AlphaFold. Them scientists at NASA have got MOXIE… and other ways to get oxygen too. And how to make a protein! All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: 'It will change everything': DeepMind's AI makes gigantic leap in solving protein structures ARTICLE: Mars' underground brine could be a good source of oxygen THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 30, 2020 • 51min
The Life and Death of Stars
On today’s episode: AstraZeneca flubbed their vaccine trial… but can we learn something? Once we get a COVID vaccine, immunity may last longer than we originally expected. The story of a star: from birth to black hole. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: AstraZeneca's best COVID vaccine result was a fluke. Experts have uestions ARTICLE: Immunity to the Coronavirus May Last Years, New Data Hint THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 23, 2020 • 42min
Isotopes and Supernovae
On today’s episode: How have stars affected our trees? New research makes us question what we know about the gender roles of hunter gatherers. What are isotopes and why do they matter? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: Tree rings may hold clues to impacts of distant supernovae on Earth ARTICLE: Early big-game hunters of the Americas were female, researchers suggest THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 16, 2020 • 44min
Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine
On today’s episode: Midnight snacking and your midsection. Newborn baby brains appear to be primed to learn how to read. And everything you need to know about that new Pfizer vaccine everyone’s talking about. All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: Squeezing most of your calories in early doesn't impact weight loss ARTICLE: Humans are born with brains 'prewired' to see words Pfizer press release THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 9, 2020 • 45min
Tokamak Fusion Reactors
On today’s episode: Neurocientists find that political bias affects neural patterns. Turns out there might NOT be life on Venus? Bummer! Tokamaks! Weird birds? Halloween costume? Fusion reactor? What are they? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: Hot-button words trigger conservatives and liberals differently ARTICLE: Doubts over a 'possible sign of life' on Venus show how science works Further reading on Hydrogen Plasma THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 2, 2020 • 44min
CRISPR-Cas9
On today’s episode: We’ve figured out how to teach robots to do the laundry even faster! We found water on the moon….again? So what is CRISPR-Cas9 anyway? How does it work? All that and more today on All Around Science... LINKS: ARTICLE: Dog training methods help researchers teach robots to learn new tricks ARTICLE: NASA's SOFIA Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of Moon THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 26, 2020 • 39min
Happy Fibonacci Episode!
LINKS: ARTICLE: Babies Prefer What They Choose Even When Random ARTICLE: Voyager Spacecraft Detect an Increase in the Density of Space Outside the Solar System Vihart's Fibonacci Videos Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Numberphile - The Golden Ratio (why it is so irrational) THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 19, 2020 • 56min
Updates on COVID
On today’s episode: It’s Nobel Prize time! A serendipitous discovery may mean new treatment options for Type 2 diabetes. It’s time to talk about COVID being airborne. All that and more today on All Around Science… LINKS: ARTICLE: Herd Immunity - A Rough Guide ARTICLE: Nobel Prize Annoucement ARTICLE: Remote control of blood sugar: Electromagnetic fields treat diabetes in animal models LETTER: Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 ARTICLE: Assessment and Comparison of different mask types List of articles showing evidence for SARS-CoV-2 airborne transmission: Online ahead of print. Viable SARS-CoV-2 in the air of a hospital room with COVID-19 patients Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by inhalation of respiratory aerosol in the Skagit Valley Chorale superspreading event Reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 The airborne lifetime of small speech droplets and their potential importance in SARS-CoV-2 transmission COVID-19 patients in earlier stages exhaled millions of SARS-CoV-2 per hour Short-range airborne route dominates exposure of respiratory infection during close contact THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


