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  • 229. 229 - Dark Energy Might Not Be Real

    01:18:43||Ep. 229
    On today’s episode: Gene evidence from Iron Age Britain points to a much more female-centered society. Astronomers talk all about Dark Energy… but a new model proposes that maybe it’s not even real! All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESAncient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on women - News & Events | Trinity College DublinCosmological foundations revisited with Pantheon+CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

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  • 228. 228 - Mars Missions and Babies

    01:02:19||Ep. 228
    On today’s episode: Perseverance is leaving samples all over the surface of Mars. Will we ever get them back? Maybe? Hopefully?Babies! What’s their deal? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESNASA defers decision on Mars Sample Return to the Trump administrationhttps://atlanticeyeinstitute.com/eye-color-physics-or-genetics/https://www.ophthalmology24.com/baby-eye-color-change#:~:text=Beyond%20genetic%20traits%2C%20eye%20color,deposition%2C%20prolonging%20lighter%20eye%20colorhttps://www.openaccessgovernment.org/blue-eyes-pigment-common-relative/134687/https://www.science.org/content/article/dont-it-make-your-brown-eyes-bluehttps://www.hudsonalpha.org/genetics-of-eye-color/https://www.tunepocket.com/royalty-free-music/womb-sound-ambiance/?srsltid=AfmBOopZb3rJtw165AURKgUsbA3zB-AyHRw8c0ARrJbkTqu9XuHNTOIThttps://www.marchofdimes.org/find-support/topics/pregnancy/amniotic-fluidhttps://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/23310-amniotic-fluidCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com
  • 227. 227 - Cleaning Out the Mailbag

    01:07:16||Ep. 227
    On today’s episode: Can we cross the uncanny valley? Time to clean out the listener mailbag and answer some of your questions! All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESCrossing the Uncanny Valley: Breakthrough in technology for lifelike facial expressions in androids - ResOUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQm5RCz9Pxchttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallowinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC6CrUZcW-AJPL - Custom Orbit Visualization ToolCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com
  • 226. 226 - Science We Missed in 2024

    51:47||Ep. 226
    On today’s episode: There’s been a huge breakthrough in HIV prevention. Move over, oxytocin, there’s a new love hormone in town! Scientists may have figured out a way to reverse the effects of lupus. This worm’s remarkable eyes may change how we envision sight. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESHIV Drug BreakthroughScience confirms it: Love leaves a mark on your brain | CU Boulder TodayScientists discover a cause of lupus and a possible way to reverse itMediterranean marine worm has developed eyes “as big as millstones" – University of CopenhagenCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com
  • 225. 225 - Holiday Magic and Belief

    01:05:48||Ep. 225
    On today’s episode: We may have gotten all of our Neanderthal DNA from a single, short-lived rendezvous. And we look into the psychology of holiday beliefs. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESStudies pin down exactly when humans and Neanderthals swapped DNAhttps://liberalarts.mercer.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/07/SharonTWoolleyJD2004.pdf https://uva.theopenscholar.com/files/early-development-lab/files/the_effect_of_realistic_8.pdf?preview=true https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9418217/https://www.jstor.org/stable/1132284https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2024-25574-001.pdfCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com
  • 224. 224 - Is AI Trying to Trick Us?

    01:08:12||Ep. 224
    On today’s episode: Good news for electric vehicle owners; your batteries will last much longer than we thought! Is AI becoming more deceptive in an effort to keep itself from being deleted? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESExisting EV batteries may last up to 40% longer than expected | Stanford ReportIs It Bad to Charge an Electric Vehicle to 100%?OpenAI o1 System CardSpecific Gaming Examples in AIOpenAI o1 explained: Everything you need to know | Tech TargetOpenAI's o1 lies more than any major AI model. Why that matters | ZDNETOpenAI's new o1 model sometimes fights back when it thinks it'll be shut down and then lies about it | Business InsiderThe new followup to ChatGPT is scarily good at deception | VoxWhat Is Chain-of-Thought Prompting in Generative AI? | Videohttps://www.transformernews.ai/p/openais-new-model-tried-to-avoidCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com
  • 223. 223 - Where Are All The Aliens?

    01:14:29||Ep. 223
    On today’s episode:It turns out that it doesn’t matter whether it’s true or not… your uncle is still going to share that weird article he found. And we once again explore the Drake equation; could intelligent life be out there? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESPeople will share misinformation that sparks “moral outrage”https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-we-probably-wont-find-aliens-anytime-soon/https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/technosignatures-and-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence/https://cires.colorado.edu/news/potential-indicators-life-other-planets-can-be-created-labhttps://arxiv.org/abs/2410.08724https://www.sci.news/astronomy/webb-biosignature-gas-k2-18b-12904.htmlhttps://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/biosignatures-exoplanetshttps://science.nasa.gov/exoplanets/can-we-find-life/CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com