All Around Science

On today’s episode: Could long COVID be caused by reviving latent infections? Food allergies in children have been decreasing… but why? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESCould Hidden Infections Be Fueling Long COVID? | Rutgers University. Guidelines for Early Food Introduction and Patterns of Food Allergy | American Academy of PediatricsRandomized Trial of Peanut Consumption in Infants at Risk for Peanut Allergy | NEJMCommon loss-of-function variants of the epidermal barrier protein filaggrin are a major predisposing factor for atopic dermatitis | Nature GeneticsEarly Peanut Exposure May Explain Fall in Child Allergies—But Is It Safe? | NewsweekFood Allergy Management and Prevention Support Tool for Infants and ToddlersAdvice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped thousands of kids avoid allergies | PBSCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

On today’s episode: Scientists found sugar on space rocks! If you think no one knows how to chew right, you might have misophonia. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESSugars, ‘Gum,’ Stardust Found in NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Sampleshttps://www.soquiet.org/misophonia-surveyhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9180704/https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2022.841816/fullhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6034066/CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

On today’s episode: Maybe a kid could make a painting like that. But maybe you couldn’t. We talk to Dr. Niki Ackermans about the science and history of headbutting and brain injury. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCES20 GeV halo-like excess of the Galactic diffuse emission and implications for dark matter annihilation | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle PhysicsStudy: Kids’ drip paintings more like Pollock’s than those of adults - Ars Technica A history of thought on brain injury in head-hitting animalsDr. Niki Ackermans' WebsiteCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

On today’s episode: Tiny drug robots! We learn about the history of artificial blood. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESTiny robots swim through blood, deliver drugs — and then dissolve Teeny robots could deliver drugs to specific spots - Futurityhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s44303-024-00007-5What Do Blood Cells Do? First-in-human phase 1 trial of hemoglobin vesicles as artificial red blood cells developed for use as a transfusion alternative | NIHArtificial Blood That Could Work for All Blood Types in Trials | NewsweekCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

On today’s episode: Sometimes a comet is just a comet. We look into why Canada has lost its measles elimination status. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESWhat we know about Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS | The Planetary SocietyComet 3I/ATLAS | NASAhttps://www.alberta.ca/measleshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/3/why-is-measles-spreading-in-canada-mexico-and-the-ushttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-s-measles-outbreaks-surpass-case-counts-reported-for-entire-u-s-1.7584490https://www.cdc.gov/measles/signs-symptoms/index.htmlhttps://www.dal.ca/news/2025/03/27/measles-outbreak-expert.htmlCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

On today’s episode: Bobby learned about a fantastic musical podcast about climate change and woodland nymphs that he thinks you'll enjoy. Take a listen, it'll be worth your time for sure.METRACREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

On today’s episode: Neanderthals drawing with crayons! We finish out our series on the Nobel Prizes with the Nobel Prize in physiology & medicine. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESThis $20,000 Neo Robot Will Clean Your Home, But There’s A Catch (And It’s Kind Of Terrifying)42,000-year-old ochre crayons reveal Neanderthals engaged in symbolic behavior | Archaeology News Online Magazine Nobel Prizes 2025CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

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

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