All Around Science

On today’s episode: Nasal sprays with bacteria in them really should be taken off the store shelves…. Right? … right…? And it’s time for the 34th First Annual Ig Nobel Prizes! All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESThe 34th First Annual Ig Nobel CeremonyHomeopathic company refuses to recall life-threatening nasal spray, FDA saysMammalian enteral ventilation ameliorates respiratory failure: Med[2310.04153] Fair coins tend to land on the same side they started https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abj7918Neuromuscular control of trout swimming in a vortex street: implications for energy economy during the Kármán gait | Journal of Experimental Biology How side effects can improve treatment efficacy: a randomized trial | Brain | Oxford AcademicCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

On today’s episode: Imagine if every time you ate a snickerdoodle you broke into a sweat like you’d just run a marathon. Well that happens to some people! And we have some bonus content from our interview with sleep expert Dr. Alex Reynolds. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESWoman drips with sweat from a bite of food due to rare nerve-wiring mix-upCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

On today’s episode: Some bacteria can adapt to the season! Gluten allergies. Gluten sensitivity. What’s the deal with gluten? All that and more today on All Around Science...CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

On today’s episode: The Earth has a new electric field and it’s shooting our atmosphere into space! A quick primer on how to spot pseudoscience. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESRocket launch discovers long-sought global electric field on Earthhttps://www.popsci.com/fact-check-science-study-news/https://www.popsci.com/diy/spot-fake-science/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265077/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4378297/https://www.webmd.com/balance/grounding-benefitsCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

On today’s episode: Brown, white, or beige? Are those decor choices or fat cell types? Crude oil… it’s everywhere and in everything. Let’s learn about it. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESBeige fat cells with a “Sisyphus mechanism” | ETH Zurichhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum#Formationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_refineryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI3OM7ok8cIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNW_ms35JKE&t=107sCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

On today’s episode: How do sharks swim so fast? Denticles! How do tattoos work? And how safe are they? Hybrid swarms are causing extinctions… and we’re one of them! Why do we play? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESStudying the skin of the great white shark could help reduce drag in aircrafthttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9846827/https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.865239/fullhttps://karger.com/drm/article-abstract/221/1/43/113221/Incidence-of-Health-Problems-Associated-with?redirectedFrom=fulltexthttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00266-017-1002-0https://thevarsity.ca/2021/10/31/science-of-tattooing/https://www.popsci.com/how-tattoos-work/https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/03/tattoo-science-immune-system-effects/673462/https://www.britannica.com/science/vacuolehttps://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/3891/whats-in-your-inkhttps://www.acs.org/pressroom/newsreleases/2022/august/exposing-whats-in-tattoo-ink.htmlhttps://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2006/06/13/invisible-ink-black-light-tattoos-are-lighting-up-local-clubs-but-are-they-safe/30130038007/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/tattoo-ink-western-professor-study-1.6099726https://whatsinmyink.com/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9846827/CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

On today’s episode: Genes might exist outside chromosomes The dramatic story of the time Voyager 1 stopped sending us messages, and how a crack team of NASA engineers figured out how to fix it. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESLast days of the lonely interstellar spacecraft | Financial TimesLiquid water found on MarsBacteria Encode Hidden Genes Outside Their Genome—Do We? | Columbia University Irving Medical CenterCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

On today’s episode: Hybrid swarms are causing extinctions… and we’re one of them! Why do we play? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCEShttps://phys.org/news/2024-07-reveals-people-evolve.htmlhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/play-may-be-a-deeper-part-of-human-nature-than-we-thought/https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.aax4705https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/child-psychology-and-psychiatry-review/article/abs/development-of-play-during-childhood-forms-and-possible-functions/65657B6446A0BF84BB8BFC238CA09B8Dhttps://cms.learningthroughplay.com/media/esriqz2x/role-of-play-in-childrens-development-review_web.pdfhttps://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(14)01333-5.pdfhttps://cms.learningthroughplay.com/media/esriqz2x/role-of-play-in-childrens-development-review_web.pdfhttps://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/spc3.12205https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aax4705https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=VBviEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=developmental+role+of+play+in+humans&ots=I1zODghrkh&sig=SeYm8jqwJKxvX4DP_l-VOJWr5Pk#v=onepage&q=developmental%20role%20of%20play%20in%20humans&f=falseCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com