All Around Science

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

On today’s episode: Pandrug-resistant bacteria might be better at causing disease than we thought. Why do we cry? It doesn’t seem to be very useful… or does it? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESPandrug-resistant bacteria from the war in Ukraine are extremely pathogenic | Lund Universityhttps://time.com/4254089/science-crying/https://www.jstor.org/stable/43714978https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28831948/https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/09/07/curious-behvaior-provine/https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1135127182CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

On today’s episode: Sitting or standing at work… which one is healthier? We examine the first three variables in the Drake equation. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESAre standing desks good for you? The answer is getting clearer.https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/53/6/dyae136/7822310?login=falsehttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33813968/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Fkvtr2z8M&ab_channel=SETIInstitutehttps://www.livescience.com/space/exoplanets/there-may-be-hundreds-of-millions-of-habitable-planets-in-the-milky-way-new-study-suggestshttps://www.britannica.com/science/Drake-equationhttps://www.e-education.psu.edu/astro801/content/l12_p5.htmlhttps://science.nasa.gov/exoplanets/facts/CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

On today’s episode: Will Chonkus help save the climate? Dirt. What is it made of? And how did it get there? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCEShttps://www.awi.de/en/about-us/service/press/single-view/erster-bernsteinfund-auf-antarktischem-kontinent.html Meet Chonkus, the mutant cyanobacteria that could help sink climate change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udseIcrUxvA&t=25shttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil#Horizonshttps://iastate.pressbooks.pub/introsoilscience/chapter/parent-materials/https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/AralSeaCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

On today’s episode: Terror birds are bigger than we thought they were. And we talk about where hot springs come from! All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESFossil of huge terror bird offers new information about wildlife in South America 12 million years agohttps://study.com/academy/lesson/video/springs-definition-formation-types.htmlhttps://hotspringslocator.com/mineral-hot-spring-typeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUA39d3_y_o&ab_channel=BBCEarthKidshttps://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2292_water.htmlhttps://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/life-in-the-extreme-terrestrial-hot-springs/https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/19/JEB245028/330705/Hot-spring-fish-live-life-on-the-edgeCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

On today’s episode: How do you satiate your curiosity? Social distancing may have helped ancient cities thrive. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESStudy reveals three ways to disappear down a Wikipedia rabbit holeSocially distanced layout of the world’s oldest cities helped early civilization evade diseasesCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

On today’s episode: Halloween candy is upsetting the delicate ecosystem in your gut! Do our stories of monsters have roots in real illnesses? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESHalloween candy binges can overload your gut microbiome – a gut doctor explains how to minimize spooking your helpful bacteriahttps://www.indy100.com/science-tech/vampire-grave-found-in-polandhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/130715-vampire-archaeology-burial-exorcism-anthropology-gravehttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/article-abstract/2547233https://www.queensu.ca/gazette/stories/vampire-myths-originated-real-blood-disorderhttps://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/this-hallucinogenic-fungus-might-be-behind-the-salem-witch-trialshttps://www.britannica.com/story/how-rye-bread-may-have-caused-the-salem-witch-trialsCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com

On today’s episode: Watching evolution in real time! It’s Nobel Prize time! All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCEShttps://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-creature-was-grizzly-size-millipede-centipede-hybrid-fossil-head-revealsEvolution in Real Time https://www.nobelprize.org/all-nobel-prizes-2024/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/health/nobel-prize-medicine.htmlhttps://apnews.com/article/nobel-chemistry-prize-56f4d9e90591dfe7d9d840a8c8c9d553https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/10/09/david-baker-a-uc-berkeley-ph-d-awarded-2024-nobel-prize-in-chemistry/CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com