Podcasts de Biology

Math's Paths (rebroadcast)

If you bake, you can appreciate math’s transformative properties.  Admiring the stackable potato...

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Fire Clouds and Ice-teroids

Small bodies will hit the big time next year; a sample return from asteroid Bennu and the launch...

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Are Animals Really That Smart?

ENCORE  You own a cat, or is it vice versa?  Family friendly felines have trained their owners to...

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After The Plague

Everyone is familiar with the immediate consequences of a pandemic – sickness and death. But the...

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Platypus Crazy

They look like a cross between a beaver and a duck, and they all live Down Under. The platypus...

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Quantum: Why We Want 'Em

ENCORE  Einstein thought that quantum mechanics might be the end of physics, and most scientists...

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Brain Dust

ENCORE  Know your brain?  Think again.  Driven by a hidden agenda, powered by an indecipherable...

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You Are Exposed

There’s no place like “ome.”  Your microbiome is highly influential in determining your health....

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DNA is Not Destiny

Heredity was once thought to be straightforward.  Genes were passed in an immutable path from...

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Air Apparent

(Repeat) Whether you yawn, gasp, sniff, snore, or sigh, you’re availing yourself of our very...

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You've Got Whale

SMS isn’t the original instant messaging system.  Plants can send chemical warnings through their...

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Rerouting... Rerouting

(Repeat) Lost your sense of direction?  Blame your GPS. Scientists say that our reliance on...

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Bacteria to the Future

(Repeat) Why did the chicken take antibiotics?  To fatten it up and prevent bacterial infection....

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Skeptic Check: Astrology Ascending

The fault is in our stars.  And according to astrology, so is our destiny, our moods, and our...

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Skeptic Check: Astrology Ascending

The fault is in our stars.  And according to astrology, so is our destiny, our moods, and our...

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You Are Exposed

(repeat) There’s no place like “ome.”  Your microbiome is highly influential in determining your...

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Go With the Flow

Solid materials get all the production credit.  Don’t get us wrong, we depend on their strength...

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Climate Changed

Have you adapted to the changing climate? Rising waters, more destructive wildfires,...

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Skeptic Check: Stay Skeptical

Whether you call it hooey, codswallop, or malarky, misinformation is not what it used to be. It’s...

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Sex Post Facto (rebroadcast)

Birds do it, bees do it, but humans may not do it for much longer.  At least not for having...

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