
Ep. 170 Death Pt 2: A Twitching Heart
We return with our second episode on Death, the final frontier! What is it? Actually though, like what determines the moment when someone dies? This question has actually had a different answer throug...
30 Tammi 202358min

Ep 169 Death Pt.1: Disembodied Pig Brains
On our first episode about Death, we look into a paper published a few years that described the reanimation of a pig brain! Spooky! Let’s get into the science behind it and some of its implications fo...
23 Tammi 202339min

Ep 168. The Tridemic
This winter season the world is dealing with not two but three respiratory illnesses at the same time. While these are familiar names at this point, they’re definitely different from one another, so l...
16 Tammi 202341min

Ep. 167 Coffee Pt 2: Dry, Wet, Honey, and Poop
Hi Folks! Part 2 of our series on coffee focuses on how coffee beans can be imparted with different flavors through their picking and processing! We mentioned this in the show notes for the last episo...
10 Loka 202242min

Ep. 166 Coffee Pt 1: Species and History
The first episode on our three part series is on the history of human consumption of coffee (as far as we know) and the several species of plant that can produce those sweet, sweet beans! As a note, w...
3 Loka 202227min

Ep. 165 Viral Hepatitis Pt 2: The Chronic
In our second and final episode on viral hepatitis, we discuss Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C! One has a vaccine, the other can be treated with antivirals, but both can be pretty serious and bad if you a...
26 Syys 202250min

Ep. 164 Viral Hepatitis Pt 1: Acute But Not Cute
In our first episode of a two parter, we discuss what the liver does, what hepatitis is generally, and which hepatitis viruses cause acute issues! References: https://link.springer.com/article/10.10...
19 Syys 202237min

Ep. 163 Random Walks, Brownian Motion, and the Physics of Big Bacteria
Last week, we discussed a very big bacterium, one you can see with your naked eye! But back in high school we all learned that bacteria and prokaryotes in general were pretty simple cells and were def...
12 Syys 202224min
















