I Slept Through Science

Essential Oils are incredibly popular for their wonderful scents as well as their healing properties. But what about these oils is essential, anyway? And are they able to do all the things they claim?...

27 Mar 202347min

Ionized water is marketed as a way to balance the pH of our bodies and alkaline water is supposed to be good for us, but is it? What exactly is pH, anyway? Join us this week to learn about how the pla...

20 Mar 202341min

Astrology has been around for thousands of years. Since astrology has to do with the stars, does that make it scientific? What exactly is the Zodiac, and what does that have to do with my personality?...

13 Mar 202336min

Our last listener question for a while, we look into what fog is. Is fog just a cloud that's low to the ground? If so, why is it so close to the ground? Can fog rain? Is fog heavier than clouds? So ma...

6 Mar 202327min

Though it might not seem immediately obvious, sometimes plants appear to want their own personal space. Crown shyness is an interesting phenomenon where the tops of trees stay away from each other. Bu...

27 Feb 202326min

Another listener question this week about something that seems simple: engines. Do you know the difference between an engine and a motor? How do car engines actually make cars move? Where does all tha...

20 Feb 202334min

We've all been annoyed by the drip-drip-drip of water from a leaky faucet, but why is there a rhythm to the dripping? What prevents the water from simply leaking out continuously? And can water defy g...

14 Feb 202330min

If you don't have to run your heater all year, you're probably familiar with the smell that accompanies turning it on again in the fall. But what causes that smell? Is something burning? What does it ...

6 Feb 202321min