Could Earth Life Survive on Enceladus? Inside the Alien Ocean Experiment
Could something alive on Earth survive in the ocean beneath an alien moon’s ice? Researchers tested that question by recreating some of the conditions thought to exist on Enceladus, a small moon of Sa...
29 Sep 30min
Sunscreen, Skin Cancer, and How Medical Advice Fails Black Patients | Dr. Adewole Adamson, M.D.
Relevant studies mentioned: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/fullarticle/2774113 - melanoma https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/fullarticle/2790089 (free version: https:/...
28 Sep 1h 19min
How Fast Can a Planet Form? The Youngest Planet Ever Discovered
Elias 2-24b is already several times Jupiter’s mass, yet its star system is estimated to be less than a million years old. This episode follows the discovery and asks how a gas giant can grow so massi...
24 Sep 46min
Life on Earth Might Have Started on Mars
You might be a Martian. In this installment of the Dr. Starkid astrobiology series, I’m making the case that life on Earth may have actually started on Mars first. This idea does not yet have scienti...
4 Sep 1h 37min
Physics Is At Play In Your Personal Life
Momentum is a basic concept in physics: mass in motion, moving in a particular direction. But it also provides an interesting way to think about how a human life takes shape. In this episode, Dr. Dako...
21 Aug 57min
The Worst Thing You Can Lose Is Hope in Yourself
Dr. Dakotah Tyler reflects on the lowest periods of his life, finding purpose through football, losing that identity after a knee injury, and eventually starting over academically on the path toward a...
20 Aug 15min
The Cosmic History of the Atoms Inside You | Astrobiology Series Part IV
Stars do much more than light up the universe. They create the environments where planets form, provide energy to those planets, manufacture new elements through fusion, and eventually return that mat...
17 Aug 35min
Two Football Players Go Deep on Physics, God & the Universe | Arian Foster, NFL Running Back
Arian Foster is a former NFL running back who played for the Houston Texans and Miami Dolphins. He also studied philosophy and, after reaching the NFL, developed a deep interest in science, physics, a...
9 Aug 1h 20min
