The Tale of the Bacteria Farmer with Sarah Richardson
Sarah Richardson, a biologist, dreams of being of a farmer. Instead of tending to barns full of cows making milk, she'll have petri dishes full of bacteria. They'll be making a brand new kind of fuel ...
10 Feb 201612min
The World Without Parasites with Carl Zimmer
What would the world be like if there were no parasites? You might actually miss those mind-controlling blood suckers. Science writer Carl Zimmer tells us how scientists are discovering the hidden imp...
6 Jan 201612min
[UPDATE] The Night of the Decoy Spider with Joe Hanson
[Now, with new information on decoy spider research!] One dark night in the Amazon, three guys stumble face first into a new discovery - and capture it all on video. Joe Hanson, from It's Okay to Be S...
16 Dec 201510min
The Secret of Dark Energy with Jeff Silverman
No one knows what dark energy is or why it exists. So how did astronomers discover the mysterious force that's pulling the universe apart? Astronomer Jeff Silverman explains one of the universe's bigg...
16 Nov 201511min
The Tale of The Brain Scoop with Emily Graslie
Emily Graslie, host of the YouTube science show The Brain Scoop, explains how an encounter with a dead mouse at a natural history museum steered her toward one of the most important discoveries of her...
19 Okt 201510min
The Case of the Living Dinosaurs with Riley Black
Dinosaurs never went extinct. They're living in our backyards. How did scientists discover that birds are secretly dinosaurs? Science writer Riley Black tells us how some suspicious fuzz on a farmer's...
3 Sep 201513min
The Mystery of the Exploding Star with Jeffrey Silverman
A mystery that began with an unusual star spotted in the year 1054 took almost a thousand years to solve. In this episode, supernova expert Jeffrey Silverman explains how astronomers cracked the case ...
16 Juli 201511min
The Tale Of The Giant Toad with Sheril Kirshenbaum
When a tiny beetle starts destroying farmers' fields in Australia, scientists decide to bring in a giant toad to bite back. But they never predicted what would happen next. In this episode, science wr...
14 Maj 201515min
