Petri Dish

Measles! Super contagious, very tricky, no real treatments, can cause IMMUNE AMNESIA! But hey, we have a vaccine, so this disease should be history, right? Well, definitely not yet! Learn more about t...

7 Sep 202059min

Plastics! So useful! But also filling up our landfills and gunking up our oceans! What are microplastics? Are they bad for human health and/or the environment? What even ARE plastics? And are there an...

31 Aug 20201h 3min

This week we're doing our second episode about Fungi! Last week we talked about what fungi even are in a broad sense. This week we cover symbiotic and pathogenic fungi, like the famous Cordyceps fungi...

24 Aug 202058min

This week we're talking about Fungi! They used to be grouped in with plants, then got their own Kingdom... But what do we think about them now? What even are fungi? How can a group contain both little...

17 Aug 202052min

Howdy y'all! Today we're releasing our final episode on autoimmune disorders! If you haven't already, we highly recommend you check out our episodes on the immune system (Episodes 36 and 38) for usefu...

10 Aug 202052min

Ahoy-hoy! Today we're releasing an episode on autoimmune disorders like lupus and MS! What is going on in these diseases where your adaptive immune system starts attacking you? If you haven't already,...

3 Aug 202053min

Hey folks! Today we're releasing an episode on chronic inflammatory disorders like osteoarthritis! If you haven't already, we highly recommend you check out our episodes on the immune system (Episodes...

30 Juli 202035min

Hey folks! Last week we divided our episode in two, and here is the second part of bacteria's weapons of war! This episode continues our coverage about the little biological weapons bacteria have evol...

27 Juli 202026min