All Around Science

On today’s episode: AI data centers are really hot right now! What is an instinct, anyway? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESAI data centres can warm surrounding areas by up to 9.1°C | New Scientisthttps://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_instinctDevelopment evolving:The origins and meanings of instinct - PMChttps://www.britannica.com/topic/instincthttps://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/psychology/instinct-theory https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-00569-017https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5182125/ CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: Bee vitamins! Like, for bees! We’re running out of water in the ground. How can we get it back? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESSaving bees with ‘superfoods’: new engineered supplement found to boost colony reproduction | University of Oxford Engineered yeast provides rare but essential pollen sterols for honeybees | Nature A Bit of Good News: It’s Possible to Turn Around A Groundwater Crisis | Ars TechnicaGround Water Atlas of the United States | USGSMap of Ground Water Recovery SitesCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: It might be time to sleep in separate beds. We talk about how our very own Bobby Frankenburger discovered his passion for science. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESYour partner may wake you up six times a night – but does it matter? | New ScientistCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: What makes a stable star start to flicker wildly? Electrons are really a lot slower than you think they are. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESUW astronomers collect rare evidence of two planets colliding CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: There’s a new ant species that is all queens. We answer listener questions about hair! All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESArtemis III not going to the moonEvery ant is a queen in this parasitic species — and they reproduce by cloning themselves and hijacking other ant colonies | Live Sciencehttps://elifesciences.org/articles/76911https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230310-why-dont-humans-have-furhttps://www.cbhs.com.au/mind-and-body/blog/why-men-are-hairyhttps://sons.co.uk/blogs/learn/hairy-subject-why-are-men-hairier-than-womenhttps://www.bbc.com/future/article/20131004-why-do-men-grow-facial-hairhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/07/19/dear-science-why-does-the-hair-on-my-head-grow-longer-than-the-hair-on-my-body/https://health.howstuffworks.com/skin-care/hair-care/scalp-treatments/question100.htm#:~:text=When%20the%20hair%20follicle%20enters,links%20on%20the%20next%20page.&text=Your%20browser%20can't%20play%20this%20video.&text=An%20error%20occurred.,is%20disabled%20in%20your%20browser.https://sandiegozoowildlifealliance.org/story-hub/zoonooz/across-the-spectrumhttps://riverlegacy.org/blog/how-come-there-are-no-blue-or-green-mammals#:~:text=It%20is%20believed%20that%20most,blue%20and%20green%20at%20you!https://animaldiversity.org/collections/mammal_anatomy/hair/#:~:text=The%20color%20of%20hair%20is,characterized%20by%20different%20banding%20patternsCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: Worried about heart attacks? Try oatmeal! And we reach into the mailbag again and answer your questions about boomerangs and airpods. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESTwo days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level — University of Bonn https://www.healthline.com/health/hdl-vs-ldl-cholesterol#hdl-vs-ldlAir Quality Index (AQI) Basics | AirNowTechnical Assistance Document for the Reporting of Daily Air Quality – the Air Quality Index (AQI) | EPACREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: Elephants have whiskers too! And we talk about the science of burnout. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESUnique structure of elephant whiskers give them built-in sensing “intelligence” | Ars Technicahttps://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=FI2ADwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR3&ots=oD06mQ3Vvm&sig=wexUiegvScQl-GIWZqVQaWs8hBM#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttps://www.scribd.com/document/685389638/Maslach-burnout-Inventory-Standardized-Questionnaire-and-Scoringhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10775-018-9364-7 https://www.wilmarschaufeli.nl/publications/Schaufeli/160.pdf http://ndl.ethernet.edu.et/bitstream/123456789/60531/1/146.pdf#page=56https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10615806.2020.1797695CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: A new milestone for the Perseverance rover! There’s some promising research into how psychedelics could help treat PTSD All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESNASA’s Perseverance Rover Completes First AI-Planned Drive on Mars | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Psychedelics may rewire the brain to treat PTSD. Scientists are finally beginning to understand how. | Live SciencePsychedelic drug ayahuasca could treat PTSD, early studies hint. But exactly how it works isn't clear. | Live ScienceMDMA-assisted therapy for severe PTSD: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 study | Nature MedicineInvestigating the safety and tolerability of single-dose psilocybin for post-traumatic stress disorder: A nonrandomized open-label clinical trial | Journal of PsychopharmacologyCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: Want to smell a mummy being embalmed!? Well now you can! How, exactly, do you launch a rocket? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESNasal spray could prevent infections from any flu strain | New ScientistMuseums incorporate “scent of the afterlife” into Egyptian exhibits | Ars Technicahttps://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/01/31/countdown-begins-for-artemis-ii-wet-dress-rehearsal/CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: There’s news on the long term effects of the keto diet, and it’s not great. We go on an archaeological journey to learn about some old wooden tools. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCEShttps://news.med.virginia.edu/research/scientists-reveal-how-ketogenic-diet-protects-against-seizures-when-drugs-fail/https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/fatty-liver-disease-masld/symptoms-causes/syc-20354567https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/are-you-getting-too-much-proteinStick shaped by ancient humans is the oldest known wooden tool | New ScientistThis 67,800-year-old hand stencil is the world’s oldest human-made art | Ars TechnicaSome of the oldest harpoons ever found reveal Indigenous people in Brazil were hunting whales 5,000 years ago | Live ScienceOldest stone tools pre-date earliest humans | BBCMarathousa 1: a new Middle Pleistocene archaeological site from Greece | AntiquityLocating Sites | Mississippi Valley Archaeology CenterCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.