On today’s episode: Neanderthals weren’t as dumb as you thought! And we catch up on listener questions! All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Neanderthals invented their own bone weapon technology by 80,000 years ago
• Zolpidem - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf.
• 2-Minute Neuroscience: Zolpidem (Ambien)
• Beat Jet Lag with These Insider Tips | U30X
• How to Fall Asleep on an Airplane​
• Health and Wellness: How Private Jets Ensure Passenger Wellbeing - Blog - The Aviation Factory

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: We revisit an old favorite episode from back in 2021 about eel sex, and include some updates on what scientists have learned about this mysterious phenomenon in the past four years.

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: Lemurs. They’re cute. They’re fuzzy. They’re huge bullies. Dogs and cats, living together, with humans… how did that even happen? All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• How Changes in Lemur Brains Made Some Mean Girls Nice - Research Blog
• Stone Age dog skeleton hints at complex early relationship with pets
• The Evolution of House Cats
• Did cult sacrifices in ancient Egypt give rise to the cat?

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: How good are you at spotting an AI voice? Probably not as good as you think. Is boredom good for you? All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• People are really bad at spotting AI-generated deepfake voices | New Scientist
• Is boredom a source of noise and/or a confound in behavioral science research?
• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10342197/#s5
• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4330241/
• https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fapl0001161
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LOhSAC_bLA&t=8s&ab_channel=UniversityofWaterlooFacultyofArts
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451958823000465
• https://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/may/03/why-its-good-to-be-bored

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: Scientists mapped out half a billion connections in section of brain the size of a grain of sand. Can you treat PMS with placebos? Some scientists tried to find out. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Scientists complete largest wiring diagram and functional map of the brain to date - Allen Institute
• Efficacy of open-label placebos for premenstrual syndrome: a randomised controlled trial | BMJ
• Placebo pills found to significantly reduce premenstrual syndrome symptoms | Contemporary OB/GYN
• Open-label placebo appears to reduce premenstrual symptoms, study suggests
• Reddit discussion of study

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: Scientists can now grow the flesh of one potato with the skin of another potato. Which organs can you live without? All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Plant skin grafts could result in new kinds of vegetables
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18265855/
• https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical/your-appendix-may-not-be-useless-after-all

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: Do birds experience road rage? Time. It’s not just made up. It’s a real thing. And I’m going to tell you how. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: A new technique for growing human muscle tissue for robotic limbs. We head on down to the factory for a fresh, juicy, lab grown burger! All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• A “biohybrid” robotic hand built using real human muscle cells
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNlnSMe8imo&ab_channel=CNBCInternational
• https://www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/lab-grown-meat-carbon-footprint-worse-beef
• https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.04.21.537778v1.full.pdf
• https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408398.2025.2461262?af=R
• https://www.eufic.org/en/food-production/article/lab-grown-meat-how-it-is-made-and-what-are-the-pros-and-cons
• https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lab-grown-meat-approved-for-sale-what-you-need-to-know/
• https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0171904
• https://phys.org/news/2019-01-scientists-breathalyze-cows-methane-emissions.html
• https://foodandagricultureorganization.shinyapps.io/GLEAMV3_Public/
• https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2011-06-21-lab-grown-meat-would-cut-emissions-and-save-energy
• https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s12915-024-01936-8.pdf
• https://gfi.org/science/the-science-of-cultivated-meat/#Introduction

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: Whale poop and pee is more important than you might think! Um… What? Huh? And lots of other examples of why my public speaking teacher was wrong. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Discovery: The Great Whale Pee Funnel
• Huh? The valuable role of interjections
• Speech interjections aren’t throwaway lines
• Is “Huh?” a Universal Word? Conversational Infrastructure and the Convergent Evolution of Linguistic Items
• Listeners as co-narrators | APA PsycNet

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode: Social media is making us sweat. And let’s talk about endometriosis. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• How our bodies react when we use social media – and when we stop
• Worldwide Daily Social Media Usage (New 2024 Data)
• https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/endometriosis-is-common-and-debilitating-why-do-we-know-so-little-about-it/
• https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2022/cancer-lymph-nodes-metastasis#:~:text=Inside%2C%20immune%20cells%20learn%20how,or%20lymph%20to%20other%20organs.
• https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/endometriosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20354656
• https://www.advancedgynaecologymelbourne.com.au/treatment-of-endometriosis

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.