On today’s episode: AI has generated an important mathematical proof, and it’s causing turbulence in the math community. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• OpenAI breakthrough triggers ‘existential crisis’ in math | Science | AAAS

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: Raindrops hold little lightning bolts that are damaging your car. The Ig Nobel prizes have been awarded for 2026. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Raindrops are tiny lightning bolts, and they’re corroding cars, study finds | Ars Technica
• Past Ig Winners – Improbable Research

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:The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has launched! Carbon dioxide is making our carrots less nutritious. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• NASA’s Roman Mission Gears Up for a Torrent of Future Data
• 'The apple you eat isn't the apple your granddaughter will eat': What's on the menu in a warming world? | Live Science

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: Life’s Last Universal Common Ancestor might not have been fully alive. Scientists wiped the memory of a bunch of lab mice… and they weren’t even EVIL scientists! All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Life’s ‘last universal common ancestor’ may predate life itself | Scientific American
• Putting mice into hibernation causes a major loss of synapses | Ars Technica
• Memories stick around even after half the synapses are gone | Ars Technica
• What Happens to Memories When Half the Brain's Synapses Disappear? | Technology Networks

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: Personlized cancer vaccines are coming! This worm can eat plastic! All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Bobby was on Daily Tech News Show
• Moderna Press Release
• New Cancer Vaccine Could Change America in 7 Surprising Ways | Newsweek
• Moderna, Merck breakthrough could usher in wave of cancer vaccines | CNN
• Moderna, Merck unveil mRNA-based cancer vaccine that cuts spread | Al-Jazeera
• Nature’s original bioplastic is food for animals

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 way to turn unsorted plastic into hydrogen! What’s the coldest place you’ve ever lived? I bet it’s not as cold as Antarctica! All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• New process turns mixed plastic waste into hydrogen fuel without sorting
• Antarctica just experienced minus 119 F, Earth's coldest temperature since 2012 — here's why | Live Science

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: Astronomers have discovered a first: sister supernovae. Our ancestors had their eye on more hominins than we originally thought. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• In a cosmic first, astronomers detect 2 sibling supernovas that came from a pair of bound stars | Live Science
• Shared cloud interactions unveil a candidate binary-system supernova pair with no known analogue | Nature
• New technique pinpoints human DNA inherited from ‘ghost’ ancestors - Berkeley News

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: Do dolphins have names? Orcas have the weirdest piñatas. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Are dolphins the only animals that call each other by name? | Science
• Watch orcas ram a sunfish so hard it explodes | Ars Technica

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: How come your uncle says he loves science, but also thinks chemtrails are real? An amateur astronomer discovered a crater in Quebec! All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Why do some people who trust in science also believe in scientific conspiracy theories? | The Conversation
• What they don’t tell you about conspiracy theories: genius-driven science and informal science communication predict susceptibility to conspiracy beliefs | Current Psychology
• Britain Talks Trust in Science | More In Common
• Amateur astronomer discovers 390-million-year-old meteorite impact crater in Quebec - ABC News
• Criteria for the identification of an impact structure
• An Amateur Astronomer Using Google Maps Spotted a Strange Indentation. It Turned Out to Be a Meteorite Crater From 390 Million Years Ago

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: How naked mole rats synchronize their cycles. California is overdue for the next big one… are you prepared? All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• How naked mole rat queens stop rivals reproducing
• A queen odour mediates reproductive suppression in a eusocial mammal | Nature
• A Millennium of Pressure Has Been Building Under California Fault Lines. What Does That Mean for Earthquake Risk? | TIME

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.