On today’s episode: There’s been a huge breakthrough in HIV prevention. Move over, oxytocin, there’s a new love hormone in town! Scientists may have figured out a way to reverse the effects of lupus. This worm’s remarkable eyes may change how we envision sight. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• HIV Drug Breakthrough
• Science confirms it: Love leaves a mark on your brain | CU Boulder Today
• Scientists discover a cause of lupus and a possible way to reverse it
• Mediterranean marine worm has developed eyes “as big as millstones" – University of Copenhagen

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 may have gotten all of our Neanderthal DNA from a single, short-lived rendezvous. And we look into the psychology of holiday beliefs. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Studies pin down exactly when humans and Neanderthals swapped DNA
• https://liberalarts.mercer.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/07/SharonTWoolleyJD2004.pdf
• https://uva.theopenscholar.com/files/early-development-lab/files/the_effect_of_realistic_8.pdf?preview=true
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9418217/
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/1132284
• https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2024-25574-001.pdf

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: Good news for electric vehicle owners; your batteries will last much longer than we thought! Is AI becoming more deceptive in an effort to keep itself from being deleted? All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Existing EV batteries may last up to 40% longer than expected | Stanford Report
• Is It Bad to Charge an Electric Vehicle to 100%?
• OpenAI o1 System Card
• Specific Gaming Examples in AI
• OpenAI o1 explained: Everything you need to know | Tech Target
• OpenAI's o1 lies more than any major AI model. Why that matters | ZDNET
• OpenAI's new o1 model sometimes fights back when it thinks it'll be shut down and then lies about it | Business Insider
• The new followup to ChatGPT is scarily good at deception | Vox
• What Is Chain-of-Thought Prompting in Generative AI? | Video
• https://www.transformernews.ai/p/openais-new-model-tried-to-avoid

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:It turns out that it doesn’t matter whether it’s true or not… your uncle is still going to share that weird article he found. And we once again explore the Drake equation; could intelligent life be out there? All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• People will share misinformation that sparks “moral outrage”
• https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-we-probably-wont-find-aliens-anytime-soon/
• https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/technosignatures-and-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence/
• https://cires.colorado.edu/news/potential-indicators-life-other-planets-can-be-created-lab
• https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.08724
• https://www.sci.news/astronomy/webb-biosignature-gas-k2-18b-12904.html
• https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/biosignatures-exoplanets
• https://science.nasa.gov/exoplanets/can-we-find-life/

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: Pandrug-resistant bacteria might be better at causing disease than we thought. Why do we cry? It doesn’t seem to be very useful… or does it? All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Pandrug-resistant bacteria from the war in Ukraine are extremely pathogenic | Lund University
• https://time.com/4254089/science-crying/
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/43714978
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28831948/
• https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/09/07/curious-behvaior-provine/
• https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1135127182

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: Sitting or standing at work… which one is healthier? We examine the first three variables in the Drake equation. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Are standing desks good for you? The answer is getting clearer.
• https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/53/6/dyae136/7822310?login=false
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33813968/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Fkvtr2z8M&ab_channel=SETIInstitute
• https://www.livescience.com/space/exoplanets/there-may-be-hundreds-of-millions-of-habitable-planets-in-the-milky-way-new-study-suggests
• https://www.britannica.com/science/Drake-equation
• https://www.e-education.psu.edu/astro801/content/l12_p5.html
• https://science.nasa.gov/exoplanets/facts/

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: Will Chonkus help save the climate? Dirt. What is it made of? And how did it get there? All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/service/press/single-view/erster-bernsteinfund-auf-antarktischem-kontinent.html
• Meet Chonkus, the mutant cyanobacteria that could help sink climate change
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udseIcrUxvA&t=25s
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil#Horizons
• https://iastate.pressbooks.pub/introsoilscience/chapter/parent-materials/
• https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/AralSea

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: Terror birds are bigger than we thought they were. And we talk about where hot springs come from! All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Fossil of huge terror bird offers new information about wildlife in South America 12 million years ago
• https://study.com/academy/lesson/video/springs-definition-formation-types.html
• https://hotspringslocator.com/mineral-hot-spring-types
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUA39d3_y_o&ab_channel=BBCEarthKids
• https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2292_water.html
• https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/life-in-the-extreme-terrestrial-hot-springs/
• https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/19/JEB245028/330705/Hot-spring-fish-live-life-on-the-edge

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 do you satiate your curiosity? Social distancing may have helped ancient cities thrive. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Study reveals three ways to disappear down a Wikipedia rabbit hole
• Socially distanced layout of the world’s oldest cities helped early civilization evade diseases

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: Halloween candy is upsetting the delicate ecosystem in your gut! Do our stories of monsters have roots in real illnesses? All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Halloween candy binges can overload your gut microbiome – a gut doctor explains how to minimize spooking your helpful bacteria
• https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/vampire-grave-found-in-poland
• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/130715-vampire-archaeology-burial-exorcism-anthropology-grave
• https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/article-abstract/2547233
• https://www.queensu.ca/gazette/stories/vampire-myths-originated-real-blood-disorder
• https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/this-hallucinogenic-fungus-might-be-behind-the-salem-witch-trials
• https://www.britannica.com/story/how-rye-bread-may-have-caused-the-salem-witch-trials

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.