Mike, Chad, and guest Kevin award the first Crisspies - "The Best Depiction of Science in Science Fiction" for Space Travel. Join us as we debate the pros/cons for Apollo 13, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Gravity, Interstellar, and The Martian.

Chad and Mike discuss the ways in which culture and language can transfer and evolve similarly to genetic information.

Our next episode will involve discussions of science in science fiction. We will discuss the movies 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Martian, Apollo 13, Gravity, and Interstellar. Rewatch these movies and enjoy our next episode with us.

Chad and Mike invite Bruce Carlson to discuss how electric fish produce voltages and can use them to detect their environments.

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Two years ago, Giant Asian Hornets were a new, invasive species to the United States. Dubbed Murder Hornets by the media, for how quickly they could kill honeybees, scientists were quick to implement eradication efforts. It has recently been reported that there were no sightings of murder hornets in all of last year. To celebrate, we are replaying an episode about them from 2020.

Mike and Chad discuss a phenomenon that occurs when some atoms are cooled to very low temperatures. To help with the explanation, we have a special visit from Bill Phillips.

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Chad and Mike discuss how sex is determined in mammals and birds. There are some surprising differences between them. Listen to learn more.

Mike and Chad invite Dr. Jo Handelsman from the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery to discuss the dirty secrets of our soil. There is a lot more happening beneath our feet than we normally think about. And we discuss ways to help maintain the levels of soil that we currently have.

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We are joined by data scientist Dr. Kate Lorenzen to talk about the mathematical logic used to debug complicated computer software and what can go wrong when the logic fails.

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Chad and Mike have been leaning into too much physics lately so we are going to relax and relisten to this episode from 2021 about trap jaw ants with Chad's friend, Andrew Suarez.

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Mike and Chad welcome David Wineland, the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physics into the studio to discuss cold atoms and atomic clocks.

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