Science Snacks

Science Snacks

By EricScience
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Science Snacks episodes

  • Albert Einstein's Nobel Prize

    What's up with this Einstein guy? What did he even do? He got a prize? Was it for that weird tongue picture, because that was certainly profile pic worthy. Learn about Planck's constant, Yale science buildings, and the start of special relativity on this episode of Science Snacks. 

    13 min
  • Aspartame is (Probably) Fine for You

    Aspartame is a scary chemical that will for sure kill you. Or so they say. What does the science say? Learn about Phenylketonuria, how to say that word, and what the truth of aspartame along with discussion of problematic legislation on this episode of Science Snacks!

    17 min
  • Helpful Viruses

    Most viruses don't care about us. Some want to use or kill us. Some, seemingly want to help us, or namely, sheep. We might find some viruses in the future super helpful. How? Well, you can find out here on this episode of Science Snacks!

    15 min
  • What Makes Someone Homosexual? *sometimes

    Homosexuality has a lot of social and societal connotations. But what from a scientific standpoint seems to cause it? We talk about one proposed correlation found with the Fraternal Birth Order Effect that may shed just a little light on some cases (but not nearly all) of male homosexuality. Only on Science Snacks!

    16 min
  • The Histone Code and Epigenetics

    This might sound weird, but your genetics are more than your DNA. Building to some larger topics, we talk about why DNA is not the whole story, and I gush over how cool that is. Only here on Science Snacks!

    16 min

About Science Snacks

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This snack-sized podcast helps you get smarter, brought to you by a Science Liaison! Every episode, I take one or more scientific papers and make them easily digestible. A podcast where you learn…