Podcasts de physics

Skeptics think about vaccines differently

Vaccine skeptics might see vaccines the way they do because they tend to overestimate the...

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78 - The Life of a Science Journalist (Ft. Katrina Miller)

What's it like bringing science to the most general public audiences? How do you distill...

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Walked or swam? An index can answer

How do scientists figure out even basic facts such as whether an animal walked on land or swam in...

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268 | Matt Strassler on Relativity, Fields, and the Language of Reality

In the 1860s, James Clerk Maxwell argued that light was a wave of electric and magnetic fields....

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From Physics to Platform Engineering: Revolutionizing DevOps and Tackling Cloud Security

Embark on a journey through the labyrinth of cloud security with us as we welcome Corey O’Daniel,...

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Play and the brain

Researchers classify an animal behavior as play when it doesn’t involve an external reward, such...

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ELI5 Leap Years - why was 2000 a leap year but 2100 isn’t?

How did ancient civilizations in 45 B.C. with their ancient technology know that the earth orbits...

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What we can learn from ancient climate records

Scientists find clues to how the earth's climate is changing by looking to the past.

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Tetrataenite as a solution to the rare earth crisis

Demand for rare earth elements is soaring, and it will continue to grow in the future.

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Bonus Episode: Rob Julian - Oncology Systems Limited My QA Proactive Product

Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Rob Julian who discusses his career, Oncology...

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The effects of bismuth in Pepto Bismol

When the bismuth combines with the trace amounts of sulfur in your saliva and in your...

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Sound Energy

On today’s episode: A snapshot of a moving electron? How much energy is needed to make the sounds...

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King Tut's dagger from space

King Tutankhamen of Egypt has fascinated people ever since archeologist Howard Carter discovered...

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Where does bitterness come from? Ask the sharks

Bitterness, like sweetness or saltiness, is one of the major taste sensations. And while it makes...

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Remembering the past, as a baby

What's your earliest memory?

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Why are sunrises faster than sunsets?

It takes much less time for the sun to light up the sky at dawn than it does for all the light to...

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The temperature of ice on a hot day

If you drink a glass of ice water on a hot day, what temperature is the ice?

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Do brains differ with biology?

There are some biological differences between the sexes, but do they extend to the brain?

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266 | Christoph Adami on How Information Makes Sense of Biology

Evolution is sometimes described -- not precisely, but with some justification -- as being about...

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The Universal Constructor: A Conversation with David Deutsch

The Universal Constructor: A Conversation with David Deutsch

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