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.