On today’s episode: Neanderthals drawing with crayons! We finish out our series on the Nobel Prizes with the Nobel Prize in physiology & medicine. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• This $20,000 Neo Robot Will Clean Your Home, But There’s A Catch (And It’s Kind Of Terrifying)
• 42,000-year-old ochre crayons reveal Neanderthals engaged in symbolic behavior | Archaeology News Online Magazine
• Nobel Prizes 2025

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: LLMs think you’re right and your friend is wrong. This week we look at this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• The Red Sea that vanished and the catastrophic flood that brought it back | ScienceDaily
• Are you the asshole? Of course not!—quantifying LLMs’ sycophancy problem - Ars Technica
• Nobel Prizes 2025

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: An update on one of last year’s Ig Nobel prizes! We go through this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics! All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• “Butt breathing” might soon be a real medical treatment - Ars Technica
• Nobel Prizes 2025

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: Naked mole rats are gonna teach us how to live longer. Why don’t you remember being a baby? All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• We've discovered another reason why naked mole rats live for so long | New Scientist
• https://news.yale.edu/2025/03/20/why-dont-we-remember-being-baby-new-study-provides-clues
• https://www.science.org/content/article/are-your-earliest-childhood-memories-still-lurking-your-mind-or-gone-forever
• https://qbi.uq.edu.au/memory/where-are-memories-stored
• https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1990.tb48908.x
• https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.27.678956v1.full
• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-14461-3

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 promising lead on the origin of brain fog in long COVID. I’m running another marathon and need to beef up on the science of ATP! All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Uncovering the Molecular Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog | Yokohama City University
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMPA_receptor
• How do my muscles get the Energy to perform work? | Medicine LibreTexts
• Muscle Tissues and the Sliding Filament Model | Amoeba Sisters - YouTube

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: Scientists are trying to save coral reefs by looking in unexpected places for sunscreen. We talk about engaging adolescents in science. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Some viruses like to cheat – and that may be good for our health | New Scientist
• Scientists invent new sunscreen made from pollen | Live Science
• Exploring Features That Play a Role in Adolescents’ Science Identity Development
• The connecting brain in context: How adolescent plasticity supports learning and development - ScienceDirect

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: We feature a great new science podcast called Oceanography. Guess what it's about? Yes, ocean science. Take a listen, it'll be worth your time for sure.

Oceanography Podcast

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 mosquitoes prefer hedonists? Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation… The sci-fi sounding medical treatment that actual works!... for some things… All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Beer drinkers are mosquito magnets, according to a festival study
• Hacking the Brain — A New Pradigm in Medicine | Science Based Medicine
• Transcranial magnetic stimulation | Mayo Clinic
• https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/brain-wave-pseudoscience/

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.