Episodios

  • 310 - New Telescope & Expensive Groceries
    Sep 7 2026

    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.

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    1 h y 4 m
  • 309 - What is life and what is memory?
    Aug 31 2026

    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.

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    43 m
  • 308 - Moderna Cancer Breakthrough and Bioplastics
    Aug 25 2026

    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.

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    39 m
  • 307 - Hydrogen from plastic and Antarctica is cold
    Aug 17 2026

    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.

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    42 m
  • 306 - Sister Supernovae and Ancient Human Mixing
    Aug 11 2026

    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.

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    40 m
  • 305 - Dolphin Names and Orca Pinatas
    Aug 3 2026

    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.

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    33 m
  • 304 - Conspiracy Thinking and Crater Discoveries
    Jul 27 2026

    On today’s episode: How come your uncle says he loves science, but also thinks chemtrails are real? An amateur astronomer discovered a crater in Quebec! All that and more today on All Around Science...


    RESOURCES

    • Why do some people who trust in science also believe in scientific conspiracy theories? | The Conversation
    • What they don’t tell you about conspiracy theories: genius-driven science and informal science communication predict susceptibility to conspiracy beliefs | Current Psychology
    • Britain Talks Trust in Science | More In Common
    • Amateur astronomer discovers 390-million-year-old meteorite impact crater in Quebec - ABC News
    • Criteria for the identification of an impact structure
    • An Amateur Astronomer Using Google Maps Spotted a Strange Indentation. It Turned Out to Be a Meteorite Crater From 390 Million Years Ago


    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.

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    42 m
  • 303 - Naked Mole Rats and Earthquake Gates
    Jul 20 2026

    On today’s episode: How naked mole rats synchronize their cycles. California is overdue for the next big one… are you prepared? All that and more today on All Around Science...


    RESOURCES

    • How naked mole rat queens stop rivals reproducing
    • A queen odour mediates reproductive suppression in a eusocial mammal | Nature
    • A Millennium of Pressure Has Been Building Under California Fault Lines. What Does That Mean for Earthquake Risk? | TIME


    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.

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    48 m