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  • On today’s episode: Your bad sense of direction is probably b/c you didn’t explore your neighborhood enough as a kid. How to publish a scientific paper. All that and more today on All Around Science...

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    Evidence for a unitary structure of spatial cognition beyond general intelligence Explaining World-Wide Variation in Navigation Ability from Millions of People: Citizen Science Project Sea Hero Quest Spatial Navigation in Childhood and Aging Why do some people always get lost? https://interestingengineering.com/science/moon-keeps-drifting-away-from-earth Our moon has been drifting away from Earth for 2.5 billion years | Space Why Total Solar Eclipses Will Be a Thing of the Past in 600 Million Years | The Weather Channel

    CREDITS:

    Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

    Booking - September McCrady

    THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

    https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
    http://andrewallenmusic.com

  • On today’s episode: Good news for huggers! And non-huggers! Should we build new particle accelerators? And if so, what kind? All that and more today on All Around Science...

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    New study highlights the benefit of touch on mental and physical health - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind US particle physicists want to build a muon collider — Europe should pitch in

    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: Apparently climate change is stealing an entire second from our day! How exactly do memories work? All that and more today on All Around Science...

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    Taylor Swift concerts cause earthquakes Climate change is delaying world clocks' need for a 'negative leap second' https://www.nature.com/articles/nature11028 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaw4325 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6cg0KIwozg&t=351s&ab_channel=SciShowPsych https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29384-4 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7577560/ https://picower.mit.edu/news/engrams-emerging-basic-unit-memory https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/how-memory-works https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/how-memories-are-formed/ https://news.mit.edu/2017/neuroscientists-identify-brain-circuit-necessary-memory-formation-0406 https://qbi.uq.edu.au/brain-basics/memory/how-are-memories-formed https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/where-do-memories-form-and-how-do-we-know The Legacy of Patient H.M. for Neuroscience - PMC

    CREDITS:

    Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

    Booking - September McCrady

    THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

    https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
    http://andrewallenmusic.com

  • On today’s episode: There’s a neurological condition that makes everyone around you look like goblins and pigs! Scientists are testing a new anti-tick pill for humans! All that and more today on All Around Science...

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    If Faces Appear Distorted, You Could Have This Condition | Dartmouth A century of prosopometamorphopsia studies - ScienceDirect https://www.fda.gov/patients/drug-development-process/step-3-clinical-research https://ir.tarsusrx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/tarsus-announces-positive-topline-results-carpo-phase-2a-proof https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/tick-killing-pill-shows-promising-results-in-human-trial/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotilaner https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/6/21-1335_article

    CREDITS:

    Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

    Booking - September McCrady

    THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

    https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
    http://andrewallenmusic.com

  • On today’s episode: Scientists have found a bunch of new bacteria in our guts that help us digest plants! NASA’s many solutions to the engineering problem of pooping in space. All that and more today on All Around Science...

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    Urban humans have lost much of their ability to digest plants Cryptic diversity of cellulose-degrading gut bacteria in industrialized humans The world's first animal was probably a carnivore https://www.reddit.com/r/TIHI/comments/eivocv/thanks_i_hate_nasas_fecal_containment_device/ https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19760005580/downloads/19760005580.pdf) https://www.popsci.com/brief-history-pooping-in-space/ https://www.popsci.com/how-your-body-betrays-you-in-space/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXg2Lxe7ADw&ab_channel=NerdNite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1wwzwvfsC0&ab_channel=NASA https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19760005580 https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/nasa-astronaut-had-to-pack-poop-with-her-hand-in-space-heres-why-1859627 https://www.businessinsider.com/how-nasa-astronauts-pee-and-poop-in-space-2018-8#today-astronauts-at-the-international-space-station-poop-into-a-little-plate-sized-toilet-hole-and-a-fan-vacuum-sucks-their-excrement-away-15

    CREDITS:

    Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

    Booking - September McCrady

    THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

    https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
    http://andrewallenmusic.com

  • On today’s episode: A classic science demo may be able to generate electricity! There are many dangers to going to space… and one of them is radiation. How are we protecting our astronauts? All that and more today on All Around Science...

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    Article Drinking-bird-enabled triboelectric hydrovoltaic generator 'Drinking bird' toys upgraded to generate clean energy from water DB-THG powering 20 LCDs (Credit: Device, Wu Zheng Qin et al) Shields up: New ideas might make active shielding viable Space Faring: The Radiation Challenge - NASA What Is Ionizing Radiation? Radiation Effects on Cells & DNA This Is How Orion Astronauts Might Protect Themselves From Radiation Storms Plasma bubble could protect astronauts on Mars trip Radiation Shielding Techniques for Human Spaceflight

    CREDITS:

    Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

    Booking - September McCrady

    THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

    https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
    http://andrewallenmusic.com

  • On today’s episode: ChatGPT has beaten humans in tests on creative thinking. And it looks like whiptail lizards are just having babies…but something incredible is going on. All that and more today on All Around Science...

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    AI outperforms humans in standardized tests of creative potential
    https://www.nature.com/articles/6884440 https://www.biologyonline.com/dictionary/apomixis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5499200/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV0UqyfoID0&ab_channel=NitikaJain https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1102811108 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27802173/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5499200/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/parthenogenesis-how-animals-have-virgin-births?loggedin=true&rnd=1709485440216 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3900772/

    CREDITS:

    Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

    Booking - September McCrady

    THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

    https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
    http://andrewallenmusic.com

  • On today’s episode: A new treatment for people with severe food allergies. We talk about the science of sleep with Dr. Alex Reynolds. All that and more today on All Around Science...

    THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

    https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
    http://andrewallenmusic.com

  • On today’s episode: A snapshot of a moving electron? How much energy is needed to make the sounds we hear? All that and more today on All Around Science...

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    First-ever atomic freeze-frame of liquid water https://www.science.org/content/article/scienceadviser-first-ever-atomic-freeze-frame-liquid-water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e83QRGoRCo&t=313s&ab_channel=PBSSpaceTime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decibel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal-loudness_contour https://www.izotope.com/en/learn/what-are-lufs.html#:~:text=The%20first%20step%20in%20calculating,pass%20filter%20at%20100%20Hz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipBXHHnud3E&t=330s https://www.acoustic-glossary.co.uk/sound-energy.htm#:~:text=Sound%20Energy%20Definition&text=The%20Sound%20Energy%20Unit%20is,decibels%2C%20neatly%20solves%20this%20problem. https://pressbooks.pub/sound/chapter/frequency-and-loudness-perception/#:~:text=If%20a%20sound%20is%20played,the%20intensities%20are%20the%20same. https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/28163/whats-the-shortest-sound-perceptible-to-the-human-ear

    THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

    https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
    http://andrewallenmusic.com

  • On today’s episode: Microbes are the new stars of CSI: Miami, and Maura reaches into the mailbag and answers your burning questions! All that and more today on All Around Science...

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    Scientists identify “universal network” of microbes for decomposing flesh Why Do We See Visual Patterns When Rubbing Our Eyes? (explainplease.co.uk) Why do you see colors when you close or rub eyes | Ohio State Medical Center (osu.edu) Why do you see waves, colours and lights when you rub your eyes? (sciencenorway.no) Purkynĕ's description of pressure phosphenes and modern neurophysiological studies on the generation of phosphenes by eyeball deformation https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8153716/#:~:text=INTRODUCTION,%2C%20sandstorms%2C%20or%20volcanic%20plumes. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095034920300453#:~:text=The%20studies%20indicate%20that%20the,is%20called%20Aeolian%20electric%20field. https://physics.aps.org/articles/v16/23 https://www.science.org/content/article/static-electricity-strengthens-desert-dust-storms https://physicsworld.com/a/contact-electrification-explained-at-last/ Vertigo While Sleeping: Tips and Treatment | Sleep Foundation

    THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

    https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
    http://andrewallenmusic.com

  • On today’s episode: Some tiny robot news! Baby great white sharks. The cicada double brood swarm is coming… are you ready? All that and more today on All Around Science...

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    Novel aerial observations of a possible newborn white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in Southern California | Environmental Biology of Fishes https://bioone.org/journals/copeia/volume-108/issue-1/OT-19-233/The-Smallest-Known-Free-Living-White-Shark-Carcharodon-carcharias-Lamniformes/10.1643/OT-19-233.short https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/01/29/first-ever-sighting-live-newborn-great-white https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/us/cicadas-emergence-broods-xix-xiii-scn/index.html https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/09/25/loudest-animal-in-the-world/7895928001/ https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/22362042/cicada-brood-x-map-2021 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodical_cicadas#Evolution_and_speciation

    THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

    https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
    http://andrewallenmusic.com

  • On today’s episode: Some tiny robot news! We’re sending LISA to space, and she’s gonna detect black hole collisions for us! Will nuclear fusion power our future? All that and more today on All Around Science...

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    LIGO goes to space: ESA to proceed with LISA gravitational wave detector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_confinement_fusion https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/worlds-largest-fusion-project-is-in-big-trouble-new-documents-reveal/ https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/12/26/inside-the-worlds-first-reactor-that-will-power-earth-using-the-same-nuclear-reaction-as-t https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/20/climate/nuclear-fusion-energy-breakthrough-replicate-climate/index.html https://www.science.org/content/article/fusion-power-may-run-fuel-even-gets-started https://www.science.org/content/article/first-plasma-fired-world-s-largest-fusion-reactor

    THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

    https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
    http://andrewallenmusic.com

  • On today’s episode: Some tiny robot news! Big, giant, large-scale farms have a big, giant carbon footprint… but maybe not as much as that rooftop garden across the street. All that and more today on All Around Science...

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    Mini-robots modeled on insects may be smallest, lightest, fastest ever developed | WSU Insider How a metal with a memory will shape our future on Mars https://www.explainthatstuff.com/how-shape-memory-works.html Urban agriculture’s carbon footprint can be worse than that of large farms https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44254-023-00017-3

    THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

    https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
    http://andrewallenmusic.com

  • On today’s episode: Scientists tracked the 20 year journey of a mammoth that lived 14,000 years ago! How do migrating birds know where they’re going? Quantum mechanics! All that and more today on All Around Science...

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    New study tracks a mammoth’s travels across Alaska Magnetic sensitivity of cryptochrome 4 from a migratory songbird | Nature How quantum mechanics help birds find their way How Migrating Birds Use Quantum Effects to Navigate | Scientific American
    Magnetic field effects on plant growth, development, and evolution Cryptochrome-mediated light responses in plants - PMC Magnetic bones in human sinuses The magnetite-based receptors in the beak of birds and their role in avian navigation - PMC European Robin - Erithacus rubecula - Birds of the World Cryptochromes in mammals: a magnetoreception misconception? - PMC
    Electromagnetic noise leaves birds lost in migration, study reports Interaction of magnetite-based receptors in the beak with the visual system underlying 'fixed direction' responses in birds | Frontiers in Zoology

    THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

    https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
    http://andrewallenmusic.com

  • On today’s episode: Evolution may not be quite as random as we thought. A new drug is being developed to help deal with the problem of antibiotic resistance. All that and more today on All Around Science...

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    Blue Whale Size Comparison Evolution is not as random as previously thought, finds a new study - University of Nottingham Experimental antibiotic kills deadly superbug, opens whole new class of drugs A novel antibiotic class targeting the lipopolysaccharide transporter | Nature A new antibiotic traps lipopolysaccharide in its intermembrane transporter | Nature How can we solve the antibiotic resistance crisis? | YouTube Overview of Gram-Negative Bacteria Gram-negative bacteria | Wikipedia WHO publishes list of bacteria for which new antibiotics are urgently needed

    THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

    https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
    http://andrewallenmusic.com

  • On today’s episode: The cutest version of humans and animals working together! We know dark matter exists; can it create dark stars? All that and more today on All Around Science...

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    Honeyguide Birds Learn Culturally Distinct Calls Made by Honey Hunters https://www.newsweek.com/physics-can-dark-matter-cool-thousands-clumps-hot-galactic-halos-797546 https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/05/10/when-did-the-universe-become-transparent-to-light/?sh=7327cb9b1924
    https://www.sciencenews.org/article/james-webb-telescope-stars-dark-matter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpYWK4x5rUA&ab_channel=Dr.Becky Could Dark Matter Stars Exist? https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2305762120 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25934570-800-dark-stars-have-we-finally-found-a-weird-sun-powered-by-dark-matter/ https://www.science.org/content/article/astronomers-home-offspring-universe-s-first-stars?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_content=alert&utm_campaign=DailyLatestNews&et_rid=704986071&et_cid=5042684



    THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

    https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
    http://andrewallenmusic.com

  • On today’s episode: How much does light color affect your sleep cycle? And the 2024 calendar is already full of space missions all over the solar system! All that and more today on All Around Science...

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    Light color is less important for the internal clock than originally thought | University of Basel From the Moon’s south pole to an ice-covered ocean world, several exciting space missions are slated for launch in 2024


    THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

    https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
    http://andrewallenmusic.com

  • On today’s episode: The plants have been screaming all this time and we haven’t been listening! A millenia-old mystery has been solved! Long COVID… what have scientists figured out about it so far? And the superstar of 2023 has made strides toward better outcomes for some of the most challenging cancer cases. All that and more today on All Around Science...

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    Plants emit ultrasonic popping sounds when stressed Londoner solves 20,000-year Ice Age drawings mystery An Upper Palaeolithic Proto-writing System and Phenological Calendar | Cambridge Archaeological Journal Unraveling long COVID: Here's what scientists who study the illness want to find out AI model can help determine where a patient’s cancer arose | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology


    THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

    https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
    http://andrewallenmusic.com

  • On today’s episode: That gene editing wonder technology, CRISPR, is finally curing diseases! What REALLY killed off the dinosaurs? All that and more today on All Around Science...

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    FDA approves first CRISPR therapy—here’s how it works against sickle cell https://scitechdaily.com/volcanoes-or-asteroid-ai-ends-debate-over-dinosaur-extinction-event/ https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/more-meteorite-new-clues-about-demise-dinosaurs-353027 https://www.britannica.com/science/K-T-extinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deccan_Traps#Effect_on_mass_extinctions_and_climate https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/dinosaurs-ancient-fossils/extinction/deccan-traps-volcanoes https://scitechdaily.com/what-really-killed-dinosaurs-and-other-life-on-earth-maybe-not-an-asteroid-strike/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012825200000374 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrbdYcNTo7Y&t=4s&ab_channel=FactsinMotion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st_2C_Wrw4A&ab_channel=FactsinMotion https://www.astronomy.com/science/asteroid-dust-found-at-chicxulub-crater-confirms-cause-of-dinosaurs-extinction/ https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/events/cowen1b.html#:~:text=Iridium%20occurs%20in%20normal%20seafloor,arisen%20in%20some%20unusual%20way. https://www.space.com/19681-dinosaur-killing-asteroid-chicxulub-crater.html


    THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

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    http://andrewallenmusic.com

  • On today’s episode: A new method that can make AI systems more like brains. Quantum computers are not going to be on your desktop, but they ARE going to threaten life as we know it. All that and more today on All Around Science...

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    AI system self-organises to develop features of brains of complex organisms | University of Cambridge How Quantum Computers Break The Internet | YouTube

    THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

    https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL
    http://andrewallenmusic.com