All Episodes

323 - Can We Cure HIV?

272 - How Does Insulin Work in Our Bodies?

322 - Are Wormholes Real?

321 - How long can a person hold their breath?

256 - How Much Does My Dog Understand?

320 - Could Humans Live on Mars?

319 - The Neuroscience of Romance: Your Brain on Love

318 - How Do Meteorologists Calculate "Feels Like" Temperature?

298 - Are Extreme Weather Events Linked to Climate Change?

317 - How the Government Shutdown Affects Science

316 - Can Knowing Your Genetic Risk Change Your Physiology?

315 - 4 Things to Know About the Measles and Vaccination

314 - The Science (or Lack Thereof) Behind Inducing Labor Naturally

230 EE How Do I Know If My Tap Water Is Safe?

313 - Why Do We Draw Stars with Five Points?

312 - The Science of Double-Dipping: A Health Risk or Just Gross?

311 - The Science of Snowfall

310 - 4 Tips to Understand the Importance of NASA's InSight Landing

309 - Do Women and Left-Handed People Have Better Memories?

308 - Rock or Alien Probe? The Science Behind ‘Oumuamua

307 - The Science of Tipping Points: How 25% Can Create a Majority

306 - 6 Possible Scientific Reasons for Ghosts

185 - Do Tattoos Boost Your Immune System?

305 - Does CBD Oil Work? The Science Behind Cannabidiol

304 - A Nobel Prize-Worthy Idea: What Is Chirped Pulse Amplification?

303 - Do Mosquitoes Bite Some People More Than Others?

238 - When Does Your Intelligence Peak?

302 - How Can Science Help Reverse Blindness?

301 - Jocelyn Bell Burnell and the Discovery of Pulsars

300 - Mindfulness: The Science Behind the Practice

299 - Why Do We Put Telescopes in Space?

297 - Do Hair Loss Treatments Actually Work?

296 - What Is Hypothyroidism and How Do We Treat It?

295 - What Is a Fecal Transplant? (Gross, Yes, But Also Life-Saving)

294 - What Are Chemtrails Made Of?

141 EE How Do Lasers Work?

293 - The 5+ Effects of Oppressive Heat Waves

292 - How Fireworks Get Their Colors, Sounds, and Shapes

291 - The Mysterious Return of Ozone-Depleting CFCs

290 - How Much Time Should We Be Spending Outdoors?

289 - Could Zombies (or a Zombie Virus) Become a Reality?

288 - What Is Antimatter?

287 - Who Was Henrietta Lacks and What Are HeLa Cells?

285 - Why Is Hawai’i Banning Sunscreen?

284 - What Is the Speed of Sound?

283 - What's It Take to Get to Pluto? A Q&A with David Grinspoon

282 - Can Our Sense of Smell Predict Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s?

281 - Do Microwaves Cause Cancer? (And 3 Other Microwave Myths)

279 - How and When Did the Grand Canyon Form?

278 - Asteroid, Meteor, Meteorite, and Comet: What's the Difference?

277 - 5 Simple Ways to Boost Our Intelligence

206 EE Why and How Do Smells Trigger Memories?

276 - How Do We Find Exoplanets?

275 - How Close is Too Close to Live by the Highway?

274 - Lessons on Early Aviation with Bessie Coleman

273 - The Physics of Figure Skating

271 - How Does Sand Get Its Color?

270 - How Can Science Combat the Opioid Crisis?

269 - How Do We Measure Time? 5+ Innovative Ways

268 - Is Chocolate Really Going Extinct?

146 - How Old is the Universe?

267 - Could Artificial Wombs Be a Reality?

266 - How Do Candles Burn?

265 - Should I Get a Real or Fake Christmas Tree?

263 - The End of Net Neutrality: What It Means For Science (and You)

262 - How Well Do Ancestry DNA Tests Actually Work?

261 - How Do Water Purifiers Work?

260 - Why Are Coral Reefs Worth Protecting?

259 - How Fast Can a Marathon Be Run?

258 - Can You Smell Fear?

257 - 6 Reasons Why LIGO's Gravitational Wave Discovery is Important

201 - How Memory Works and 6 Tips to Improve It

255 - Citizen Science with NASA GLOBE

254 - What are Extremophiles?

253 EE Why NASA Is Crashing Its Cassini Spacecraft into Saturn

180 EE The Surprising Scientific Reason Behind Physical Attraction

252 EE What Makes Storms Like Hurricane Harvey So Strong?

251 EE How Do We Know the Earth Isn't Flat?

250 EE How Can You Prepare for the August Solar Eclipse?

249 EE Editing the Genes of Human Embryos

248 EE 2 Surpising Ways Scientists Hope to Limit Human Environmental Impact

247 EE How Do We Encourage More Women in STEM?

246 EE Will the Thawing of Arctic Ice Release Diseases?

245 EE Women in Science: Jill Tarter, SETI, and Our Search for Extraterrestrial Life

244 EE How Old Is the Oldest Human Skeleton?

243 EE The Science of Picking the Right Sunscreen

242 EE Pride in Science: Ben Barres, Astrocytes, and Activism

241 EE How Important Is the Paris Climate Agreement?

240 EE How Much Solar Power Will We Lose During the August Solar Eclipse?

239 EE ​3 Ways Science Is Vital to the United States Department of Agriculture

186 EE Can Eating Chocolate Make You Smarter?

236 EE How Dangerous Is Asbestos?

235 EE 8 ways climate change puts your safety at risk

234 EE How Often Do Planes Get Struck by Lightning?

233 EE The First Ever Image of a Black Hole

232 EE How Bad Is the Air Pollution Where You Live?

231 EE The Best Science Programming on PBS

229 EE Women in Science: Hidden Figure Katherine Johnson, NASA's Human Computer

228 EE 6 Things You Should Know About the New Planet Discovery

227 EE Citizen Science: Astronomy Edition