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Tom's SciCast — 74 episodes
74. Astrobiology, natural laws of the universe, confronting bias.
73. The Modern Synthesis of Evolution
72. Sex, Sexual Reproduction, and Sexual Selection
71. Mechanisms of Evolution II: genetic drift, recombination, mutations
70. Mechanisms of Evolution I: Natural selection
69. What is a species?
68. Cellular respiration
67. Energy, Membranes, Transport, and Metabolism
66. Cells are the Basic Unit of Life
65. The Chemistry of Life
64. The Ingredients of Life
63. The Gray Areas of Life: Misconceptions and Discoveries
62. Themes in Science: From Emergent Properties to Evolution
61. A Biologists Looks at 50: Reflections from 30 years of doing science
60. The Fermi paradox, aliens, biology, evolution
59. Why we should colonize the solar system
58. The Silurian Hypothesis, evolution, civilizations, aliens, and the legacy of humanity.
57. Life, aliens, opinions, and other things I've been thinking about lately
56. Do the laws of nature make life likely to occur and evolution progressive?
55. What makes an animal different from all other life?
54. Plants have relationships too!
53. If our solar system was like Star Wars
52. Photosynthesis, light, the Calvin Cycle, energy, and electrons
51. Biology is the Apex of Science
50. From AI to Giant Space Telescopes: A look back at 2022
49. The future of science
48. Can we Move Beyond the Kardashev Scale?
47. How gene regulation makes our life possible
46. DNA: replication, cancer, and aging.
45. The Relationships Between Sexual Reproduction and Inheritance
44. Is the outer solar system the best place to find life?
43. Is there life on Mars?
42. What is life?
41. Things you didn't know about the habitable zone
40. What Would Alien Life Look Like?
39. What's the future of humanity?
38. The edge of life: Cell membranes, diffusion, and transport.
37. Where Did Life Come From?
36. What is the science of biology?
35. Did The Cenozoic Era End On September 1, 1914?
34. What would it mean to find alien life? Exploring life in the Universe Part 4
33. Are we alone in the universe? Exploring life in the universe Part 3
32. Where might we find life in the solar System? Exploring life in the universe Part 2
31. How life is connected to the universe: Exploring life in the universe Part 1
30. How Science Works: What we learned from studying exercise and weight loss
29. Trophic Cascades and Ripple Effects in Ecosystems
28. A closer look at evolution by natural selection
27. Some things you didn't know about roots and leaves
26. Plants, the unsung hero of our world
25. Why I don't fear GMOs, but embrace them.
24. Energy, Enzymes, Metabolism, and the Meaning of Life
23. The cell cycle from interphase to the mitotic phase.
22. Why Life Needs Energy
21. Eating pizza, aging, and the importance of our cellular organelles
20. The Chemistry of Life
19. Life's connection to the universe
18. Life is the result of emergent properties
17. How to Learn
16. Should we intentionally cause the extinction of mosquitoes?
15. Vertebrates are bigger, faster, and smarter; thank our circulatory system
14. How we know we are causing the 6th mass extinction
13. Four evolutionary innovations that changed the world
12. Plants have senses too!
11. What is a species?
10. From the sea to dry land: How photosynthesis changed the world
9. Why we care about plants
8. How the theory of evolution revolutionized science and society
7. Climate change and the problems of science denialism
6. How we know climate change is real
5. Can we build a multi-generational spaceship?
4. Is cellular respiration the secret to life?
3. Why cells are more interesting than you think!
2. The Chemistry of Life - Carbohydrates
1. What is Science?