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On today’s episode: Brown, white, or beige? Are those decor choices or fat cell types? Crude oil… it’s everywhere and in everything. Let’s learn about it. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESBeige fat cells with a “Sisyphus mechanism” | ETH Zurichhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum#Formationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_refineryhttps://www.y

On today’s episode: How do sharks swim so fast? Denticles! How do tattoos work? And how safe are they? Hybrid swarms are causing extinctions… and we’re one of them! Why do we play? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESStudying the skin of the great white shark could help reduce drag in aircrafthttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9846827/https://ww

On today’s episode: Genes might exist outside chromosomes The dramatic story of the time Voyager 1 stopped sending us messages, and how a crack team of NASA engineers figured out how to fix it. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESLast days of the lonely interstellar spacecraft | Financial TimesLiquid water found on MarsBacteria Encode Hidden Genes Outside The

On today’s episode: Hybrid swarms are causing extinctions… and we’re one of them! Why do we play? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCEShttps://phys.org/news/2024-07-reveals-people-evolve.htmlhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/play-may-be-a-deeper-part-of-human-nature-than-we-thought/https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.aax4705https://ww

On today’s episode: Making hydrogen gas out of soda cans and coffee grounds. Bird flu has been making its way into farm animals. Should we be worried? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESA recipe for zero-emissions fuel: Soda cans, seawater, and caffeine | MIT NewsAs egg prices soar, the deadliest bird flu outbreak in US history drags onCows in Texas and Kans

On today’s episode: We finally know what the woolly mammoth’s DNA looked like! Can cloud seeding cause major weather events? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESWooly Mammoth DNA in 3Dhttps://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)00642-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867424006421%3Fshowall%3Dtruehttps://www.ncbi

On today’s episode: Do people with glasses see a wholly different world? 99 NASA balloons floating telescopes in the summer sky. How do fungal spores know it’s time to start growing? How do neutron stars and black holes squeeze that much stuff into one place? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCEShttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/nov/12/improbable-re

On today’s episode: What’s the deal with salty tears? Why do we gain so much weight when we’re on vacation? What does saliva have to do with vomiting? How do snails get their shells? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESThe Lacrimal Glandhttps://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/02/the-mysterious-science-of-motion-sickness/385469/https://www.sciencef

On today’s episode: Some ants know when to save the leg and when to amputate. If you snip off a taste bad will you ever taste that taste again? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESCall the ant doctor: Amputation gives injured ants a leg up on infections | Ars TechnicaCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady T

On today’s episode: Gray whales are getting smaller, and scientists aren’t really sure why. And we talk about what sci-fi has missed in its predictions over the decades. All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Mountain-size 'planet killer' asteroid will make a close approach to Earth today VIDEO These Gray Whales Are Shrinkin