414 Episodes

  1. 388 - Astronomers Found a Sign of Life on Venus—What Does It Mean?

    Published: 22/09/2020

  2. 387 - How Do We Control Wildfires? The Surprising Facts

    Published: 15/09/2020

  3. 386 - What Is a Derecho? A Meteorologist Explains

    Published: 1/09/2020

  4. 385 - Why Do We Need to Save the Bees?

    Published: 25/08/2020

  5. 384 - Did Scientists Just Unravel One Mystery of Stonehenge?

    Published: 11/08/2020

  6. 383 - What Does Your Blood Type Mean? How Rare Is Yours?

    Published: 4/08/2020

  7. 382 - Emotional, Irritated, Faking It—Why Do Humans Cry?

    Published: 21/07/2020

  8. 381 - Wearing a Mask During Coronavirus—Separating Myths from Facts

    Published: 14/07/2020

  9. 380 - Can Nukes Actually Stop a Devastating Hurricane?

    Published: 7/07/2020

  10. 379 - Is It Aliens? A Science Writer On UFOs and Her Visit to Area 51

    Published: 30/06/2020

  11. 243 - 8 Rules for Picking the Right Sunscreen According to Science

    Published: 23/06/2020

  12. 378 - Without Plate Tectonics, Earth Might Not Support Life

    Published: 16/06/2020

  13. 377 - Did a Virus Make Us Mammals?

    Published: 9/06/2020

  14. 376 - Has NASA Found a Parallel Universe?

    Published: 2/06/2020

  15. 375 - "Is Takeout Safe?" and Other Food Safety Questions

    Published: 26/05/2020

  16. 374 - Subterranean Rivers—Water Flowing Underground

    Published: 12/05/2020

  17. 373 - Why Is a NASA Spacecraft Currently Orbiting an Asteroid?

    Published: 5/05/2020

  18. 372 - Can I visit just one other family while social distancing?

    Published: 28/04/2020

  19. 371 - What Is the Air Quality Like Near You?

    Published: 21/04/2020

  20. 370 - What's the Difference Between Germs, Bacteria, and Viruses?

    Published: 14/04/2020

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How do astronomers photograph a black hole? How often do planes get hit by lightning? What does the EPA actually do? Science is all around us and transforming our world at a rapid pace. Extragalactic astrophysicist Sabrina Stierwalt is here to guide you through it. She'll help you make sense of the everyday and the once-in-a-lifetime. Rights of Albert Einstein are used with permission of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Represented exclusively by Greenlight.

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