October 5, 2022—
Humans’ ability to digest lactose has rapidly evolved. What could have caused it?
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September 21, 2022—
A recent study looking at sleeping spiders left Sam and Deboki wondering, “Do spiders dream? And why do we humans dream?”
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September 7, 2022—
Wastewater isn’t just filled with things like food scraps, soap, and feces—it also contains microbes, like the virus that causes COVID-19.
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August 23, 2022—
Sam and Deboki chat with astrophyicist and folklorist Moiya McTier about her new book, The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy.
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August 10, 2022—
We humans at pretty bad at regeneration. So scientists are studying our regeneration-adept relatives to learn a few things.
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July 27, 2022—
Humans have been finding ways of preserving food for thousands of years. How did we do it? And how has it changed?
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July 13, 2022—
In 1980, smallpox was declared to be eradicated. Today it’s still the only infectious disease in humans that we’ve completely wiped out. Why?
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June 29, 2022—
Marine conservation biologist David Shiffman joins Tiny Matters to chat about sharks and his new book Why Sharks Matter.
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June 15, 2022—
9/11 first responders are getting diseases like cancer more often than the general public. Many scientists blame the air pollution from the attack.
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June 1, 2022—
The Great Smog of London in 1952 altered how the world viewed air pollution, and led to environmental policies that have saved many lives since then.
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