On today’s episode: How to increase your chances of succeeding at this year’s resolution. And we talk about procrastination… or… I dunno… maybe we’ll do something else… All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Framing New Year’s Resolutions: Lessons From Science And Leadership
• A large-scale experiment on New Year’s resolutions: Approach-oriented goals are more successful than avoidance-oriented goals | PLOS One
• Why procrastination isn’t laziness – it’s rigid thinking that your brain can unlearn | The Conversation
• Digital Media, Genetics and Risk for ADHD Symptoms in Children – A Longitudinal Study | AAP
• Procrastination and the Priority of Short-Term Mood Regulation: Consequences for Future Self

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

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http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: This year’s been big for advances in cancer vaccines! Good chocolate might be all about the right bacteria. If you DON’T think bats are terrifying animals… you just wait… We didn’t invent booze, and we’re not the only species consuming it. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/progress-cancer-vaccines-really
• https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-vaccine-pancreatic-cancer.html
• https://ufhealth.org/news/2025/surprising-finding-could-pave-way-for-universal-cancer-vaccine
• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cancer-immunotherapy-mrna-covid-vaccines
• What makes chocolate taste so good? It’s the microbes
• Bats eat the birds they pluck from the sky while on the wing
• In the wild, chimps likely ingest the equivalent of several alcoholic drinks every day - Berkeley News

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: Could long COVID be caused by reviving latent infections? Food allergies in children have been decreasing… but why? All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Could Hidden Infections Be Fueling Long COVID? | Rutgers University.
• Guidelines for Early Food Introduction and Patterns of Food Allergy | American Academy of Pediatrics
• Randomized Trial of Peanut Consumption in Infants at Risk for Peanut Allergy | NEJM
• Common loss-of-function variants of the epidermal barrier protein filaggrin are a major predisposing factor for atopic dermatitis | Nature Genetics
• Early Peanut Exposure May Explain Fall in Child Allergies—But Is It Safe? | Newsweek
• Food Allergy Management and Prevention Support Tool for Infants and Toddlers
• Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped thousands of kids avoid allergies | PBS

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: Scientists found sugar on space rocks! If you think no one knows how to chew right, you might have misophonia. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Sugars, ‘Gum,’ Stardust Found in NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Samples
• https://www.soquiet.org/misophonia-survey
• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9180704/
• https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2022.841816/full
• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6034066/

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: Maybe a kid could make a painting like that. But maybe you couldn’t. We talk to Dr. Niki Ackermans about the science and history of headbutting and brain injury. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• 20 GeV halo-like excess of the Galactic diffuse emission and implications for dark matter annihilation | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
• Study: Kids’ drip paintings more like Pollock’s than those of adults - Ars Technica
• A history of thought on brain injury in head-hitting animals
• Dr. Niki Ackermans' Website

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: Tiny drug robots! We learn about the history of artificial blood. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Tiny robots swim through blood, deliver drugs — and then dissolve 
• Teeny robots could deliver drugs to specific spots - Futurity
• https://www.nature.com/articles/s44303-024-00007-5
• What Do Blood Cells Do? 
• First-in-human phase 1 trial of hemoglobin vesicles as artificial red blood cells developed for use as a transfusion alternative | NIH
• Artificial Blood That Could Work for All Blood Types in Trials | Newsweek

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: Sometimes a comet is just a comet. We look into why Canada has lost its measles elimination status. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• What we know about Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS | The Planetary Society
• Comet 3I/ATLAS | NASA
• https://www.alberta.ca/measles
• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/3/why-is-measles-spreading-in-canada-mexico-and-the-us
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-s-measles-outbreaks-surpass-case-counts-reported-for-entire-u-s-1.7584490
• https://www.cdc.gov/measles/signs-symptoms/index.html
• https://www.dal.ca/news/2025/03/27/measles-outbreak-expert.html

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: Bobby learned about a fantastic musical podcast about climate change and woodland nymphs that he thinks you'll enjoy. Take a listen, it'll be worth your time for sure.

METRA

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: Neanderthals drawing with crayons! We finish out our series on the Nobel Prizes with the Nobel Prize in physiology & medicine. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• This $20,000 Neo Robot Will Clean Your Home, But There’s A Catch (And It’s Kind Of Terrifying)
• 42,000-year-old ochre crayons reveal Neanderthals engaged in symbolic behavior | Archaeology News Online Magazine
• Nobel Prizes 2025

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: LLMs think you’re right and your friend is wrong. This week we look at this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• The Red Sea that vanished and the catastrophic flood that brought it back | ScienceDaily
• Are you the asshole? Of course not!—quantifying LLMs’ sycophancy problem - Ars Technica
• Nobel Prizes 2025

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: An update on one of last year’s Ig Nobel prizes! We go through this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics! All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• “Butt breathing” might soon be a real medical treatment - Ars Technica
• Nobel Prizes 2025

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: Naked mole rats are gonna teach us how to live longer. Why don’t you remember being a baby? All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• We've discovered another reason why naked mole rats live for so long | New Scientist
• https://news.yale.edu/2025/03/20/why-dont-we-remember-being-baby-new-study-provides-clues
• https://www.science.org/content/article/are-your-earliest-childhood-memories-still-lurking-your-mind-or-gone-forever
• https://qbi.uq.edu.au/memory/where-are-memories-stored
• https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1990.tb48908.x
• https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.27.678956v1.full
• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-14461-3

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: A promising lead on the origin of brain fog in long COVID. I’m running another marathon and need to beef up on the science of ATP! All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Uncovering the Molecular Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog | Yokohama City University
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMPA_receptor
• How do my muscles get the Energy to perform work? | Medicine LibreTexts
• Muscle Tissues and the Sliding Filament Model | Amoeba Sisters - YouTube

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: Scientists are trying to save coral reefs by looking in unexpected places for sunscreen. We talk about engaging adolescents in science. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Some viruses like to cheat – and that may be good for our health | New Scientist
• Scientists invent new sunscreen made from pollen | Live Science
• Exploring Features That Play a Role in Adolescents’ Science Identity Development
• The connecting brain in context: How adolescent plasticity supports learning and development - ScienceDirect

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: We feature a great new science podcast called Oceanography. Guess what it's about? Yes, ocean science. Take a listen, it'll be worth your time for sure.

Oceanography Podcast

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: Do mosquitoes prefer hedonists? Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation… The sci-fi sounding medical treatment that actual works!... for some things… All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Beer drinkers are mosquito magnets, according to a festival study
• Hacking the Brain — A New Pradigm in Medicine | Science Based Medicine
• Transcranial magnetic stimulation | Mayo Clinic
• https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/brain-wave-pseudoscience/

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: We finally snapped a picture of a wild electron! Why there are fewer women participating in clinical research and why it matters. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Scientists watch a single electron move during a chemical reaction for first time ever | Live Science
• Watching Electron Dynamics Shape Chemical Reactions | Physics
• Are hormones a “female problem” for animal research?
• https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/biomedical-research-falls-short-at-factoring-in-sex-and-gender/
• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10710812/
• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7661839/
• https://www.healthline.com/health/gender-bias-healthcare

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: A common drug taken for heart conditions might not be as useful as we thought. How much energy does it take to get ChatGPT to help cook dinner tonight? All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

•  https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250831010539.htm
• What is a beta blocker? Mechanism of action. How beta blockers help the heart to work.
• Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impact | MIT News
• AI’s Growing Carbon Footprint

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: China is building some wild stuff in the middle of the ocean. I’ve got one less thing for you to worry about: electromagnetic fields! All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• China Is Putting Data Centers in the Ocean to Keep Them Cool | Scientific American
• China builds record-breaking floating wind turbine — it could change the face of renewable energy | Live Science
• https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/maha-draft-takes-on-electromagnetic-radiation-echoing-rfk-jr-s-conspiracies/
• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5504984/#ack1
• https://ehtrust.org/the-invisible-poison/
• https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-electromagnetic-fields
• https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/emf
• https://www.healthline.com/health/emf#types
• https://sciencenotes.org/difference-between-ionizing-and-non-ionizing-radiation/
• https://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/emerging/docs/scenihr_o_041.p

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

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On today’s episode: Where’s all the sulfur!? Is your teen using an AI Companion App? Probably. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Archaeology student finds rare ninth-century gold 'within the first 90 minutes' of her first excavation | Live Science
• Chemists Help Solve Mystery of Missing Space Sulfur
• https://www.universetoday.com/articles/sofia-follows-the-sulfur-for-clues-on-stellar-evolution
• Talk, Trust, and Trade-Offs: How and Why Teens Use AI Companions | Common Sense Media
• Teens are increasingly turning to AI companions, and it could be harming them | The Conversation
• Adolescent Peer Relationship Qualities as Predictors of Long-Term Romantic Life Satisfaction | SRCD
• The significance of adolescent social competence for mental health in young adulthood | Mental Health & Prevention
• Is Adolescence a Sensitive Period for Sociocultural Processing? | Annual Reviews
• Assessments of AI Chat Bot Safety | Common Sense Media

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL

http://andrewallenmusic.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.