It's Only Science
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- Website
- http://discovermagazine.com
- Description
- "It's Only Science" is a podcast from the editorial team at Discover Magazine. Every week, we get the band of nerds together to talk about science. We might discuss the news, play some games or just share something that blew our minds on a given week. It's basically show-and-tell with a science hook. We don't take ourselves too seriously, so join us and have some fun.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2021-06-23 23:46
- last episode published
- 2018-03-06 21:48
- publication frequency
- 27.33 days
- Contributors
- Discover Magazine
- Author
- It's Only Science
- Owner
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 16
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Science & Medicine
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2018-03-06 | Who knew a scientific examination of bookbinding would take us down such a macabre pathway? That's right, books made with human flesh are more common than you could imagine—Alison will explain. Bill tries to make "e Day" a thing, and we'll deepen your ... |
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| 2018-01-31 | Is it a vegan burger or witchcraft? Alison introduces the gang to the meatiest non-meat patty you can sink your teeth into. We ponder Albert Einstein's views on capitalism, Bill assures us the world is indeed getting smarter and Nate pays homage to a m... |
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| 2018-01-15 | When you shuffle a deck of cards, odds are you've assembled something that no one else has ever assembled, or ever will again. We take a walk around the world and suck droplets from the ocean to discuss the bewildering mathematics of a deck of cards. T... |
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| 2017-08-24 | The present doesn't exist, and the most accurate clock in the world is actually an email newsletter. We dig into the intricacies of time in this episode, so please make the time to listen! Also, Bill quizzes us on our knowledge of tautonyms, and teac... |
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| 2017-07-11 |
Episode #11: Space Potatoes, the Dirt on Dust and Stupid Smarts Over and over again, people tend to misperceive their true expertise on a given subject. Some people think they are smarter than they really are, and vice versa. Even the smartest people on the planet aren't immune to this common bias, as Bill explains... |
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| 2017-06-08 | Yes, we're going there. In this episode of the podcast, Alison, our latest Boredom Bin victim, gets stuck explaining the science of urinal cakes. She's the one person in the room who hasn't actually seen one in person, but her stream of knowledge on ... |
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| 2017-04-25 | The science of boredom is actually quite stimulating, as Carl makes clear in an utterly meta segment of the Boredom Bin. And they're old, they're fast, they're huge, they're magical ... they're mushrooms. From "hat" tossing to cleaning up nuclear waste... |
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| 2017-03-31 | This week on another rousing episode of "It's Only Science," Alison recounts the rich history of animals in space. Seriously, we've sent a lot of animals up there. Bill attempts some science stand-up. Nate takes us to the bottom of the ocean, where str... |
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| 2017-03-15 |
Episode #7: Wonders of the Uvula and the 'Nice-Guy' Nazi Interrogator This week, Alison stuns the "It's Only Science" crew with a smorgasbord of facts about the uvula—you know, that thing that hangs from the back of your throat. Prepare to be shocked, horrified and utterly fascinated. Nikola Tesla belongs in the "Jerks... |
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| 2017-03-09 | Scientists are five steps closer to synthesizing the entire genome of baker’s yeast, a feat that, once accomplished, will push the field of synthetic biology into a new frontier. An international team of researchers led by NYU Langone geneticist Jef B... |
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