Ep 347: Prey or play

Ep 347: Prey or play

Prey or play When differing animals meet, they sometimes communicate. Sometimes threats, sometimes lies, sometimes laughter. We take a look at interspecies communication.

Ep 346: Ah, those babbling bacteria

Ep 346: Ah, those babbling bacteria

Ah, those babbling bacteria We begin a new subseries this week on language and communication. For starters, let’s have a looksee at how single-celled organisms chat.

Ep 345: Accidents and asteroids

Ep 345: Accidents and asteroids

Accidents and asteroids We didn’t notice it was going to be asteroid day until yesterday, but by coincidence, today is all about asteroids.

Ep 344: Robots chasing tail

Ep 344: Robots chasing tail

Robots chasing tail Once thought a portent of doom, or a sign of the impending death of kings, nowadays a comet makes a good target to launch a mission at.

Ep 343: Five years of the lab, for reasons

Ep 343: Five years of the lab, for reasons

Five years of the lab, for reasons We’ve been putting out episodes on science for five years. There’s no end in sight. You’re welcome, or we’re sorry, depending. In celebration we relax with a freeform episode, even drink a couple of beers. We do drift passed a bit of science, but only by accident.

Ep 342: From Pluto, with love

Ep 342: From Pluto, with love

From Pluto, with love If you count it as a planet, it is the furthest away and smallest. Whether or not you think it’s a planet, it might harbor life.

Ep 341: There’s something on the wing!

Ep 341: There’s something on the wing!

There’s something on the wing! High winds, a segmented ring and other oddities confound us as we take a trip to Neptune.

Ep 339: A brief probed toward Uranus

Ep 339: A brief probed toward Uranus

A brief probed toward Uranus Unexpected issues caused a very short episode about the seventh planet. Gave us a chance to go ahead and snicker at its name.

Ep 338: Why is that moon spewing?

Ep 338: Why is that moon spewing?

Why is that moon spewing? We finish up with the planet Saturn with a look at her moon, Enceladus. It is spewing forth giant guizers of water and other chemicals, hinting at its subsurface salty ocean and even the possibility of life.