This episode contains: Devon is back! He tells us about what he’s been up to, including some family drama? Also, we talk about what we did for the 4th and Hamilton. This Week In Space: Mysterious ‘fast radio bursts’ fire rhythmically through the cosmos, study finds. FRB 180916.J0158+65 is firing off rhythmically, in a cycle…

This episode contains: We’re recording late, for various reason, and Devon can’t join us. Everything is hard. Brain Matters: Why are some words more memorable than others? Our brains recall the words ‘pig’, ‘tank’ and ‘door’ more often than others, including ‘cat’, ‘street’ and ‘stair’. Researchers started with epilepsy patients and ended up at a…

This episode contains: We talk about how quarantine continues to affect us and our lives. Steven is having a tough time with his kids and Ben is having a better time with work. Why don’t we replace more body parts with jello?: The first cartilage-mimicking gel that’s strong enough for knees has been developed. Cartilage…

This episode contains: Ben has been quarantined for 100 days. We talk about Juneteenth and how to be anti-racist. This Week in Space: New light has been shed on existing intelligent life across the galaxy. A new study calculates there could be more than 30 intelligent civilizations throughout our Galaxy. We talk about both the…

This episode contains: Working hard and hardly working. We both survived anther week in this madness. Brain Matters: Tiny, magnetically powered neural stimulators have been developed. Using a ‘magnetoelectric’ power source, these neural stimulators are now a viable option for clinical grade implants. Steven talks a lot about battery miniaturization and how it applies to…

This episode contains: We start off this episode talking about the historic SpaceX and NASA launch. We also rail on technology and parents a bit. Also, what’s the difference between a rocket and a missile? Bee Puns Really Sting: Bumblebees can speed up the flowering of plants. When pollen is in short supply, bumblebees damage…

  This episode contains: This episode is full of anniversaries and sick burns. We also talk about the nonsense that is the 5G blocking USB stick that does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. We talk about it in depth, more depth than we were anticipating. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52810220 Biological Imperative: Migration patterns reveal an ‘Eden’ for ancient humans and animals.…

This episode contains: Welcome Devon back to the podcast after his paternity leave…but don’t get too excited, he’s only back because this is our 300th episode! We talk kids, Simpsons and other importance milestones. Fracking Gorram Dren: Repeating the “F” word can improve threshold for pain during an ice water challenge. A recent study found…

This episode contains: Steven and Ben talk about napping and salad. Don’t worry, we get to the science pretty quick. This Week in Space: ESO instrument finds closest Black Hole to Earth. There’s a black hole so close to Earth you can “see” it with your naked eye and it’s part of a trinary system.…

This episode contains: Steven’s mind is a void and Ben is getting back to his other, other job, book publishing. https://penciledin.com/ All We Are is Dust in the Wind, Dude: Exoplanet disappears in recent Hubble observations. The exoplanet that we have been observing in the Fomalhaut system is now gone. It is theorized that it…